The 1958 result was helped by an alliance with Maurice Duplessis's formidable provincial electoral machine, but by the 1962 election Duplessis had died and his Union Nationale party was out of office and in disarray, and Diefenbaker's support in Quebec had evaporated.
The 1958 result was helped by an alliance with Maurice Duplessis's formidable provincial electoral machine. Duplessis had died. This was by the 1962 election. His Union Nationale party was out of office and in disarray. Diefenbaker's support in Quebec had evaporated.