King wins majority; King wins majority; King wins majority -- doesn't sound too exciting.
The first was an easy run against R.B. Bennett's vast unpopularity. King ran against the "iron heel of ruthlessness" against Bennett's one-man show, but John Duffy notes the Liberals also focussed on their own one-strong-leader ("it's King or Chaos!") and "took to a new level the role of the leader in winning an election."
The end of the two-party system was far advanced. Both Social Credit and the CCF took seats in 1935. And another lasting reality grew from that: the winning party built a honkin' majority (173 of 245) from just 44% of the popular vote.
1940: wartime election, unprepared opposition leader, King's finessing of the conscription issue: an even bigger Liberal majority -- and 54% of the popular vote.
1945: Liberal majorities are always built on the left, example two (#1? See 1926 below). With the CCF high in the polls, King adopts a slew of progressive social and economic policies for postwar reconstruction, and he saves his majority. But just barely: 125 of 245 seats.
