The only benefit the Liberal Party received from that election was the 53 of us who were new to the House of Commons. When the election was called at the advice of Walter Gordon to the Prime Minister, the Liberal government in this House had 129 seats and when the final count was in on election night the Liberal Party had 131 seats.
Lorsque le premier ministre libéral a déclenché les élections à l'instigation de Walter Gordon, les libéraux avaient en effet 129 sièges à la Chambre, alors qu'à l'issue de ce scrutin, ils en avaient 131.
