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The 1962 Canadian federal election was held on June 18, 1962, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 25th Parliament of Canada. The governing Progressive Conservative (PC) Party won a plurality of seats in this election, and its majority government was reduced to a minority government .
Results in Quebec [1]; Party Seats Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Votes % +/- Liberals: 35 35 5 0 0 0 818,760 39.18 Progressive Conservative: 14
The number of seats has increased steadily over time, from 180 for the first election to the current total of 338. The current federal government structure was established in 1867 by the Constitution Act. For federal by-elections (for one or a few seats as a result of retirement, etc.) see List of federal by-elections in Canada.
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May 2 – The Canadian dollar is pegged to the U.S. currency; June 18 – In the 1962 Federal election John Diefenbaker's Progressive Conservative Party of Canada is reduced to a minority government; July 1 – First medicare plan is launched in Saskatchewan to great protest by doctors; July 30 – Trans-Canada Highway opens
This is a list of electoral districts or ridings in Canada for the Canadian federal elections of 1953, 1957, 1958, 1962, 1963, and 1965. For the first time, each of Canada's territories would return one member each, instead of one member for both.
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