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Bloc voting yields Canadian minority government
In a close national result Prime Minister John Diefenbaker’s Progressive Conservatives must rely on Social Credit support to govern. Liberals gain in Ontario and Quebec, Socreds surge in Quebec, NDP expands. PC 118 seats, Liberals 97, Socreds 30, NDP 19. Quebec elects 26 Socreds, 35 Liberals, 14 Conservatives amid regional shifts.
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John Diefenbaker
Social Credit
Quebec
Ontario
House of Commons
Newfoundland
Montario
Prairies
Real Caquette
Rousa
French Canada
Pc's
Liberals
Socreds
New Democratic Party
Stormont
Liberal
Prince Edward Island
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Douglas
Cape Breton South
Nova Scotia
B.C
Yukon
Northwest Territory
NDP
Ken More
Fleming
Toronto
Walter Pittman
Peterboro
Ont
Maurice Lamontagne
Quebec East
Robert Beaule
Toronto Telegram
John Bassett
Blair Fraser
Socred
Robert Thompson
Thompson
Caouette
Canada