 By election day, Pearson had no illusions that he might win the election, and hoped only to salvage 100 seats.The Liberals would be limited to less than half of that.On March 31, 1958, the Tories won what is still the largest majority (in terms of percentage of seats) in Canadian federal political history, winning 208 seats to the Liberals' 48, with the CCF winning 8 and Social Credit wiped out.