1882 Canadian federal election
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211 seats in the House of Commons 106 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 70.3%[1] (1.2pp) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Canadian federal election of 1882 was held on June 20, 1882, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 5th Parliament of Canada.
Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald's Conservatives and Liberal-Conservatives retained power, defeating the Liberal Party of Edward Blake.
National results[edit]
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133 | 73 | 5 | ||
Conservative | Liberal | O |
Party | Party leader | # of candidates |
Seats | Popular vote | |||||
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1878 | Elected | Change | # | % | Change | ||||
Conservative | John A. Macdonald | 118 | 83 | 94 | +13.3% | 143,684 | 27.83% | -1.67pp | |
Liberal-Conservative | 50 | 46 | 39 | -8.7% | 64,860 | 12.56% | -3.22pp | ||
Liberal | Edward Blake | 112 | 57 | 73 | +26.3% | 160,547 | 31.10% | +1.95pp | |
Independent | 7 | 5 | 1 | -80% | 8,227 | 1.59% | -1.12pp | ||
Nationalist Conservative | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1,084 | 0.21% | +0.14pp | ||
Independent Liberal | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | 5,740 | 1.11% | +0.12pp | ||
Independent Conservative | 2 | 2 | 1 | -50% | 927 | 0.18% | - | ||
Unknown | 121 | 9 | - | -100% | 131,178 | 25.41% | +4.48pp | ||
Total | 414 | 204 | 211 | +4.4% | 516,247 | 100.0% | - | ||
Sources: http://www.elections.ca -- History of Federal Ridings since 1867 |
Acclamations:
The following Members of Parliament were elected by acclamation;
- British Columbia: 2 Liberal-Conservatives
- Manitoba: 1 Conservative
- Ontario: 2 Conservatives
- Quebec: 11 Conservatives, 1 Independent Conservative, 4 Liberal-Conservatives, 3 Liberals
- New Brunswick: 1 Liberal-Conservative, 1 Independent
- Nova Scotia: 1 Conservative
Results by province[edit]
Party name | BC | MB | ON | QC | NB | NS | PE | Total | ||
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Conservative | Seats: | 3 | 2 | 39 | 38 | 4 | 8 | - | 94 | |
Popular vote (%): | 38.4 | 13.6 | 27.0 | 37.7 | 25.6 | 23.0 | 17.1 | 27.8 | ||
Liberal-Conservative | Seats: | 3 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 39 | |
Vote (%): | 15.8 | 38.9 | 9.1 | 10.4 | 7.1 | 25.8 | 25.4 | 12.6 | ||
Liberal | Seats: | - | 2 | 40 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 73 | |
Vote (%): | 10.6 | 25.3 | 31.9 | 21.5 | 36.8 | 38.7 | 40.7 | 31.1 | ||
Independent | Seats: | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | ||||
Vote (%): | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 4.8 | 1.6 | |||||
Nationalist Conservative | Seats: | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Vote (%): | 1.0 | 0.2 | ||||||||
Independent Liberal | Seats: | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
Vote (%): | 0.7 | 1.5 | 6.2 | 1.1 | ||||||
Independent Conservative | Seats: | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Vote (%): | 0.9 | 0.2 | ||||||||
Unknown | Vote (%): | 35.2 | 22.2 | 29.6 | 27.1 | 23.9 | 7.7 | 16.8 | 25.4 | |
Total seats | 6 | 5 | 92 | 65 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 211 |
Vote and seat summaries[edit]
xx – less than 0.05% of the popular vote
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Voter Turnout at Federal Elections and Referendums". Elections Canada. Retrieved 10 March 2019.