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- Canadian_federal_election,_1917 abstract "The 1917 Canadian federal election (sometimes referred to as the khaki election) was held on December 17, 1917, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 13th Parliament of Canada. Described by historian Michael Bliss as the "most bitter election in Canadian history", it was fought mainly over the issue of conscription (see Conscription Crisis of 1917). The election resulted in Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden's Unionist government elected with a strong majority, and the largest percent share of the popular vote for a single party in Canadian history.The previous election had been held in 1911, and was won by Borden's Conservatives. Under the elections law, Canada should have had an election in 1916. However citing the emergency of the First World War, the government postponed the election, largely in hope that a coalition government could be formed, as was the case in Britain. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, head of the Liberal Party of Canada, refused to join the coalition over the issue of conscription. Conscription was strongly opposed in the Liberal heartland of Quebec. Laurier worried that agreeing to Borden's coalition offer would cause that province to abandon the Liberals, and perhaps Canada as well. Borden proceeded to form a "Unionist" government, and the Liberal Party split over the issue. Many English Canadian Liberal MPs and provincial Liberal parties in English Canada supported the new Unionist government. To ensure victory for conscription, Borden introduced two laws to skew the voting towards the government. The first of these, the Wartime Elections Act, disenfranchised conscientious objectors and Canadian citizens who were born in enemy countries who had arrived after 1902. The law also gave female relatives of servicemen the vote. Thus, the 1917 election was the first federal election in which some women were allowed to vote. The other new law was the Military Voters Act that allowed soldiers serving abroad to choose which riding their vote would be counted in, or to allow the party they voted for to select the riding the vote would be counted in. This allowed government officials to guide the strongly pro-conscription soldiers into voting in those ridings where the government felt they would be most useful. Servicemen were given a ballot with the simple choice of "Government" or "Opposition."Soon after these measures were passed, Borden convinced a faction of Liberals (using the name Liberal-Unionists) along with Gideon Decker Robertson who was described as a "Labour" Senator (but was unaffiliated with any Labour Party) to join with them, forming the Unionist government in October 1917. He then dissolved parliament to seek a mandate in the election which pitted "Government" candidates, running as the Unionist Party, against the anti-Conscription faction of the Liberal Party which ran under the name Laurier Liberals. The divisive debate ended with the country divided on linguistic lines. The Liberals won 82 seats, 62 of which were in Quebec. The Unionists won 153 seats. The three Unionist seats in Quebec were all in mainly anglophone ridings. This fact led to the Francœur Motion in January 1918.".
- Canadian_federal_election,_1917 country Canada.
- Canadian_federal_election,_1917 firstLeader Robert_Borden.
- Canadian_federal_election,_1917 secondLeader Wilfrid_Laurier.
- Canadian_federal_election,_1917 startDate "1917-12-17".
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- Canadian_federal_election,_1917 title "Canadian federal election, 1917".
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- Canadian_federal_election,_1917 afterElection Robert_Borden.
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- Canadian_federal_election,_1917 country "Canada".
- Canadian_federal_election,_1917 electionDate "1917-12-17".
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- Canadian_federal_election,_1917 leader Robert_Borden.
- Canadian_federal_election,_1917 leader Wilfrid_Laurier.
- Canadian_federal_election,_1917 leaderSince "1887".
- Canadian_federal_election,_1917 leaderSince "1901".
- Canadian_federal_election,_1917 leadersSeat Halifax_(electoral_district).
- Canadian_federal_election,_1917 leadersSeat Quebec_East.
- Canadian_federal_election,_1917 majoritySeats "118".
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- Canadian_federal_election,_1917 nextElection "Canadian federal election, 1921".
- Canadian_federal_election,_1917 nextMps "14".
- Canadian_federal_election,_1917 nextYear "1921".
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- Canadian_federal_election,_1917 percentage "38.8".
- Canadian_federal_election,_1917 percentage "56.93".
- Canadian_federal_election,_1917 popularVote "1070694".
- Canadian_federal_election,_1917 popularVote "729756".
- Canadian_federal_election,_1917 posttitle "Prime Minister after election".
- Canadian_federal_election,_1917 previousElection "Canadian federal election, 1911".
- Canadian_federal_election,_1917 previousMps "12".
- Canadian_federal_election,_1917 previousYear "1911".
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- Canadian_federal_election,_1917 seats "153".
- Canadian_federal_election,_1917 seats "82".
- Canadian_federal_election,_1917 seatsForElection "235".
- Canadian_federal_election,_1917 swing "+8.38pp".
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- Canadian_federal_election,_1917 title Prime_Minister_of_Canada.
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- Canadian_federal_election,_1917 comment "The 1917 Canadian federal election (sometimes referred to as the khaki election) was held on December 17, 1917, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 13th Parliament of Canada. Described by historian Michael Bliss as the "most bitter election in Canadian history", it was fought mainly over the issue of conscription (see Conscription Crisis of 1917).".
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- Canadian_federal_election,_1917 label "Kanadische Unterhauswahlen 1917".
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