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OCR: VICTORIES AND DEFEATS Meighen Tories won the 925 election, with 116 seats to 99 for the Liberals and 24 for the Progressives. King persuaded Governor General Byng he could govern with the Progressives support. Then, the fragile Liberal government was rocked by the Customs Scandal. King asked Byng to dissolve Parliament for an election, but Byng refused Meighen became PM but three days later lost confidence motion by one vote In the election that followed, King won an astonishing 128 seats From 1926 to 1929 King led his Liberal government through prosperous times, but he underestima ted the impact of the 1929 Stock Market Crash He lost the 1930 election to the Conservatives under R.B BIOGRAPHY of 9 1925