Elections

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Election Party	Elected Members	Number of Candidates	Percentage of Popular Vote	Percentage of Seats
2000 (November 27) - Official Turnout: 61.2 % Actual Turnout: 64.1% - see note** View Detailed Results of 2000 Elections
Liberal	172	301	40.8 %	57.1 %
Canadian Alliance	66	298	25.5 %	21.9 %
Bloc Québécois	38	75	10.7 %	12.6 %
New Democratic Party	13	298	8.5 %	4.3 %
Progressive Conservative	12	291	12.2 %	4.0 %
Other	0	545	2.3 %	0.0 %
Total	301	1,808
Government--172, Opposition--129, Majority--43
1997 (June 2) - Turnout: 67.0 % View Detailed Results of 1997 Elections
Liberal	155	301	38.5 %	51.5 %
Reform	60	227	19.4 %	19.9 %
Bloc Québécois	44	75	10.7 %	14.6 %
New Democratic Party	21	301	11.0 %	7.0 %
Progressive Conservative	20	301	18.8 %	6.6 %
Other	1	467	1.6 %	0.3 %
Total	301	1,672
Government--155, Opposition--146, Majority--9
1993 (October 25) - Turnout: 69.6 %
Liberal	177	295	41.3 %	60.0 %
Bloc Québécois	54	75	13.5 %	18.3 %
Reform	52	207	18.7 %	17.6 %
New Democratic Party	9	294	6.9 %	3.1 %
Progressive Conservative	2	295	16.0 %	0.7 %
Other	1	989	3.6 %	0.3 %
Total	295	2,155
Government--177, Opposition--118, Majority--59
1988 (November21) - Turnout: 75.3 %
Progressive Conservative	169	295	43.0 %	57.3 %
Liberal	83	294	31.9 %	28.1 %
New Democratic Party	43	295	20.4 %	14.6 %
Social Credit		9	0.03 %	0.0 %
Other		681	4.7 %	0.0 %
Total	295	1,574
Government--169, Opposition--126, Majority--43
1984 (September 4) - Turnout: 75.3 %
Progressive Conservative	211	282	50.0 %	74.8 %
Liberal	40	282	28.0 %	14.2 %
New Democratic Party	30	282	18.8 %	10.6 %
Other	1	552	3.9 %	0.4 %
Social Credit		51	0.1 %	0.0 %
Total	282	1,449
Government--211, Opposition--71, Majority--140
1980 (February 18) - Turnout: 69.3
Liberal	147	282	44.3 %	52.1 %
Progressive Conservative	103	282	32.5 %	36.5 %
New Democratic Party	32	282	19.8 %	11.3 %
Social Credit		84	1.7 %	0.0 %
Other		574	1.7 %	0.0 %
Total	282	1,504
Government--147, Opposition--135, Majority--12
1979 (May 22) - Turnout: 75.7 %
Progressive Conservative	136	282	35.9 %	48.2 %
Liberal	114	282	40.1 %	40.4 %
New Democratic Party	26	282	17.9 %	9.2 %
Social Credit	6	103	4.6 %	2.1 %
Other		475	1.5 %	0.0 %
Total	282	1,424
Government--136, Opposition--146, Minority--10
1974 (July 8) - Turnout: 71.0 %
Liberal	141	264	43.2 %	53.4 %
Progressive Conservative	95	264	35.4 %	36.0 %
New Democratic Party	16	262	15.4 %	6.1 %
Social Credit	11	152	5.1 %	4.2 %
Other	1	267	0.9 %	0.4 %
Total	264	1,209
Government--141, Opposition--123, Majority--18
1972 (October 30) - Turnout: 76.7 %
Liberal	109	263	38.5 %	41.3 %
Progressive Conservative	107	264	35.0 %	40.5 %
New Democratic Party	31	251	17.7 %	11.7 %
Social Credit	15	166	7.6 %	5.7 %
Other	2	173	1.2 %	0.8 %
Total	264	1,117
Government--109, Opposition--155, Minority--46
1968 (June 25) - Turnout: 75.7 %
Liberal	155	263	45.5 %	58.7 %
Progressive Conservative	72	263	31.4 %	27.3 %
New Democratic Party	22	263	17.0 %	8.3 %
Other	15	147	1.7 %	5.7 %
Social Credit		31		0.0 %
Total	264	967
Government (Liberal / Liberal-Labour)--155, Opposition--109, Majority--46
1965 (November 8) - Turnout: 74.8 %
Liberal	131	265	39.8 %	49.4 %
Progressive Conservative	97	265	32.1 %	36.6 %
New Democratic Party	21	255	17.7 %	7.9 %
Other	11	140	5.8 %	4.2 %
Social Credit	5	86	3.6 %	1.9 %
Total	265	1,011
Government (Liberal / Liberal-Labour)--131, Opposition--134, Minority--3
1963 (April 8) - Turnout: 79.2 %
Liberal	129	264	41.7 %	48.7 %
Progressive Conservative	95	265	32.9 %	35.9 %
Social Credit	24	224	11.9 %	9.1 %
New Democratic Party	17	232	13.1 %	6.4 %
Other		38	0.4 %	0.0 %
Total	265	1,023
Government (Liberal / Liberal-Labour)--129, Opposition--136, Minority--7
1962 (June 18) - Turnout: 79.0 %
Progressive Conservative	116	265	37.3 %	43.8 %
Liberal	99	263	37.4 %	37.4 %
Social Credit	30	230	11.7 %	11.3 %
New Democratic Party	19	218	13.4 %	7.2 %
Other	1	40	0.2 %	0.4 %
Total	265	1,016
Government--116, Opposition--149, Minority--33
1958 (March 31) - Turnout: 79.4 %
Progressive Conservative	208	265	53.7 %	78.5 %
Liberal	49	264	33.8 %	18.5 %
C.C.F.	8	169	9.5 %	3.0 %
Social Credit		82	2.6 %	0.0 %
Other		51	0.4 %	0.0 % %
Total	265	831
Government--208, Opposition--57, Majority--151
1957 (June 10) - Turnout: 74.1 %
Progressive Conservative	112	256	39.0 %	42.3 %
Liberal	105	264	42.3 %	39.6 %
C.C.F.	25	162	10.8 %	9.4 %
Social Credit	19	114	6.6 %	7.2 %
Other	4	66	1.3 %	1.5 %
Total	265	862
Government--112, Opposition--153, Minority--41
1953 (August 10) - Turnout: 67.5 %
Liberal	171	264	50.0 %	64.5 %
Progressive Conservative	51	248	31.0 %	19.2 %
C.C.F.	23	170	11.3 %	8.7 %
Social Credit	15	72	5.4 %	5.7 %
Other	5	143	2.3 %	1.9 %
Total	265	897
Government (Liberal / Liberal-Labour)--171, Opposition--94, Majority--77
1949 (June 27) - Turnout: 73.8 %
Liberal	190	258	50.1 %	72.5 %
Progressive Conservative	41	250	29.7 %	15.6 %
C.C.F.	13	180	13.4 %	5.0 %
Social Credit	10	28	2.4 %	3.8 %
Other	8	132	4.4 %	3.1 %
Total	262	848
Government (Liberal / Liberal-Labour)--190, Opposition--72, Majority--118
1945 (June 11) - Turnout: 75.3 %
Liberal	125	233	41.4 %	51.0 %
Progressive Conservative	67	203	27.7 %	27.3 %
C.C.F.	28	205	15.7 %	11.4 %
Social Credit	13	95	4.1 %	5.3 %
Other	12	216	11.1 %	4.9 %
Total	245	952
Government--125, Opposition--120, Majority--5
1940 (March 26) - Turnout: 69.9 %
Liberal	178	244
Progressive Conservative	39	213
Social Credit	10	30
Other	10	85
C.C.F.	8	96
Total	245	668
Government (Liberal / Liberal-Progressive)--181, Opposition--64, Majority--117
1935 (October 14) - Turnout: 74.2 %
Liberal	171	244	44.4 %	69.8 %
Conservative	39	232	29.8 %	15.9 %
Social Credit	17		4.1 %	6.9 %
Other	11	297	12.8 %	4.5 %
C.C.F.	7	119	8.9 %	2.9 %
Total	245	892
Government (Liberal / Liberal-Progressive)--173, Opposition--72, Majority--101
1930 (July 28) - Turnout: 73.5 %
Conservative	137	233	49 .0 %	55.9 %
Liberal	91	234	43.9 %	37.1 %
Other	17	79	7.1 %	6.9 %
Total	245	546
Government--137, Opposition--108, Majority--29
1926 (September 14) - Turnout: 67.7 %
Liberal	116	220	43.6 %	47.3 %
Conservative	91	233	46.2 %	37.1 %
Other	38	77	10.2 %	15.5 %
Total	245	530
Government (Liberal / Liberal-Progressive)--125, Opposition--120, Majority--5
1925 (October 29) - Turnout: 66.4 %
Conservative	116	234	46.6 %	47.3 %
Liberal	99	215	40.4 %	40.4 %
Other	30	130	13.0 %	12.2 %
Total	245	579
Government--99, Opposition--146, Minority--47
1921 (December 6) - Turnout: 67.7 %
Liberal	116	202	40.7 %	49.4 %
Other Includes votes for the Progressive Party	69	225	29 .0 %	29.4 %
Conservative	50	208	30.3 %	21.3 %
Total	235	635
Government--116, Opposition--119, Minority--3
1917 (December 17) - Turnout: 75.0 %
Conservative	153		57.0 %	65.1 %
Liberal	82		40.1 %	34.9 %
Other			2.9 %	0.0 %
Total	235	470
Government--153, Opposition--82, Majority--71
1911 (September 21) - Turnout: 70.2 %
Conservative	133	215	51.2 %	60.2 %
Liberal	8	222	47.8 %	38.9 %
Other	2	26	1.0 %	0.9 %
Total	221	463
Government--133, Opposition--88, Majority--45
1908 (October 26) - Turnout: 70.3 %
Liberal	133	216	50.6 %	60.2 %
Conservative	85	212	47.0 %	38.5 %
Other	3	31	2.4 %	1.4 %
Total	221	459
Government--133, Opposition--88, Majority--45
1904 (November 3) - Turnout: 71.6 %
Liberal	139	211	52.5 %	65.0 %
Conservative	75	205	46.9 %	35.0 %
Other		28	0.7 %	0.0 %
Total	214	444
Government--139, Opposition--75, Majority--64
1900 (November 7) - Turnout: 77.4 %
Liberal	132	207	52.0 %	62.0 %
Conservative	81	204	47.4 %	38.0 %
Other		25	0.6 %	0.0 %
Total	213	436
Government--132, Opposition--81, Majority--51
1896 (June 23) - Turnout: 62.9 %
Liberal	118	193	45.1 %	55.4 %
Conservative	88	209	46.3 %	41.3 %
Other	7	61	8.6 %	3.3 %
Total	213	463
Government--118, Opposition--95, Majority--23
1891 (March 5) - Turnout: 64.4 %
Conservative	123	217	52.0 %	57.2&
Liberal	92	192	46.4 %	42.8&
Other		27	1.6 %	0.0 %
Total	215	436
Government--123, Opposition--92, Majority--31
1887 (February 22) - Turnout: 70.1 %
Conservative	123	209	50.7 %	57.2 %
Liberal	92	193	48.9 %	42.8 %
Other		37	0.4 %	0.0 %
Total	215	439
Government--123, Opposition--92, Majority--31
1882 (June 20) - Turnout: 70.3 %
Conservative	139		53.4 %	66.2 %
Liberal	71		46.6 %	33.8 %
Other			0.1 %	0.0 %
Total	210	413
Government--139, Opposition--71, Majority--68
1878 (September 17) - Turnout: 69.1 %
Conservative	137		53.2 %	66.5 %
Liberal	69		45.1 %	33.5 %
Other			1.7 %	0.0 %
Total	206	412
Government--137, Opposition--69, Majority--68
1874 (January 22) - Turnout: 69.6%
Liberal	133		53.8 %	64.6 %
Conservative	73		45.4 %	35.4 %
Other			0.8 %	0.0 %
Total	206	364
Government--133, Opposition--73, Majority--60
1872 (July 20 - October 12) - Turnout: 70.3 %
Conservative	103		49.9 %	51.5 %
Liberal	97		49.1 %	48.5 %
Other			0.9 %	0.0 %
Total	200	337
Government--103, Opposition--97, Majority--6
1867 (August 7 - September 20) - Turnout: 73.1 %
Conservative	101		50 %	55.8 %
Liberal	80		49 %	44.2 %
Other			1 %	0.0 %
Total	181
Government--101, Opposition--80, Majority--21

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