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1997 Canadian federal election

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1997 Canadian federal election

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election_name1997 Canadian federal election
countryCanada
typeparliamentary
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party_colourno
party_nameno
previous_election1993 Canadian federal election
previous_year1993
previous_mps35th Canadian Parliament
elected_mpsList of House members of the 36th Parliament of Canada
election_date
next_election2000 Canadian federal election
next_year2000
seats_for_election301 seats in the House of Commons
majority_seats151
turnout67.0% ( 3.9 pp)
opinion_pollsOpinion polling for the 1997 Canadian federal election
image1
colour1
leader1Jean Chrétien
party1
leader_since1[June 23, 1990](1990-liberal-party-of-canada-leadership-election)
leaders_seat1Saint-Maurice
last_election1177 seats, 41.24%
seats_before1174
seats1**155**
seat_change119
popular_vote1**4,994,277**
percentage1**38.46%**
swing12.78 pp
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colour2
leader2Preston Manning
leader_since2November 1, 1987
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popular_vote22,513,080
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image3
colour3
leader3Gilles Duceppe
leader_since3[March 15, 1997](1997-bloc-quebecois-leadership-election)
party3
leaders_seat3Laurier—
Sainte-Marie
last_election354 seats, 13.52%
seats_before350
seats344
seat_change36
popular_vote31,385,821
percentage310.67%
swing32.85 pp
image4
colour4
leader4Alexa McDonough
leader_since4[October 14, 1995](1995-new-democratic-party-leadership-election)
party4
leaders_seat4Halifax
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popular_vote52,446,705
percentage518.84%
swing52.80 pp
<!-- map -->map{{Switcher
titlePrime Minister
before_electionJean Chrétien
before_party
posttitlePrime Minister after election
after_electionJean Chrétien
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map2_imageCdn1997.PNG
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map2_captionThe Canadian parliament after the 1997 election

Sainte-Marie](laurier-sainte-marie)

| [[File:Canadian federal election, 1997 results by riding.svg|400px]] | Results by electoral district, shaded by winners' vote share | [[File:Canada 1997 Federal Election.svg|400px]] | Results by province and territory}} The 1997 Canadian federal election was held on June 2, 1997, to elect members to the House of Commons of the 36th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's Liberal Party won a second majority government. The Reform Party replaced the Bloc Québécois as the Official Opposition.

The election results closely followed the pattern of the 1993 election. The Liberals swept Ontario, while the Bloc won a majority in Quebec. Reform made sufficient gains in the West to allow Preston Manning to become leader of the Official Opposition, but lost its only seat east of Manitoba. The most significant change was major gains in Atlantic Canada by the New Democratic Party (NDP) and the rump Progressive Conservative Party. The Liberal victory was not in doubt, though some commentators on election night were predicting that the party would be cut down to a minority government and that Chrétien might lose his seat. Chrétien narrowly won his riding, and the Liberals maintained a narrow five-seat majority thanks to gains in Quebec at the expense of the Bloc. Jean Charest's Tories (Progressive Conservatives) and Alexa McDonough's NDP both regained official party status in the House of Commons.

This was the first time that five political parties held official party status in a single session of Canada's Parliament, and the only time to date that five different parties have won the popular vote in at least one of the provinces and territories of Canada. This was the first election since 1953 that resulted in back-to-back Liberal majority governments. The Liberals won 101 seats in the province of Ontario, a record that has been unbroken since.

Background

Prime Minister Jean Chrétien announced his approved request by Governor General Roméo LeBlanc to dissolve Parliament on April 26, 1997, with an election to be held on June 2 of that year. Chrétien's election call came three years and five months into Parliament's life, short of both the maximum five-year duration and the typical four years between elections. This represented the earliest election call in a majority Parliament since the 1911 election. Opinion polls at the time predicted that the Liberal Party was expected to win a landslide victory capturing at least 180 to 220 of the 301 seats in the House of Commons, with the fragmentation of the opposition meaning that one party was not expected to be able to defeat the government.

The election call was controversial both for being early and for occurring during Manitoba's recovery from the Red River Flood earlier in the year. Reg Alcock and several others inside the Liberal Party had opposed the timing of the vote, and the poor results prompted Paul Martin's supporters to organize against Chrétien.

The election was the first to be held with staggered polling hours across the country. Until 1993, polling hours were 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. in each time zone, with a 4.5-hour difference between closing of polls in Newfoundland and those in British Columbia and Yukon, or a three-hour difference between Quebec-Ontario and B.C.-Yukon. With the new staggered hours, it would be three hours between Newfoundland and B.C.-Yukon, but just 30 minutes between Quebec-Ontario and B.C.-Yukon.

Political parties

Liberal Party

Liberal Party logo during the election.

The Liberal Party under Jean Chrétien campaigned on promising to continue to cut the federal deficit to allow for a budget surplus, and then to spend one half of the surplus on repaying Canada's national debt and cutting taxes while the other half of the surplus would be used to increase funding to health care, assistance for Canadian children in poverty, and job creation. The platform was called Securing Our Future Together. The Liberal Party was attacked by the opposition parties for failing to keep many of the promises that the party campaigned on in the 1993 federal election. The Liberals attacked the Progressive Conservatives and the Reform Party for prematurely calling for tax cuts while a deficit still remained while attacking the New Democratic Party for proposing to increase government spending while Canada faced a deficit.

The Liberals suffered from a number of gaffes in their campaign. In one incident, when Jean Chrétien was questioned by reporters over the cost of the Liberals' election proposal of a national pharmacare program, reporters claimed that Chrétien was unsure of what the cost would be. Chrétien also turned down invitations for interviews by Canada's national media outlets, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and MuchMusic. In the televised debates between the five major political parties, Chrétien apologized to Canadians for his government having cut funding for social programs to reduce the deficit.

On election day, the Liberals won with a significantly reduced majority. While they lost much of their support in Atlantic Canada, they won all but two seats in Ontario and improved on their numbers in Quebec. They were only assured of a majority when the final numbers came in from Western Canada.

Reform Party

Logo of the Reform Party during the election.

The Reform Party under Preston Manning campaigned on preserving national unity through decentralization of multiple federal government powers to all of the provinces, cutting taxes, reducing the size of government, reducing spending, and strongly opposing distinct society status for Quebec. Feeling that the general acceptance of deficit reduction at the federal and provincial level had been encouraged by their party, Reform saw a chance to finally make the party national in scope by making political inroads outside of the west, particularly in Ontario. Their platform was titled the Fresh Start for all Canadians. The Reformers ran a full slate of candidates in Quebec, making this the first and last election in which it would run candidates in every region of Canada.

Reform's campaign ran into multiple problems. The party was repeatedly accused by other parties and the media of holding intolerant views due to comments made by a number of Reform MPs during the writ period. Critics had accused the party's performance during the 1993–1997 parliament of being disorganized. Tension between the party's democratic nature and the leader-centric model of modern campaigning led to Manning's leadership abilities being questioned by a number of former members, including Stephen Harper, who accused Manning of inappropriately using a Can$31,000 personal expense allowance as leader. Some Reform supporters were frustrated by the party's decision to expand its political base into Quebec, as they continued to believe that the party should represent English-speaking Canada, and others from the right-wing and populist faction of the party were angry that Manning punished MPs Bob Ringma and David Chatters for outbursts.{{cite web |access-date = 2008-10-08 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140407062708/http://www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/business/hansard/36th_2nd/vol28a/h028a_4.html# |archive-date = 2014-04-07 |url-status = dead

Reform began the campaign with Can$1.5 million in cash on hand, and had raised a total of Can$8 million. In contrast to the other parties, the vast majority of the money came from donations by individuals or small businesses.

The results for Reform were generally considered a minor tactical success. The party won 60 seats to displace the Bloc as Official Opposition, largely by building on its already heavy concentration of support in Western Canada. Strategically, Reform failed to make inroads into eastern Canada and lost its one seat in Ontario, leaving it effectively perceived as a Western regional party, despite making their first significant inroads into rural Ontario.

Bloc Québécois

Logo of the Bloc Québécois during the election.

The Bloc Québécois, under the leadership of Gilles Duceppe, lost its position of Official Opposition, falling to third place. The party's founding leader, Lucien Bouchard, had resigned in the aftermath of the 1995 Quebec referendum in order to become Premier of Quebec. Bouchard had been replaced by Michel Gauthier, but a lack of direction and party infighting caused their poll numbers to plummet, leaving them in danger of being overhauled by both the Liberals and the resurgent Progressive Conservatives. Duceppe, who took over as leader after Gauthier resigned, nonetheless made progress by emphasizing the lack of possibility of constitutional reform. While the party only finished 1.2 percentage points ahead of the Liberals in the province's popular vote, a more efficiently distributed vote (the Liberal vote was too concentrated in and around Montreal; elsewhere, they split the vote with the Progressive Conservatives) still allowed them to capture a comfortable majority of 44 out of Quebec's 75 seats.

New Democratic Party

Logo of the New Democratic Party during the election.

The New Democratic Party under the leadership of Alexa McDonough regained official party status that the party lost in the 1993 Canadian federal election. The party won the fourth largest share of total votes and won 21 seats. Notably, the party made a substantial showing in Atlantic Canada, a region where it had only elected three MPs in its entire history prior to the election.

Progressive Conservative Party

Logo of the Progressive Conservative Party during the election.

The Progressive Conservative Party under Jean Charest campaigned on securing national unity in Canada by recognizing Quebec as being a distinct society within Canada, along with the proposal of a "New Covenant" for Canadian confederation to be negotiated between the Federal and Provincial governments. The party's platform included the novelty of being publicly distributed on CD-ROM. Charest and the PCs benefited from rapidly rising in popularity amongst all language groups in Quebec, where voters were found to have preferred Charest over Gilles Duceppe, the leader of the Bloc Québécois.

The Progressive Conservatives faced multiple difficulties, as the party was not able to apply for federal financial assistance due to it not being an official party. The party's results in their previous bastion of Western Canada remained anemic, and the Reformers remained the dominant conservative political force in the west. Reform also made inroads into rural central and southern Ontario — traditionally the heartland of the Tories' provincial counterparts.

The Progressive Conservatives won the third largest number of the total votes and improved their situation in the House of Commons, regaining official party status after winning 20 seats. Despite finishing about half a point behind Reform in the nationwide popular vote, their only heavy concentrations of support were in Atlantic Canada and Quebec. Elsewhere, like in 1993, their support was too spread out to translate into victories in individual ridings. They only won one seat each in Ontario and Manitoba, and none west of Manitoba. The result, a disappointment for Charest, would lead to his resignation and eventual assumption of leadership of the Liberal Party of Quebec.

Green Party

Support for the Green Party of Canada was 79% higher than at the previous election, with its greatest success in British Columbia, where it received 2% of the vote. The Green Party remained almost entirely off the national media's radar. At 0.43% of the vote, and 1.64% of the vote in the ridings it contested, the Green Party remained a small but growing movement.

Results

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Notes:

*: Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

x: Less than 0.005% of the popular vote

Vote and seat summaries

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Synopsis of results

: = Newly created constituency : = Open seat : = Turnout is above national average : = Winning candidate held seat in previous House : = Incumbent had switched allegiance : = Previously incumbent in another riding : = Not incumbent; was previously elected to the House : = Incumbency arose from byelection gain : = Other incumbents renominated : = Previously a member of one of the provincial legislatures : = Multiple candidates

RidingWinning partyTurnout
Including spoiled ballotsVotesMinor political parties receiving less than 1% of the popular vote (other than ones which fielded a significant number of candidates, or candidates receiving more than 1,000 votes) are aggregated under Other1st placeVotesShareMargin
#Margin
%2nd placeLibRefPCNDPBQGreenNLPCHPIndOtherTotalCALiberal}};"CAReform}};"CAPC}};"CANDP}};"CABQ}};"CAGreen}};"CANatural Law}};"CAChristian Heritage}};"BCIndependent}};"BCOther}};"
AthabascaABRef14,67354.62%6,60724.59%Lib49.4%8,06614,6732,4591,26240526,865
Calgary CentreABRef19,93640.08%3,7057.45%Lib57.9%16,23119,9369,2303,01189327316749,741
Calgary EastABRef13,34844.98%6,04220.36%PC47.9%6,76613,3487,3061,92632929,675
Calgary NortheastABRef18,71952.11%10,07328.04%Lib50.9%8,64618,7195,8151,2092311,30035,920
Calgary SoutheastABRef24,60255.02%14,03531.39%PC63.7%8,13124,60210,5671,17623544,711
Calgary SouthwestABRef27,91257.99%18,20637.83%Lib66.8%9,70627,9128,617Jan Brown was previously elected in 1993 under the Reform banner in Calgary Southeast.1,3223101758948,131
Calgary WestABRef24,87847.20%9,60118.22%Lib64.7%15,27724,8789,5942,10555729352,704
Calgary—Nose HillABRef25,78851.80%13,22326.56%Lib64.9%12,56525,7888,6781,88363723749,788
CrowfootABRef30,58970.99%23,91055.49%PC64.1%4,18530,5896,6791,63543,088
Edmonton EastABRef15,47544.58%3,47010.00%Lib51.7%12,00515,4752,5354,09621110728734,716
Edmonton NorthABRef16,12444.30%4,30411.83%Lib55.6%11,82016,1242,8115,41322636,394
Edmonton SoutheastABLib14,74545.98%1,4504.52%Ref56.0%14,74513,2951,9941,88215232,068
Edmonton SouthwestABRef22,69751.34%7,86417.79%Lib62.6%14,83322,6974,4032,07020544,208
Edmonton WestABLib17,80243.45%1,4103.44%Ref54.4%17,80216,3922,9193,38621014312240,974
Edmonton—StrathconaABRef20,60541.30%2,9515.92%Lib62.7%17,65420,6053,6147,2514061531159249,890
Elk IslandABRef26,27660.64%17,74040.94%Lib62.9%8,53626,2765,4162,54455943,331
LakelandABRef23,21459.28%16,23841.47%PC56.6%6,91123,2146,9761,73732139,159
LethbridgeABRef22,82855.53%14,94136.35%Lib59.7%7,88722,8287,4362,21141832641,106
MacleodABRef24,22568.02%18,67052.42%PC56.6%4,13724,2255,5551,44425335,614
Medicine HatABRef22,76165.45%16,68247.97%Lib53.6%6,07922,7614,2191,71934,778
Peace RiverABRef22,35158.94%15,11039.84%Lib53.6%7,24122,3516,1042,22637,922
Red DeerABRef28,62268.38%22,05652.69%PC57.4%4,78528,6226,5661,66022741,860
St. AlbertABRef24,26955.19%11,73226.68%Lib61.9%12,53724,2694,6452,17235443,977
WetaskiwinABRef26,44365.96%20,75151.76%Lib61.0%5,69226,4435,2821,94073440,091
Wild RoseABRef28,56963.79%20,06344.79%PC60.5%5,42828,5698,5061,59469244,789
YellowheadABRef22,96064.82%16,64246.98%Lib56.9%6,31822,9604,3831,75935,420
Burnaby—DouglasBCNDP19,05843.08%7,31516.54%Ref68.1%11,53611,7431,49819,05830010344,238
Cariboo—ChilcotinBCRef16,00851.11%9,51530.38%Lib61.0%6,49316,0083,7074,40670731,321
Delta—South RichmondBCRef23,89146.50%4,8209.38%Lib68.8%19,07123,8912,8294,71524532530851,384
Dewdney—AlouetteBCRef20,44647.26%9,58522.15%Lib63.0%10,86120,4462,6198,29663419521543,266
Esquimalt—Juan de FucaBCRef20,37043.43%8,09217.25%Lib65.0%12,27820,3702,10410,4001,18131126146,905
Fraser ValleyBCRef33,10162.85%21,53240.88%Lib67.0%11,56933,1011,7144,6803421181,0479552,666
KamloopsBCNDP16,13836.07%1,8944.23%Lib67.3%14,24412,92899916,13843744,746
KelownaBCRef25,24650.01%13,94027.62%Lib62.8%11,30625,2468,4773,8381,61250,479
Kootenay—ColumbiaBCRef22,38761.91%16,01444.29%Lib64.9%6,37322,3871,4795,13378636,158
Langley—AbbotsfordBCRef31,66462.02%18,93137.08%Lib67.3%12,73331,6641,8003,41879015149551,051
Nanaimo—AlberniBCRef25,06949.86%13,90727.66%NDP67.1%10,51325,0692,60211,16265028250,278
Nanaimo—CowichanBCRef22,68544.95%9,57318.97%NDP65.2%10,66322,6852,13113,11292822472050,463
New Westminster—Coquitlam—BurnabyBCRef15,91534.47%1,8484.00%NDP65.4%13,43715,9151,80314,0676911609346,166
North VancouverBCRef27,07548.86%8,26914.92%Lib71.8%18,80627,0752,7405,07598216236520355,408
Okanagan—CoquihallaBCRef24,57053.06%12,32926.63%Lib65.1%12,24124,5702,5235,4411,00831820246,303
Okanagan—ShuswapBCRef24,95253.13%13,36728.46%Lib67.1%11,58524,9523,1605,83962780246,965
Port Moody—CoquitlamBCRef23,11343.61%7,47714.11%Lib66.5%15,63623,1132,92710,44469519053,005
Prince George–Bulkley ValleyBCRef17,50554.28%10,43532.36%Lib58.0%7,07017,5052,6153,93550730031532,247
Prince George—Peace RiverBCRef22,27066.91%16,58749.84%Lib57.5%5,68322,2701,9112,98942933,282
RichmondBCLib18,16543.81%3,2537.85%Ref64.9%18,16514,9123,4353,9645651641679041,462
Saanich—Gulf IslandsBCRef24,27543.07%6,53311.59%Lib74.3%17,74224,2754,2438,0801,54624823456,368
SkeenaBCRef13,40242.35%3,53911.18%NDP63.7%6,40813,4021,1069,86386431,643
South Surrey—White Rock—LangleyBCRef25,14154.87%11,33124.73%Lib71.4%13,81025,1412,0683,61675612916913045,819
Surrey CentralBCRef17,46134.67%2,8665.69%Lib61.6%14,59517,4614,3277,0644171479784,73663450,359
Surrey NorthReform incumbent Margaret Bridgman was ousted from nomination by Chuck Cadman.BCRef16,15846.80%6,43518.64%Lib61.0%9,72316,1581,0936,5792807029120012934,523
Vancouver CentreBCLib20,87840.76%9,31118.18%Ref64.7%20,87811,5674,73610,6901,54121794564451,218
Vancouver EastBCNDP14,96142.25%1,8385.19%Lib59.9%13,1234,28796414,9611,22118522628215835,407
Vancouver Island NorthBCRef22,76947.54%11,61724.26%NDP64.4%10,02422,7691,65011,1521,55921852247,894
Vancouver KingswayBCLib14,18240.62%3,52010.08%NDP63.4%14,1826,4121,38510,6628112101,08816134,911
Vancouver QuadraBCLib18,84742.14%6,50714.55%Ref67.8%18,84712,3407,5464,4861,15521113544,720
Vancouver South—BurnabyBCLib16,64842.66%5,05012.94%Ref64.2%16,64811,5982,3217,46763322413839,029
VictoriaBCLib18,13034.76%2,7375.25%Ref68.5%18,13015,3933,58911,4192,80634013135352,161
West Kootenay—OkanaganBCRef18,95446.78%10,08524.89%NDP66.7%7,07818,9542,2558,8692,45518734037740,515
West Vancouver—Sunshine CoastBCRef20,09240.05%2,7745.53%Lib66.8%17,31820,0924,1945,9882,31825450,164
Brandon—SourisMBPC13,21635.59%1,3333.59%Ref66.9%6,58311,88313,2164,98322924437,138
Charleswood—AssiniboineMBLib15,92542.97%7,26119.59%PC67.6%15,9258,3988,6643,92315437,064
ChurchillMBNDP9,61641.17%2,76411.83%Lib50.2%6,8524,4382,4529,61623,358
Dauphin—Swan RiverMBRef12,66835.49%4,95213.87%PC65.4%7,40812,6687,7167,57532635,693
Portage—LisgarMBRef13,53240.25%1,4494.31%PC60.6%4,91313,53212,0832,42051715933,624
ProvencherMBLib14,59540.00%1,7974.93%Ref64.9%14,59512,7985,9553,13736,485
Saint BonifaceMBLib18,94851.22%12,28533.21%NDP65.9%18,9486,6584,5556,66317136,995
Selkirk—InterlakeMBRef10,93728.30%660.17%Lib65.5%10,87110,9375,73010,74936338,650
Winnipeg CentreMBNDP10,97940.89%1,0844.04%Lib57.0%9,8953,0952,44210,97930013626,847
Winnipeg North CentreMBNDP13,66350.27%5,86221.57%Lib57.6%7,8013,6781,74213,66316912827,181
Winnipeg North—St. PaulMBLib13,52437.48%4,03711.19%NDP66.0%13,5247,1085,4309,4874429236,083
Winnipeg SouthMBLib18,80049.57%11,29029.77%Ref67.4%18,8007,5106,5474,6291531919437,924
Winnipeg South CentreMBLib20,00655.89%14,28939.92%NDP64.9%20,0064,4575,0115,71722420218035,797
Winnipeg—TransconaMBNDP16,64050.27%9,53528.80%Lib60.4%7,1055,7032,96816,64042316110433,104
Acadie—BathurstNBNDP21,11340.53%2,6925.17%Lib78.6%18,42112,56021,11352,094
Beauséjour—PetitcodiacNBNDP18,50438.99%1,9754.16%Lib75.9%16,5294,8337,59218,50447,458
CharlotteNBPC14,53344.95%6,22419.25%Lib73.2%8,3096,81414,5332,39728032,333
FrederictonNBLib12,25234.12%1,4173.95%PC67.2%12,2527,81510,8354,68932135,912
Fundy—RoyalNBPC16,71541.52%6,52316.20%Lib76.2%10,1929,22916,7153,79032940,255
Madawaska—RestigoucheNBPC20,34350.30%5,38613.32%Lib75.6%14,95720,3434,21193340,444
MiramichiNBLib13,92440.45%3,3549.74%PC77.2%13,9244,66810,5705,26334,425
Moncton—Riverview—DieppeNBLib20,86044.57%8,92919.08%PC70.4%20,8606,07311,9317,51042446,798
Saint JohnNBPC22,22763.11%16,61547.18%Lib67.0%5,6123,46722,2273,67923235,217
Tobique—MactaquacNBPC12,12535.90%1,9355.73%Lib72.0%10,1909,37112,1252,09333,779
Bonavista—Trinity—ConceptionNLLib12,92935.25%5701.55%NDP54.2%12,92910,33212,3591,05436,674
Burin—St. George'sNLPC13,88445.70%2,1697.14%Lib54.7%11,71513,8844,78430,383
Gander—Grand FallsNLLib13,40952.21%4,75718.52%PC44.1%13,4098,6523,62025,681
Humber—St. Barbe—Baie VerteNLLib12,05739.83%2320.77%PC54.9%12,0571,96911,8254,42130,272
LabradorNLLib6,18250.62%1,56712.83%NDP60.7%6,1825738424,61512,212
St. John's EastNLPC17,28638.98%4,82610.88%NDP58.8%12,0481,97717,28612,46038819144,350
St. John's WestNLPC19,39344.07%3,0766.99%Lib60.4%16,3171,11319,3936,86631944,008
Bras d'OrNSNDP17,57541.30%1,2172.86%Lib75.2%16,3588,62017,57542,553
Cumberland—ColchesterNSPC18,61043.63%7,60817.83%Lib69.8%11,0025,97018,6106,05819382642,659
DartmouthNSNDP12,32632.57%2,0285.36%Lib65.0%10,2984,44610,18312,32615643837,847
HalifaxNSNDP21,83749.02%11,47625.76%PC68.9%9,6382,42210,36121,8371978944,544
Halifax WestNSNDP16,01334.63%1,7293.74%Lib67.3%14,2844,84310,84816,0131797046,237
Kings—HantsNSPC17,40136.27%2,8866.02%Lib65.7%14,5156,42417,4019,10127825147,970
Pictou—Antigonish—GuysboroughNSPC18,19642.34%5,34512.44%Lib72.0%12,8513,41618,1968,28422842,975
Sackville—Musquodoboit Valley—Eastern ShoreNSNDP12,43330.37%410.10%PC66.6%10,7505,15512,39212,43321140,941
South ShoreNSPC14,13636.00%2,7396.97%Lib67.3%11,3975,30214,1368,13729839,270
Sydney—VictoriaNSNDP22,45551.10%10,88624.77%Lib74.3%11,5699,92022,45543,944
West NovaNSPC13,18734.31%3,3108.61%Lib73.9%9,8777,22913,1877,86227538,430
Algoma—ManitoulinONLib13,81041.31%5,45716.33%Ref61.5%13,8108,3533,3677,89733,427
Barrie—Simcoe—BradfordONLib23,54943.48%7,50713.86%Ref64.0%23,54916,04210,7352,58050642132754,160
Beaches—East YorkONLib21,84447.93%11,11424.39%NDP67.3%21,8446,5345,61110,73058926445,572
Bramalea—Gore—MaltonONLib18,93346.37%8,27820.27%PC61.0%18,9338,68510,6552,28127940,833
Brampton CentreONLib18,61548.85%7,79820.47%Ref60.3%18,61510,8175,6212,92312738,103
Brampton West—MississaugaONLib27,29759.99%18,85041.42%PC61.1%27,2977,5698,4472,19245,505
BrantONLib24,12552.97%13,68930.06%Ref63.1%24,12510,4365,7815,20145,543
Broadview—GreenwoodONLib21,10849.76%7,20516.98%NDP68.1%21,1083,2473,23813,9034262052118542,423
Bruce—GreyONLib17,89636.79%1,7353.57%Ref68.8%17,89616,16111,1393,44648,642
BurlingtonONLib22,04244.12%5,69811.40%PC70.0%22,0428,66216,3442,56135249,961
CambridgeONLib17,67336.74%6,90614.36%Ref64.8%17,67310,7679,2999,81354848,100
Carleton—GloucesterONLib29,86258.96%19,90239.29%PC74.3%29,8627,4049,9602,83134924450,650
DavenportONLib17,19565.86%12,38847.45%NDP62.4%17,1952,6284,80755138454326,108
Don Valley EastONLib25,39459.20%16,78439.13%PC66.0%25,3945,1678,6102,98119217038442,898
Don Valley WestONLib26,20952.95%11,16322.55%PC72.3%26,2094,66915,0462,92237817310449,501
Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—GreyONLib20,95742.63%6,19712.61%Ref66.9%20,95714,76011,0892,35549,161
DurhamONLib19,87843.34%6,81914.87%Ref64.1%19,87813,0598,9953,25068245,864
Eglinton—LawrenceONLib25,98559.24%16,00836.50%PC67.0%25,9853,5479,9773,95539743,861
Elgin—Middlesex—LondonONLib17,89039.99%6,39114.29%PC64.3%17,89010,30711,4993,2605081,27544,739
Erie—LincolnONLib17,54242.84%4,75411.61%Ref63.4%17,54212,7886,3172,5092281,30126740,952
EssexONLib22,05246.07%7,87216.45%NDP62.8%22,0528,5453,08614,18047,863
Etobicoke CentreONLib27,34554.56%16,32232.56%PC71.8%27,3458,63811,0232,66126718950,123
Etobicoke NorthONLib22,23661.84%16,63946.27%Ref61.1%22,2365,5974,2763,35017432435,957
Etobicoke—LakeshoreONLib21,18046.22%10,67123.28%PC67.6%21,1808,69710,5094,085315139903Former Liberal Cabinet minister Paul Hellyer stood for the Canadian Action Party, receiving 770 votes.45,828
Glengarry—Prescott—RussellONLib34,98671.98%28,87759.41%PC68.7%34,9864,5996,1092,28941720748,607
Guelph—WellingtonONLib25,00447.73%13,84426.43%PC66.6%25,0049,05411,1605,45658997214652,381
Haldimand—Norfolk—BrantONLib21,04345.50%8,49518.37%Ref65.8%21,04312,5489,7042,51643746,248
HaltonONLib26,01747.25%12,23922.23%PC67.8%26,01712,22113,7782,45260055,068
Hamilton EastONLib16,99149.48%10,12129.47%NDP56.3%16,9915,7163,9136,87037631216034,338
Hamilton MountainONLib21,12845.81%12,25126.56%PC63.6%21,1288,1548,8777,44052046,119
Hamilton WestONLib20,95150.02%13,30331.76%NDP61.9%20,9516,2856,5107,64832317041,887
Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and AddingtonONLib18,39939.47%6,17213.24%PC67.8%18,39912,04512,2273,25518950546,620
Huron—BruceONLib24,24051.35%14,31530.32%Ref70.4%24,2409,9259,2233,03778147,206
Kenora—Rainy RiverONLib14,08441.93%4,30212.81%Ref60.6%14,0849,7822,7996,92233,587
Kent—EssexONLib21,45150.20%12,51029.28%Ref59.3%21,4518,9416,6344,32329162147042,731
Kingston and the IslandsONLib25,63249.51%14,33627.69%PC62.8%25,6326,76111,2966,43390275151,775
Kitchener CentreONLib23,08948.00%12,12925.22%PC64.3%23,0899,55010,9604,50348,102
Kitchener—WaterlooONLib25,11147.71%13,49825.65%PC62.6%25,11110,50211,6134,72526541352,629
Lambton—Kent—MiddlesexONLib21,15546.24%8,55318.69%Ref65.6%21,15512,6027,2562,4402561,78525745,751
Lanark—CarletonONLib28,15145.32%11,38618.33%Ref71.7%28,15116,76513,2133,02246318131862,113
Leeds—GrenvilleONLib19,12339.47%3,4877.20%PC69.9%Joe Jordan]] was the son of the previous incumbent Jim Jordan.10,47615,6361,7571,10211924148,454
London North CentreONLib23,89151.72%15,81934.25%PC60.2%23,8917,0168,0725,67968537533613846,192
London WestONLib24,71048.55%13,75227.02%PC68.2%24,7108,83910,9585,2914975158350,893
London—FanshaweONLib20,49751.20%13,65934.12%Ref58.7%20,4976,8385,4996,75444240,030
MarkhamONPC20,44944.70%3,6397.95%Lib67.5%16,8104,94720,4491,4822581,58421845,748
Mississauga CentreONLib25,88165.04%19,83249.84%PC61.3%25,8815,7706,0491,90019239,792
Mississauga EastONLib23,78059.95%15,92840.15%PC64.5%23,7805,6177,8522,15626239,667
Mississauga SouthONLib21,20749.94%11,13026.21%PC65.9%21,2078,30710,0772,30219914122942,462
Mississauga WestONLib30,59861.21%21,43842.89%Ref64.8%30,5989,1608,1022,12849,988
Nepean—CarletonONLib28,36648.80%13,03322.42%Ref75.4%28,36615,33311,0722,78823833158,128
Niagara CentreONLib24,11549.70%12,06224.86%Ref65.1%24,11512,0535,8275,51036351514348,526
Niagara FallsONLib15,86838.36%4,88211.80%Ref63.6%15,86810,9869,9354,05237415441,369
Nickel BeltONLib19,48948.85%6,13415.38%NDP68.1%19,4894,7711,76313,35514536939,892
NipissingONLib19,78656.34%12,39635.29%Ref63.8%19,7867,3905,6662,28035,122
NorthumberlandONLib21,18245.77%9,72421.01%PC65.1%21,18210,60211,4582,67835546,275
Oak RidgesONLib27,39454.73%15,16230.29%PC64.2%27,3947,56812,2322,41128116750,053
OakvilleONLib24,48747.68%9,01417.55%PC72.9%24,4879,05015,4732,34351,353
OshawaONLib15,92537.72%3,9519.36%Ref58.6%15,92511,9746,9727,35042,221
Ottawa CentreONLib25,98745.19%12,34121.46%NDP70.2%25,9876,6519,39113,64685521137338657,500
Ottawa SouthONLib31,72559.01%23,20343.16%Ref72.3%31,7258,5228,1154,37444016742153,764
Ottawa West—NepeanONLib29,51154.02%17,91032.78%Ref72.7%29,51111,6018,4894,1634161532119054,634
Ottawa—VanierONLib30,72861.87%23,97448.27%PC66.8%30,7284,8686,7545,95265133024113849,662
OxfordONLib16,28135.98%1,5753.48%PC66.9%16,2819,53314,7063,40618195619245,255
Parkdale—High ParkONLib20,69248.27%11,93027.83%NDP68.7%20,6925,8915,9268,76269626763542,869
Parry Sound—MuskokaONLib17,75241.60%6,31714.80%PC69.1%17,75210,90911,4351,70051313323642,678
Perth—MiddlesexONLib19,58344.01%8,51019.12%PC67.6%19,5839,18011,0733,80685844,500
PeterboroughONLib25,59446.55%9,83517.89%Ref66.8%25,59415,7598,7574,87454,984
Pickering—Ajax—UxbridgeONLib26,00352.09%15,20130.45%PC66.8%26,00310,53710,8022,57649,918
Prince Edward—HastingsONLib22,41551.59%13,11030.17%PC63.6%22,4159,2199,3052,51243,451
Renfrew—Nipissing—PembrokeONLib19,56940.25%6,53413.44%Ref68.3%19,56913,03512,3523,24218323648,617
Sarnia—LambtonONLib19,49447.35%9,32222.64%Ref65.2%19,49410,1726,0083,3201251,47240217541,168
Sault Ste. MarieONLib16,87144.49%6,58817.37%NDP66.6%16,8717,5363,01010,28321937,919
Scarborough CentreONLib25,18557.39%17,07938.92%Ref64.7%25,1858,1066,9763,61943,886
Scarborough EastONLib23,06554.33%14,76834.79%PC64.8%23,0657,0118,2973,33027813517116442,451
Scarborough SouthwestONLib20,67553.40%12,75732.95%Ref63.0%20,6757,9185,2944,34548238,714
Scarborough—AgincourtONLib25,99565.13%18,88047.30%PC66.5%25,9954,2917,1152,51239,913
Scarborough—Rouge RiverONLib28,63674.80%24,27263.40%PC62.1%28,6363,1024,3641,87417013938,285
Simcoe NorthONLib22,77544.39%8,41216.40%Ref66.9%22,77514,36310,8492,48838823021351,306
Simcoe—GreyONLib17,89535.21%4810.95%Ref65.4%17,89517,41411,7613,09066450,824
St. CatharinesONLib21,08143.46%6,05212.48%Ref65.5%21,08115,0296,5034,65724568830848,511
St. Paul'sONLib26,38954.26%14,86930.57%PC69.1%26,3893,56411,5206,02859722131748,636
Stoney CreekONLib23,75049.97%13,54028.49%Ref65.7%23,75010,2109,4403,39226147247,525
Stormont—DundasONLib22,85752.53%13,91231.97%Ref64.9%22,8578,9458,7412,67129543,509
SudburyONLib22,22355.42%13,75234.29%NDP62.5%22,2235,1983,4598,47124750240,100
ThornhillONLib25,74759.00%14,23032.61%PC67.2%25,7473,44111,5172,00826166543,639
Thunder Bay—AtikokanONLib14,28742.66%6,17018.42%NDP60.2%14,2875,6425,4438,11733,489
Thunder Bay—Superior NorthONLib16,74551.83%10,04031.08%NDP58.6%16,7455,2863,5696,70532,305
Timiskaming—CochraneONLib20,58059.43%15,69445.32%PC63.0%20,5804,5414,8864,62334,630
Timmins—James BayONLib16,82950.25%4,88414.58%NDP61.7%16,8292,4642,25111,94533,489
Toronto Centre—RosedaleONLib22,94549.19%13,34828.62%NDP67.0%22,9453,6468,9939,59757727014546946,642
Trinity—SpadinaONLib18,21545.30%1,8024.48%NDP67.1%18,2151,6492,79316,41339219428827040,214
Vaughan—King—AuroraONLib33,50264.25%24,91147.78%PC65.6%33,5027,2738,5912,25052452,140
Victoria—HaliburtonONLib18,20534.05%1,1812.21%Ref68.1%18,20517,02414,2833,45650453,472
Waterloo—WellingtonONLib20,03844.01%5,89612.95%Ref63.1%20,03814,1428,1753,18045,535
Wentworth—BurlingtonONLib19,58441.65%6,10312.98%PC69.1%19,58410,26713,4813,69447,026
Whitby—AjaxONLib23,55147.69%11,57423.44%Ref66.8%23,55111,97710,1073,35439449,383
WillowdaleONLib27,31158.45%17,26836.95%PC68.1%27,3116,00710,0432,83326826646,728
Windsor WestONLib21,87755.20%12,46631.45%NDP55.1%21,8775,2952,4529,41139819939,632
Windsor—St. ClairONLib16,49639.89%2,2595.46%NDP59.6%16,4965,8994,25314,23735711541,357
York CentreONLib27,86472.06%24,24662.71%NDP64.0%27,8642,8763,3233,61838924235438,666
York NorthONLib22,94245.25%9,69719.13%Ref65.9%22,94213,24511,3081,99618779922050,697
York South—WestonONInd17,16345.03%4,43111.63%Lib68.1%12,7322,3631,9253,55217117,261John Nunziata, the winning candidate, had previously served as the Liberal MP for the constituency since 1984.11238,116
York WestONLib21,25473.62%18,40163.74%NDP61.0%21,2542,5982,1652,85328,870
CardiganPELib7,55545.05%990.59%PC77.4%7,5557,4561,76116,772
EgmontPELib8,49848.42%7444.24%PC70.9%8,4987,7541,30017,552
HillsboroughPELib7,63040.87%1,87910.06%NDP71.2%7,6304764,5945,7517414518,670
MalpequePELib7,91245.09%7184.09%PC72.2%7,9125807,1941,86317,549
AbitibiQCLib16,80343.75%2,6356.86%BQ60.7%16,8036,53190914,16838,411
AhuntsicQCLib28,97149.25%10,28217.48%BQ79.7%28,9719,5201,05118,68958958,820
Anjou—Rivière-des-PrairiesQCLib24,18947.31%7,63114.92%BQ77.7%24,1899,40575216,55822751,131
Argenteuil—PapineauQCBQ21,20240.87%3,5546.85%Lib71.4%17,64811,17183621,20250950551,871
BeauceQCLib22,15649.10%10,15422.50%BQ63.9%22,1569,38573512,00284345,121
Beauharnois—SalaberryQCBQ20,44939.72%3,2236.26%Lib77.3%17,22613,16065220,44951,487
Beauport—Montmorency—OrléansQCBQ21,99442.99%8,13115.89%Lib70.3%13,8631,25512,74888521,99441951,164
Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'IsletQCLib14,10033.47%470.11%BQ68.0%14,10061112,84052014,05342,124
Berthier—MontcalmQCBQ32,70752.65%17,63428.38%Lib70.7%15,07313,3381,00932,70762,127
Bonaventure—Gaspé—Îles-de-la-Madeleine—PabokQCBQ15,98341.26%1790.46%Lib68.9%15,8046,29764915,98338,733
BourassaQCLib23,76552.21%8,95219.67%BQ74.7%23,7655,93799914,81345,514
Brome—MissisquoiQCLib19,26142.37%6,49114.28%PC76.0%19,26112,77078112,65245,464
Brossard—La PrairieQCLib24,67646.64%7,33413.86%BQ78.9%24,6769,98290617,34252,906
ChamblyQCBQ26,10949.29%12,04822.74%Lib75.6%14,06111,80299826,10952,970
ChamplainQCBQ20,68744.00%7,77216.53%Lib73.7%12,91512,78463220,68747,018
CharlesbourgQCBQ21,55638.45%3,9287.01%Lib73.9%17,6281,13513,81196321,55670926656,068
CharlevoixQCBQ19,79254.18%9,95427.25%Lib64.1%9,8386,44345419,79236,527
ChâteauguayQCBQ25,90945.47%6,74211.83%Lib75.9%19,16711,11279425,90956,982
ChicoutimiQCPC18,59843.69%3170.74%BQ68.5%4,83918,59885318,28142,571
Compton—StansteadQCPC18,12544.60%4,75811.71%BQ74.9%8,11918,12558713,36743940,637
DrummondQCBQ18,57742.26%3,8008.64%PC73.3%10,16514,77744118,57743,960
Frontenac—MéganticQCBQ14,43337.10%4651.20%Lib75.8%13,9689,88525214,43336538,903
GatineauQCLib25,29846.42%9,51217.45%PC66.6%25,29815,78698211,39144844515054,500
Hochelaga—MaisonneuveQCBQ21,93846.02%5,63011.81%Lib72.6%16,3087,58382521,93857744447,675
Hull—AylmerQCLib25,83554.11%15,91333.33%BQ70.4%25,8359358,4611,3179,92258626627515147,748
JolietteQCBQ22,60546.54%5,18810.68%PC73.6%7,45217,41750222,60559448,570
JonquièreQCBQ16,41548.57%4,60713.63%PC67.2%4,87411,80835316,41534833,798
Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Temiscouata—Les-BasquesQCBQ16,51838.27%2,3995.56%Lib66.6%14,11911,62342016,51848043,160
Lac-Saint-JeanQCBQ21,50663.53%14,39742.53%Lib68.0%7,1094,84539121,50633,851
Lac-Saint-LouisQCLib42,61369.02%31,32050.73%PC83.6%42,6131,55611,2931,5484,34738661,743
LaSalle—ÉmardQCLib32,31760.87%19,36436.48%BQ78.0%32,3176,44592012,95345353,088
LaurentidesQCBQ28,64745.73%9,59415.32%Lib70.4%19,05314,09684428,64762,640
Laurier—Sainte-MarieQCBQ26,54654.65%15,39231.69%Lib70.0%11,1545,8082,18026,5461,1671,37833848,571
Laval CentreQCBQ22,66839.62%2,4464.28%Lib76.4%20,22213,1321,18822,66857,210
Laval EastQCBQ23,09338.46%3,8146.35%Lib79.5%19,27916,91276523,09360,049
Laval WestQCLib31,56648.90%12,01918.62%BQ79.1%31,56612,3651,07219,54764,550
LévisQCBQ27,87045.22%10,61417.22%Lib71.7%17,25614,6301,88127,87061,637
LongueuilQCBQ20,97750.24%8,83021.15%Lib71.5%12,1477,77385720,97741,754
LotbinièreQCBQ13,06937.07%3,0078.53%Lib72.3%10,0629,69044513,0691,98835,254
Louis-HébertQCBQ23,65339.85%3,6986.23%Lib77.2%19,9551,02413,0021,16123,65355859,353
ManicouaganQCBQ12,20347.07%1,5325.91%Lib67.6%10,6712,0091,04112,20325,924
Matapédia—MataneQCBQ15,69444.79%5,13614.66%Lib65.2%10,5587,99141715,69437735,037
MercierQCBQ24,64951.06%10,58821.93%Lib71.8%14,0618,50077224,64929748,279
Mount RoyalQCLib30,11562.26%20,02541.40%Ind78.7%30,1155,0069661,98121110,09048,369
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—LachineQCLib29,58256.56%19,23236.77%PC77.7%29,58210,3502,3158,79756969252,305
OutremontQCLib22,27150.15%9,66321.76%BQ74.0%22,2715,4242,86212,60886837844,411
Papineau—Saint-DenisQCLib26,26053.90%12,17724.99%BQ75.5%26,2606,2271,19614,08347148148,718
Pierrefonds—DollardQCLib38,47666.43%27,93048.22%PC79.9%38,4761,13410,5461,0606,23946557,920
Pontiac—Gatineau—LabelleQCLib22,73645.78%6,83913.77%BQ66.7%22,7369,1871,09715,89747926949,665
PortneufQCBQ18,61543.30%5,94113.82%Lib69.1%12,67410,5871,11218,61542,988
QuébecQCBQ24,81744.52%6,75512.12%Lib73.0%18,06210,3092,55624,81755,744
Quebec EastQCBQ23,24539.37%4,7067.97%Lib72.8%18,5391,48314,5331,24023,24559,040
RepentignyQCBQ33,28356.29%20,78835.16%Lib73.7%12,49512,43691633,28359,130
RichelieuQCBQ26,42154.80%12,48025.88%Lib76.1%13,9416,8271,02826,42148,217
Richmond—ArthabaskaQCPC21,68741.50%2,3684.53%BQ74.0%10,61321,68764119,31952,260
Rimouski—MitisQCBQ17,28247.00%6,17016.78%Lib68.2%11,1127,90147917,28236,774
RobervalQCBQ16,20752.10%8,03125.82%Lib62.0%8,1766,31241216,20731,107
RosemontQCBQ23,31347.03%7,36114.85%Lib70.9%15,9527,7271,63723,31349444749,570
Saint-Bruno—Saint-HubertQCBQ23,75945.13%6,48012.31%Lib76.6%17,27910,5791,03223,75952,649
Saint-Eustache—Sainte-ThérèseQCBQ25,80746.45%9,52717.15%Lib73.1%16,28012,52294725,80755,556
Saint-Hyacinthe—BagotQCBQ21,11642.91%4,8039.76%PC74.3%10,97016,31380921,11649,208
Saint-JeanQCBQ22,44146.06%9,20218.89%Lib77.0%13,23911,93875522,44134748,720
Saint-LambertQCLib19,43641.18%9782.07%BQ75.8%19,4368,08492118,45830447,203
Saint-Laurent—CartiervilleQCLib34,59870.14%27,73756.23%PC77.0%34,5986816,8619106,27649,326
Saint-Léonard—Saint-MichelQCLib36,08869.76%27,63153.41%BQ76.6%36,0885,9901,1988,45751,733
Saint-MauriceQCLib22,26647.30%1,6023.40%BQ80.3%22,2663,65748920,66447,076
SheffordQCPC17,89736.90%5211.07%BQ75.4%12,69917,89753117,37648,503
SherbrookeQCPC32,22859.53%16,14229.82%BQ73.5%4,72032,22862816,08647754,139
TémiscamingueQCBQ18,52846.62%5,85014.72%Lib67.3%12,6787,87965418,52839,739
Terrebonne—BlainvilleQCBQ28,06650.36%13,37924.01%Lib75.0%14,68711,8831,09028,06655,726
Trois-RivièresQCBQ21,26742.46%5,57511.13%Lib73.7%15,69212,10252821,26750350,092
Vaudreuil—SoulangesQCLib23,67645.00%6,10211.60%BQ79.6%23,6765739,76053817,57449052,611
VerchèresQCBQ30,07453.74%17,35931.02%Lib77.7%12,71512,42875030,07455,967
Verdun—Saint-HenriQCLib21,42446.93%6,27113.74%BQ72.5%21,4243806,8381,15615,15349820545,654
Westmount—Ville-MarieQCLib26,97260.10%19,17042.72%PC70.7%26,9727,8022,5665,0787512121,32816644,875
Battlefords—LloydminsterSKRef13,12542.75%4,59014.95%NDP63.2%6,15513,1252,8888,53530,703
BlackstrapSKRef13,50236.88%3,1378.57%Lib70.1%10,36513,5022,41410,11720836,606
Churchill RiverSKNDP7,28834.53%5382.55%Ref57.2%5,9946,7501,0777,28821,109
Cypress Hills—GrasslandsSKRef16,43949.10%9,30927.80%Lib71.6%7,13016,4393,4216,49033,480
PalliserSKNDP12,55338.21%2,9639.02%Ref67.3%7,5799,5902,77712,55335032,849
Prince AlbertSKRef12,50838.06%2,0906.36%NDP64.5%6,96512,5082,70210,41827532,868
Qu'AppelleSKNDP12,26942.40%4,48515.50%Ref62.8%6,8687,7841,63312,26938228,936
Regina—Lumsden—Lake CentreSKNDP12,67742.28%4,33514.46%Ref66.4%7,0798,3421,60512,67727729,980
Saskatoon—HumboldtSKRef11,21833.07%2200.65%NDP64.8%8,97211,2182,49910,99823433,921
Saskatoon—Rosetown—BiggarSKNDP12,09543.72%3,08411.15%Ref59.9%4,4389,0111,93112,09519127,666
Souris—Moose MountainSKRef13,73241.17%4,65513.96%Lib67.0%9,07713,7324,3336,20933,351
WanuskewinSKRef12,85439.16%4,06112.37%NDP63.8%8,02012,8542,6028,79313842032,827
WascanaSKLib14,07741.88%4,54713.53%NDP66.2%14,0777,2612,4779,53026433,609
Yorkton—MelvilleSKRef17,21650.07%8,63325.11%NDP66.9%6,48117,2162,1018,58334,381
NunavutTerrLib3,30245.89%1,56521.75%PC59.8%3,3024471,7371,7107,196
Western ArcticTerrLib5,56441.64%2,98522.34%NDP58.4%5,5641,9661,6872,5791,56713,363
YukonTerrNDP4,00228.94%5093.68%Ref69.8%3,0363,493Ken McKinnon]] was previously Commissioner of Yukon (1986-1995) and a member of the Yukon Territorial Council (1961-1964, 1967-1974).4,0021361,23413,829

Results by province

Party NameBCABSKMBONQCNBNSPENLNTYKTotal15538.56019.44410.72111.02018.810.5Total seats:342614141037510114721**301**
CALiberalbackground}}LiberalSeats:6216101263442
Popular vote:28.824.024.734.349.536.732.928.444.837.943.122.0
CAReformbackground}}ReformSeats:252483
Vote:43.154.636.023.719.10.313.19.71.52.511.725.3
CABQbackground}}Bloc QuébécoisSeats:44
Vote:37.9
CANDPbackground}}New DemocratsSeats:354261
Vote:18.25.730.923.210.72.018.430.415.122.020.928.9
CAPCbackground}}Progressive ConservativeSeats:115553
Vote:6.214.47.817.818.822.235.030.838.336.816.713.9
CAIndependantbackground}}OtherSeats:1
Vote:0.60.20.10.30.60.40.40.57.68.9
**Parties that won no seats:**Vote:2.00.40.40.10.20.4Natural LawVote:0.30.30.20.10.20.30.60.40.10.20.3Vote:0.40.10.40.40.2

Source: Elections Canada

Notes

  • Number of parties: 10
    • First appearance: Canadian Action Party
    • Final appearance: Reform Party of Canada
    • Final appearance before hiatus: Christian Heritage Party of Canada (returned in 2004)
  • 1997 was one of only three elections in Canadian history (the others were 1993 and 2008) where the official Opposition did not have the majority of the opposition's seats. 60 seats were held by the Reform Party, yet 86 seats for the other opposition parties and independents combined.
  • 1997 was the only election to date in which five different parties won the popular vote in a province or territory (the Liberals won in Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, the Northwest Territories, Ontario and Prince Edward Island; Reform in Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan; the BQ in Quebec; the NDP in the Yukon Territory; and the PCs in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia). Consequently, it was also the last time the PCs won a province or territory.

10 closest ridings

  1. Sackville—Eastern Shore, NS: Peter Stoffer, NDP def. Ken Streatch, PC by 41 votes
  2. Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet, QC: Gilbert Normand, Lib def. François Langlois, BQ by 47 votes
  3. Selkirk—Interlake, MB: Howard Hilstrom, Ref def. Jon Gerrard, Lib by 66 votes
  4. Cardigan, PE: Lawrence MacAulay, Lib def. Dan Hughes, PC by 99 votes
  5. Bonaventure—Gaspé—Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Pabok, QC: Yvan Bernier, BQ def. Patrick Gagnon, Lib by 179 votes
  6. Saskatoon—Humboldt, SK: Jim Pankiw, Ref def. Dennis Gruending, NDP by 220 votes
  7. Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte, NF: Gerry Byrne, Lib def. Art Bull, PC by 232 votes
  8. Chicoutimi, QC: André Harvey, PC def. Gilbert Fillion, BQ by 317 votes
  9. Frontenac—Mégantic, QC: Jean-Guy Chrétien, BQ def. Manon Lecours, Lib by 465 votes
  10. Simcoe—Grey, ON: Paul Bonwick, Lib def. Paul Shaw, Ref by 481 votes

References

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