agenda badly hurt the Liberal brand in rural Quebec. Nevertheless, while the Liberals actually lost significant vote share in Quebec (they scored more than six percentage points less compared to 1958), the split in the centre-right vote meant they still managed a plurality there both in popular vote and seats—the Liberals actually gained ten seats in the province, despite the decline in vote share. In the end, despite their large losses the Tories' major saving grace was that the Liberals could win only seven seats west of Ontario; this election thereby began a pattern of the Tories dominating the provinces west of Ontario by large margins (with only occasional breakthroughs by the Liberals and NDP) and the Liberals being forced to rely on Ontario, Quebec and the Atlantic provinces, until the Tories' eventual demise as a party of government three decades later. The Tories were thus able to remain in power with the tacit support of the Socreds, as the two parties held enough seats between them to command a parliamentary majority. However, Diefenbaker declined to negotiate a more formal alliance between the two parties, something that would ultimately prove costly and result in the fall of his government the following year. National results Voter turn-out was 79.0%. Notes: * Party did not nominate candidates in previous election. x - less than 0.005% of the popular vote. 1 compared to Co-operative Commonwealth Federation results from previous election. 2 compared to Labor-Progressive Party results from previous election. Results by province xx - less than 0.05% of the popular vote See also List of Canadian federal general elections List of political parties in Canada 25th Canadian Parliament Notes References Further reading 1962 elections in Canada 1962 June 1962 events in Canada