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Canadian federal election, 1917
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.
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