Canadian federal election, 1940

The Canadian federal election of 1940 was the 19th general election in Canadian history. It was held March 26, 1940 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons. William Lyon Mackenzie King's Liberal Party was re-elected to their second consecutive majority government.

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March 26 - 1940 - Canadian House of Commons - William Lyon Mackenzie King - Liberal Party

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The election was overshadowed by the Second World War, which caused many Canadians to rally around the government. In response to this, the Conservative Party of Robert Manion ran on a platform advocating the creation of an all-party national unity government and ran under the name "National Government" in this election. Though Manion was personally opposed to conscription, the Liberals faced intense pressure in Quebec on the question and promised not to institute the measure. This promise was to haunt the Liberals as they faced increasing pressure from the military and especially from English Canada to bring in the measure. To release him from his 1940 promise, King called a plebiscite in 1942 on the question. See also Conscription Crisis of 1944.

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Second World War - Conservative Party - Robert Manion - National unity government - National Government - Conscription - Quebec - Plebiscite - 1942 - Conscription Crisis of 1944

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Social Credit ran jointly with the New Democracy movement of William Duncan Herridge.

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Social Credit - New Democracy - William Duncan Herridge

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Some candidates of the Conservative and Social Credit parties insisted on running under the traditional names, however.

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