1968 Canadian federal election Last updated August 11, 2025
1968 Canadian federal election Opinion polls Turnout 75.7% [ 1] (pp ) First party Second party Third party Leader Pierre Trudeau Robert Stanfield Tommy Douglas Party Liberal Progressive Conservative New Democratic Leader since April 6, 1968 September 9, 1967 August 3, 1961 Leader's seat Mount Royal Halifax Burnaby—Coquitlam ran in Burnaby—Seymour (lost) Last election 131 seats, 40.18% 97 seats, 32.41% 21 seats, 17.91% Seats before 128 94 22 Seats won 154 72 22 Seat change Popular vote 3,686,801 2,554,397 1,378,263 Percentage 45.37% 31.43% 16.96% Swing pp pp pp Fourth party Fifth party Leader Réal Caouette A.B. Patterson Party Ralliement créditiste Social Credit Leader since September 1, 1963 March 9, 1967 Leader's seat Témiscamingue Fraser Valley ran in Fraser Valley East (lost) Last election 9 seats, 4.66% 5 seats, 3.66% Seats before 8 3 Seats won 14 0 Seat change Popular vote 360,404 68,742 Percentage 4.43% [ i] 0.85% Swing pp pp
Popular vote by province, with graphs indicating the number of seats won. As this is an
FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote by province but instead via results by each riding.
The Canadian parliament after the 1968 election
The 1968 Canadian federal election was held on June 25, 1968, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 28th Parliament of Canada .
In April 1968, Prime Minister Lester Pearson of the Liberal Party resigned as party leader as a result of declining health and failing to win a majority government in two attempts. He was succeeded by his Minister of Justice and Attorney General Pierre Trudeau , who called an election immediately after becoming prime minister. Trudeau's charisma appealed to Canadian voters; his popularity became known as "Trudeaumania " and helped him win a comfortable majority. Robert Stanfield 's Progressive Conservatives lost seats whereas the New Democratic Party 's support stayed the same.
Background Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson had announced in December 1967 that he would retire early in the following year, calling a new leadership election for the following April to decide on a successor. In February 1968, however, Pearson's government nearly fell before the leadership election could even take place, when it was unexpectedly defeated on a tax bill. Convention dictated that Pearson would have been forced to resign and call an election had the government been defeated on a full budget bill, but after taking legal advice, Governor General Roland Michener decreed that he would only ask for Pearson's resignation if an explicit motion of no confidence were called in his government. Ultimately, the New Democratic Party and Ralliement créditiste were not willing to topple the government over the issue, and even had they done so, Pearson would have been entitled to advise Michener not to hold an election until after the new Liberal leader had been chosen, but the incident made it clear that Pearson's successor could not feasibly hope to hold out until the next statutory general election date of November 1970, and would in all likelihood be forced to call an election much sooner. [ 2]
Pierre Trudeau , who was a relative unknown until he was appointed to the cabinet by Pearson, won a surprise victory over Paul Martin Sr. , Paul Hellyer and Robert Winters in the party's leadership election on April 6. He was sworn in as prime minister on April 20.
Parties and campaigns Liberals As had been widely expected, Trudeau called an immediate election after he was sworn in as prime minister. The charismatic, intellectual, handsome, single, and fully bilingual Trudeau soon captured the hearts and minds of the nation, and the period leading up to the election saw such intense feelings for him that it was dubbed "Trudeaumania ." At public appearances, he was confronted by screaming girls, something never before seen in Canadian politics. The Liberal campaign was dominated by Trudeau's personality. Liberal campaign ads featured pictures of Trudeau inviting Canadians to "Come work with me", and encouraged them to "Vote for New Leadership for All of Canada". The substance of the campaign was based upon the creation of a "just society", with a proposed expansion of social programs.
Progressive Conservatives The principal opposition to the Liberals was the Progressive Conservative Party (PC Party) led by Robert Stanfield , who had previously served as premier of Nova Scotia . The PCs started the election campaign with an internal poll showing them trailing the Liberals by 22 points.
Stanfield proposed introducing guaranteed annual income, though failed to explain the number of citizens that would be covered, the minimum income level, and the cost to implement it. Due to concerns that the term "guaranteed annual income" sounded socialist , he eventually switched to using the term "negative income tax ". These mistakes made the policy hard for voters to understand and harmed the PCs. What also damaged the PCs was the idea of deux nations (meaning that Canada was one country housing two nations - French Canadians and English-speaking Canadians ). Marcel Faribault , the PCs' Quebec lieutenant and MP candidate, was unclear on whether he supported or opposed deux nations and Stanfield did not drop him as a candidate. This led to the Liberals positioning themselves as the party that supported one Canada. In mid-June, they ran a full-page newspaper advertisement that implied that Stanfield supported deux nations ; Stanfield called the ad "a deliberate lie" and insisted he supported one Canada.
New Democratic Party On the left, former long-time Premier of Saskatchewan Tommy Douglas led the New Democratic Party, but once again failed to make the electoral break-through that was hoped for when the party was founded in 1960. Douglas gained a measure of personal satisfaction - the ouster of Diefenbaker had badly damaged the PC brand in Saskatchewan, and played a major role in allowing the NDP to overcome a decade of futility at the federal level in Saskatchewan to win a plurality of seats there. Nevertheless, these gains were balanced out by losses elsewhere in the country. Under the slogan, "You win with the NDP", Douglas campaigned for affordable housing, higher old age pensions, lower prescription drug prices, and a reduced cost of living. However, the NDP had difficulty running against the left-leaning Trudeau, who was himself a former supporter of the NDP. Douglas would step down as leader in 1971, but remained a powerful icon for New Democrats.
This was the first Canadian federal election to hold a leaders debate , on June 9, 1968. The debate included Trudeau, Stanfield, Douglas, and in the latter part Réal Caouette , with Caouette speaking French and Trudeau alternating between the languages. A.B. Patterson , leader of the Social Credit Party was not invited to this debate. The assassination of Robert F. Kennedy three days before cast a pall over the proceedings, and the stilted format was generally seen as boring and inconclusive. [ 5]
Electoral system In this election, for the first time since Confederation, all the MPs were elected as the single member for their district, through First past the post. Previously some had always been elected in multi-member ridings, such as in Halifax and the riding of Queen's (PEI), through plurality block voting . From here on, single-winner First past the post would be the only electoral system used to elect MPs. [ 6]
Contests No party fielded a full slate of candidates, and several anomalies arose:
Candidate contests in the ridings [ 7] Candidates Ridings Party Lib [ a 1] PC NDP RC SC Comm Ind-Lib Ind-PC Ind Oth Totals 2 1 1 1 2 3 131 131 131 130 1 393 4 97 97 96 97 46 26 5 2 4 9 6 388 5 27 27 27 27 18 6 8 5 10 7 135 6 7 7 8 7 6 3 1 7 3 42 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 7 Totals 264 263 263 263 72 32 13 11 5 29 16 967
↑ Including Liberal-Labour National results The results of the election were sealed when on the night before the election a riot broke out at the St. Jean Baptiste Day parade in Montreal.[ citation needed ] Trudeau au poteau [Trudeau to the gallows], and threw bottles and rocks. Trudeau, whose lack of military service during World War II had led some to question his courage, firmly stood his ground, and did not flee from the violence despite the wishes of his security escort. Images of Trudeau standing fast to the thrown bottles of the rioters were broadcast across the country, and swung the election even further in the Liberals' favour as many English-speaking Canadians believed that he would be the right leader to fight the threat of Quebec separatism.
The Social Credit Party , having lost two of the five seats it picked up at the previous election via defections (including former leader Robert N. Thompson , who defected to the Tories in March 1967), lost its three remaining seats. On the other hand, the Ralliement des créditistes (Social Credit Rally), the Québec wing of the party that had split from the English Canadian party, met with great success. The créditistes were a populist option appealing to social conservatives and Québec nationalists . They were especially strong in rural ridings and amongst poor voters. Party leader Réal Caouette campaigned against poverty, government indifference, and "la grosse finance" (big finance). The Canadian social credit movement would never win seats in English Canada again.
Atlantic Canada bucked the national trend, with the Tories making large gains in that region and winning pluralities in all four Atlantic provinces. In that region, the Tory brand was strengthened by the leadership of former Nova Scotian premier Stanfield. Voters in Newfoundland, who were growing increasingly weary of their Liberal administration under founding Premier Joey Smallwood , voted PC for the first time since entering Confederation.
Party Party leader # of Seats Popular vote 1965 Dissolution Elected % Change # % Change Liberal Pierre Trudeau 262 131 128 154 +18.3% 3,686,801 45.37% +5.18pp Progressive Conservative Robert Stanfield 263 97 94 72 -25.8% 2,554,397 31.43% -0.98pp New Democratic Party Tommy Douglas 263 21 22 22 +4.8% 1,378,263 16.96% -0.95pp Ralliement créditiste Réal Caouette 72 9 8 14 +55.6% 360,404 4.43% -0.22pp Independent 29 1 2 1 - 36,543 0.45% -0.23pp Liberal-Labour Pierre Trudeau [ NB 1] 1 1 10,144 0.12% Social Credit A.B. Patterson 32 5 4 - -100% 68,742 0.85% -2.82pp Independent Liberal 11 - - - - 16,785 0.21% -0.01pp Communist William Kashtan 14 - - - - 4,465 0.05% x Independent PC 5 1 - - -100% 2,762 0.03% -0.14pp Démocratisation Économique 5 - 2,651 0.03% Franc Lib 1 - 2,141 0.03% Independent Conservative 1 - - - - 632 0.01% x Reform 1 - 420 0.01% Rhinoceros Cornelius I 1 - 354 x x Conservative 1 - - - - 339 x x Esprit social H-G Grenier 1 - - - - 311 x x Socialist Labour 1 - - - - 202 x x Republican [ NB 2] 1 - 175 x New Canada Fred Reiner 1 - 148 x National Socialist 1 - 89 x Vacant 6 Total 967 265 265 264 -0.4% 8,126,768 100% Sources: http://www.elections.ca History of Federal Ridings since 1867 , Toronto Star , June 24, 1968.
Notes:
"% change" refers to change from previous election
x - less than 0.005% of the popular vote
"Dissolution" refers to party standings in the House of Commons immediately prior to the election call, not the results of the previous election.
Synopsis of results 1968 Canadian federal election – synopsis of riding results [ 7] Electoral district Winning party Votes Province Name 1st Votes Share Margin Margin 2nd 3rd Lib [ a 1] PC NDP RC SC Ind-Lib Ind-PC Ind Oth Total AB Athabasca PC 8,852 47.10% 1,226 6.52% Lib NDP 7,626 8,852 2,315 – – – – – – 18,793 AB Battle River PC 15,725 64.36% 11,601 47.48% Lib SC 4,124 15,725 1,827 – 2,756 – – – – 24,432 AB Calgary Centre PC 16,977 47.07% 301 0.83% Lib NDP 16,676 16,977 2,413 – – – – – – 36,066 AB Calgary North PC 21,708 49.86% 3,523 8.09% Lib NDP 18,185 21,708 3,648 – – – – – – 43,541 AB Calgary South Lib 20,472 47.62% 756 1.76% PC NDP 20,472 19,716 2,798 – – – – – – 42,986 AB Crowfoot PC 16,508 73.45% 11,725 52.17% Lib NDP 4,783 16,508 1,185 – – – – – – 22,476 AB Edmonton Centre PC 12,062 34.62% 251 0.72% Lib Ind-Lib 11,811 12,062 3,054 – – 7,912 [ a 2] – – – 34,839 AB Edmonton East PC 15,764 46.09% 3,025 8.84% Lib NDP 12,739 15,764 5,292 – – – – – 410 34,205 AB Edmonton West PC 19,612 49.39% 2,306 5.81% Lib NDP 17,306 19,612 2,793 – – – – – – 39,711 AB Edmonton—Strathcona Lib 21,074 52.35% 5,846 14.52% PC NDP 21,074 15,228 2,745 – – – – 1,206 – 40,253 AB Lethbridge PC 11,901 44.95% 3,708 14.00% Lib SC 8,193 11,901 2,442 – 3,941 – – – – 26,477 AB Medicine Hat Lib 9,015 36.85% 206 0.84% PC SC 9,015 [ a 3] 8,809 2,401 – 4,237 – – – – 24,462 AB Palliser PC 16,967 60.32% 7,820 27.80% Lib NDP 9,147 16,967 2,014 – – – – – – 28,128 AB Peace River PC 11,825 55.58% 6,995 32.88% NDP Lib 4,620 11,825 4,830 – – – – – – 21,275 AB Pembina PC 17,578 58.82% 8,236 27.56% Lib NDP 9,342 17,578 2,963 – – – – – – 29,883 AB Red Deer PC 17,930 62.21% 9,389 32.58% Lib NDP 8,541 17,930 [ a 4] 2,349 – – – – – – 28,820 AB Rocky Mountain Lib 7,355 37.69% 1,563 8.01% PC PC 7,355 9,377 [ a 5] 2,093 – – 687 – – – 19,512 AB Vegreville PC 15,855 64.59% 10,789 43.95% Lib NDP 5,066 15,855 2,277 – – – 1,349 – – 24,547 AB Wetaskiwin PC 15,178 64.78% 10,208 43.57% Lib NDP 4,970 15,178 3,281 – – – – – – 23,429 BC Burnaby—Richmond Lib 16,182 42.44% 1,712 4.49% NDP PC 16,182 5,035 14,470 – 2,445 – – – – 38,132 BC Burnaby—Seymour Lib 17,891 45.23% 138 0.35% NDP PC 17,891 3,206 17,753 – 702 – – – – 39,552 BC Capilano Lib 28,292 66.37% 20,982 49.22% PC NDP 28,292 7,310 6,279 – 745 – – – – 42,626 BC Coast Chilcotin Lib 10,292 47.31% 2,815 12.94% NDP PC 10,292 2,355 7,477 – 1,629 – – – – 21,753 BC Comox—Alberni [ a 6] Lib 11,939 39.36% 9 0.03% NDP PC 11,939 5,154 11,930 – 997 – – – 311 30,331 BC Esquimalt—Saanich Lib 16,501 39.48% 2,914 6.97% PC NDP 16,501 13,587 10,952 – 751 – – – – 41,791 BC Fraser Valley East Lib 9,689 34.74% 1,654 5.93% SC NDP 9,689 3,514 6,654 – 8,035 – – – – 27,892 BC Fraser Valley West NDP 14,410 39.61% 665 1.83% Lib PC 13,745 4,997 14,410 – 3,224 – – – – 36,376 BC Kamloops—Cariboo Lib 13,000 40.48% 3,296 10.26% PC NDP 13,000 9,704 7,566 – 1,842 – – – – 32,112 BC Kootenay West NDP 12,181 44.95% 4,413 16.28% Lib PC 7,768 4,457 12,181 – 2,693 – – – – 27,099 BC Nanaimo—Cowichan—The Islands NDP 15,273 41.71% 3,895 10.64% Lib PC 11,378 8,773 15,273 – 1,193 – – – – 36,617 BC New Westminster Lib 18,083 44.52% 1,939 4.77% NDP PC 18,083 4,761 16,144 – 1,382 – – – 251 40,621 BC Okanagan Boundary Lib 12,321 32.67% 1,630 4.32% PC NDP 12,321 10,691 10,481 – 4,217 – – – – 37,710 BC Okanagan—Kootenay Lib 11,370 35.99% 1,818 5.75% NDP SC 11,370 – 9,552 – 10,674 [ a 7] – – – – 31,596 BC Prince George—Peace River Lib 10,926 34.92% 1,633 5.22% PC NDP 10,926 9,293 6,894 – 3,776 – – 402 – 31,291 BC Skeena NDP 12,471 52.19% 4,597 19.24% Lib PC 7,874 3,552 12,471 – – – – – – 23,897 BC Surrey NDP 16,186 44.56% 4,445 12.24% Lib PC 11,741 5,953 16,186 – 2,445 – – – – 36,325 BC Vancouver Centre Lib 25,426 56.10% 14,275 31.50% NDP PC 25,426 8,326 11,151 – – – – – 420 45,323 BC Vancouver East NDP 13,339 50.02% 3,589 13.46% Lib PC 9,750 2,377 13,339 – 726 – – – 477 26,669 BC Vancouver Kingsway NDP 15,599 49.55% 4,764 15.13% Lib PC 10,835 3,285 15,599 – 1,760 – – – – 31,479 BC Vancouver Quadra Lib 20,788 54.29% 9,184 23.98% PC NDP 20,788 11,604 5,727 – – – – – 175 38,294 BC Vancouver South Lib 19,757 49.26% 10,236 25.52% PC NDP 19,757 9,521 9,086 – 1,585 – – – 157 40,106 BC Victoria Lib 18,401 43.90% 4,823 11.51% PC NDP 18,401 13,578 9,414 – – – – 526 – 41,919 MB Brandon—Souris PC 15,060 51.83% 5,097 17.54% Lib NDP 9,963 15,060 4,031 – – – – – – 29,054 MB Churchill PC 9,009 41.77% 1,336 6.19% Lib NDP 7,673 9,009 4,888 – – – – – – 21,570 MB Dauphin PC 8,701 37.18% 1,931 8.25% Lib NDP 6,770 8,701 6,737 – 1,194 – – – – 23,402 MB Lisgar PC 11,785 51.68% 4,037 17.70% Lib SC 7,748 11,785 1,305 – 1,350 – – 614 – 22,802 MB Marquette PC 12,706 48.62% 3,523 13.48% Lib NDP 9,183 12,706 3,651 – – – – 593 – 26,133 MB Portage Lib 8,415 42.88% 390 1.99% PC NDP 8,415 8,025 3,184 – – – – – – 19,624 MB Provencher Lib 9,021 41.64% 1,230 5.68% PC NDP 9,021 7,791 3,078 – 1,773 – – – – 21,663 MB Selkirk NDP 17,310 44.59% 5,290 13.63% Lib PC 12,020 8,781 17,310 – 707 – – – – 38,818 MB St. Boniface Lib 22,032 51.72% 10,466 24.57% NDP PC 22,032 8,048 11,566 – 949 – – – – 42,595 MB Winnipeg North NDP 15,608 45.47% 963 2.81% Lib PC 14,645 3,206 15,608 – – – – – 869 34,328 MB Winnipeg North Centre NDP 14,880 49.07% 3,557 11.73% Lib PC 11,323 4,124 14,880 – – – – – – 30,327 MB Winnipeg South Lib 23,457 53.11% 8,248 18.68% PC NDP 23,457 15,209 5,499 – – – – – – 44,165 MB Winnipeg South Centre Lib 23,775 51.78% 10,507 22.88% PC NDP 23,775 13,268 [ a 8] 8,240 – – – – – 632 45,915 NB Carleton—Charlotte PC 15,469 62.76% 7,139 28.96% Lib NDP 8,330 15,469 848 – – – – – – 24,647 NB Fundy—Royal PC 17,013 61.28% 7,578 27.29% Lib NDP 9,435 17,013 1,316 – – – – – – 27,764 NB Gloucester Lib 12,196 55.03% 3,236 14.60% PC NDP 12,196 8,960 1,007 – – – – – – 22,163 NB Madawaska—Victoria Lib 9,924 50.01% 383 1.93% PC NDP 9,924 9,541 379 – – – – – – 19,844 NB Moncton PC 17,969 50.10% 2,956 8.24% Lib NDP 15,013 17,969 2,332 – – – – 553 – 35,867 NB Northumberland—Miramichi Lib 10,292 52.96% 2,439 12.55% PC NDP 10,292 7,853 1,290 – – – – – – 19,435 NB Restigouche Lib 9,991 51.09% 2,942 15.04% PC RC 9,991 7,049 748 1,769 – – – – – 19,557 NB Saint John—Lancaster PC 15,756 53.06% 3,596 12.11% Lib NDP 12,160 15,756 1,508 – – – 268 – – 29,692 NB Westmorland—Kent Lib 11,519 53.32% 3,254 15.06% PC NDP 11,519 8,265 1,821 – – – – – – 21,605 NB York—Sunbury PC 17,394 55.39% 4,411 14.05% Lib NDP 12,983 17,394 1,028 – – – – – – 31,405 NF Bonavista—Trinity—Conception PC 14,823 58.27% 4,741 18.64% Lib NDP 10,082 14,823 532 – – – – – – 25,437 NF Burin—Burgeo Lib 8,674 58.32% 3,234 21.75% PC NDP 8,674 5,440 758 – – – – – – 14,872 NF Gander—Twillingate PC 10,601 53.09% 1,585 7.94% Lib NDP 9,016 10,601 352 – – – – – – 19,969 NF Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador PC 10,322 50.40% 735 3.59% Lib NDP 9,587 10,322 571 – – – – – – 20,480 NF Humber—St. George's—St. Barbe PC 9,765 43.36% 283 1.26% Lib NDP 9,482 9,765 3,276 – – – – – – 22,523 NF St. John's East PC 18,153 60.93% 7,595 25.49% Lib NDP 10,558 18,153 956 – 126 – – – – 29,793 NF St. John's West PC 15,379 56.69% 4,229 15.59% Lib NDP 11,150 15,379 597 – – – – – – 27,126 NS Annapolis Valley PC 17,435 56.64% 5,093 16.54% Lib NDP 12,342 17,435 1,007 – – – – – – 30,784 NS Cape Breton Highlands—Canso Lib 13,725 50.16% 530 1.94% PC NDP 13,725 13,195 445 – – – – – – 27,365 NS Cape Breton—East Richmond PC 11,583 41.94% 3,299 11.95% Lib NDP 8,284 11,583 7,749 – – – – – – 27,616 NS Cape Breton—The Sydneys PC 14,971 51.73% 4,428 15.30% Lib NDP 10,543 14,971 3,426 – – – – – – 28,940 NS Central Nova PC 16,720 58.57% 7,221 25.29% Lib NDP 9,499 16,720 2,330 – – – – – – 28,549 NS Cumberland—Colchester North PC 18,446 60.92% 8,307 27.43% Lib NDP 10,139 18,446 1,696 – – – – – – 30,281 NS Dartmouth—Halifax East PC 19,694 55.17% 5,265 14.75% Lib NDP 14,429 19,694 1,572 – – – – – – 35,695 NS Halifax PC 19,569 60.33% 8,014 24.71% Lib NDP 11,555 19,569 1,314 – – – – – – 32,438 NS Halifax—East Hants PC 22,323 59.48% 8,835 23.54% Lib NDP 13,488 22,323 1,718 – – – – – – 37,529 NS South Shore PC 17,547 58.53% 5,879 19.61% Lib NDP 11,668 17,547 764 – – – – – – 29,979 NS South Western Nova PC 14,543 52.35% 2,253 8.11% Lib NDP 12,290 14,543 655 – – – 293 – – 27,781 ON Algoma Lib 9,542 50.57% 4,272 22.64% PC NDP 9,542 5,270 4,057 – – – – – – 18,869 ON Brant Lib 16,029 39.81% 3,696 9.18% NDP PC 16,029 11,901 12,333 – – – – – – 40,263 ON Broadview NDP 10,406 41.15% 477 1.89% Lib PC 9,929 4,752 10,406 – – – – – 202 25,289 ON Bruce Lib 12,775 46.69% 1,101 4.02% PC NDP 12,775 11,674 2,911 – – – – – – 27,360 ON Cochrane Lib 9,803 48.66% 2,769 13.75% NDP PC 9,803 2,875 7,034 – 433 – – – – 20,145 ON Davenport Lib 10,736 50.43% 4,871 22.88% NDP PC 10,736 4,688 5,865 – – – – – – 21,289 ON Don Valley Lib 27,335 51.04% 4,976 9.29% PC NDP 27,335 22,359 [ a 9] 3,863 – – – – – – 53,557 ON Eglinton Lib 23,215 59.24% 12,060 30.77% PC NDP 23,215 11,155 4,654 – – – – 164 – 39,188 ON Elgin Lib 12,856 44.51% 1,057 3.66% PC NDP 12,856 11,799 4,227 – – – – – – 28,882 ON Essex Lib 14,707 49.70% 5,308 17.94% NDP PC 14,707 5,485 9,399 – – – – – – 29,591 ON Etobicoke Lib 32,066 55.96% 14,267 24.90% PC NDP 32,066 17,799 7,432 – – – – – – 57,297 ON Fort William Lib 10,635 42.01% 3,241 12.80% NDP PC 10,635 7,284 7,394 – – – – – – 25,313 ON Frontenac—Lennox and Addington PC 11,801 47.10% 1,848 7.38% Lib NDP 9,953 11,801 2,730 – – – 571 – – 25,055 ON Glengarry—Prescott Lib 14,970 62.01% 7,406 30.68% PC NDP 14,970 7,564 1,606 – – – – – – 24,140 ON Greenwood NDP 12,117 37.70% 362 1.13% Lib PC 11,755 8,268 12,117 – – – – – – 32,140 ON Grenville—Carleton Lib 21,250 48.32% 2,407 5.47% PC NDP 21,250 18,843 3,887 – – – – – – 43,980 ON Grey—Simcoe PC 13,146 47.00% 1,942 6.94% Lib NDP 11,204 13,146 3,623 – – – – – – 27,973 ON Halton Lib 17,837 48.13% 5,223 14.09% PC NDP 17,837 12,614 6,606 – – – – – – 37,057 ON Halton—Wentworth Lib 19,563 41.34% 1,520 3.21% PC NDP 19,563 18,043 9,312 – – 399 – – – 47,317 ON Hamilton East Lib 15,273 50.22% 6,063 19.94% NDP PC 15,273 5,633 9,210 – – – – – 297 30,413 ON Hamilton Mountain Lib 17,794 41.18% 2,956 6.84% NDP PC 17,794 10,583 14,838 – – – – – – 43,215 ON Hamilton West PC 13,580 40.38% 342 1.02% Lib NDP 13,238 13,580 6,809 – – – – – – 33,627 ON Hamilton—Wentworth Lib 14,979 39.53% 2,127 5.61% NDP PC 14,979 10,059 12,852 – – – – – – 37,890 ON Hastings PC 13,555 49.07% 2,680 9.70% Lib NDP 10,875 13,555 3,195 – – – – – – 27,625 ON High Park Lib 16,260 42.52% 5,517 14.43% PC NDP 16,260 10,743 8,131 – – 2,895 [ a 10] – 215 – 38,244 ON Huron PC 14,652 54.62% 3,692 13.76% Lib NDP 10,960 14,652 1,212 – – – – – – 26,824 ON Kenora—Rainy River Lib-Lab 10,144 49.46% 4,433 21.61% NDP PC 10,144 4,655 5,711 – – – – – – 20,510 ON Kent—Essex PC 15,195 49.33% 2,118 6.88% Lib NDP 13,077 15,195 2,528 – – – – – – 30,800 ON Kingston and the Islands Lib 16,234 49.69% 4,435 13.58% PC NDP 16,234 11,799 4,636 – – – – – – 32,669 ON Kitchener Lib 16,471 40.68% 3,672 9.07% NDP PC 16,471 11,217 12,799 – – – – – – 40,487 ON Lakeshore Lib 14,464 43.02% 2,097 6.24% NDP PC 14,464 6,794 12,367 – – – – – – 33,625 ON Lambton—Kent PC 14,460 51.84% 3,366 12.07% Lib NDP 11,094 14,460 2,342 – – – – – – 27,896 ON Lanark and Renfrew Lib 13,156 47.40% 419 1.51% PC NDP 13,156 12,737 1,861 – – – – – – 27,754 ON Leeds PC 13,536 46.56% 4 0.01% Lib NDP 13,532 13,536 2,005 – – – – – – 29,073 ON Lincoln Lib 13,328 40.66% 636 1.94% PC NDP 13,328 12,692 6,763 – – – – – – 32,783 ON London East Lib 11,823 37.30% 1,744 5.50% PC NDP 11,823 10,079 9,703 – – – – – 89 31,694 ON London West Lib 21,764 49.33% 3,302 7.48% PC NDP 21,764 18,462 3,891 – – – – – – 44,117 ON Middlesex Lib 15,986 45.66% 702 2.00% PC NDP 15,986 15,284 3,743 – – – – – – 35,013 ON Niagara Falls Lib 17,183 50.73% 6,358 18.77% PC NDP 17,183 10,825 5,861 – – – – – – 33,869 ON Nickel Belt Lib 11,551 45.10% 1,930 7.54% NDP PC 11,551 4,439 9,621 – – – – – – 25,611 ON Nipissing Lib 13,524 53.66% 5,112 20.28% PC NDP 13,524 8,412 3,267 – – – – – – 25,203 ON Norfolk—Haldimand PC 14,908 47.36% 1,776 5.64% Lib NDP 13,132 14,908 3,441 – – – – – – 31,481 ON Northumberland—Durham Lib 13,707 44.58% 2,566 8.35% PC NDP 13,707 11,141 5,897 – – – – – – 30,745 ON Ontario Lib 13,483 42.57% 2,904 9.17% PC NDP 13,483 10,579 7,607 – – – – – – 31,669 ON Oshawa—Whitby NDP 15,224 33.58% 15 0.03% PC Lib 14,899 15,209 15,224 – – – – – – 45,332 ON Ottawa Centre Lib 19,578 57.74% 7,976 23.52% PC NDP 19,578 11,602 2,729 – – – – – – 33,909 ON Ottawa East Lib 26,170 78.64% 21,984 66.06% PC NDP 26,170 4,186 2,921 – – – – – – 33,277 ON Ottawa West Lib 23,750 52.61% 7,358 16.30% PC NDP 23,750 16,392 5,003 – – – – – – 45,145 ON Ottawa—Carleton Lib 28,987 66.23% 17,322 39.58% PC NDP 28,987 11,665 3,115 – – – – – – 43,767 ON Oxford PC 18,504 53.58% 5,807 16.81% Lib NDP 12,697 18,504 3,335 – – – – – – 34,536 ON Parkdale Lib 14,717 51.18% 5,734 19.94% NDP PC 14,717 5,057 8,983 – – – – – – 28,757 ON Parry Sound—Muskoka PC 12,045 47.73% 2,423 9.60% Lib NDP 9,622 12,045 3,568 – – – – – – 25,235 ON Peel South Lib 24,255 46.81% 5,190 10.02% PC NDP 24,255 19,065 8,498 – – – – – – 51,818 ON Peel—Dufferin—Simcoe Lib 18,950 47.30% 4,812 12.01% PC NDP 18,950 14,138 6,972 – – – – – – 40,060 ON Perth PC 14,959 48.52% 2,095 6.79% Lib NDP 12,864 14,959 3,009 – – – – – – 30,832 ON Peterborough Lib 15,675 42.09% 2,703 7.26% PC NDP 15,675 12,972 8,593 – – – – – – 37,240 ON Port Arthur Lib 11,079 48.60% 3,773 16.55% NDP PC 11,079 4,179 7,306 – – – – – 233 22,797 ON Prince Edward—Hastings PC 15,682 50.81% 3,068 9.94% Lib NDP 12,614 15,682 2,569 – – – – – – 30,865 ON Renfrew North Lib 13,195 57.41% 5,219 22.71% PC NDP 13,195 7,976 1,813 – – – – – – 22,984 ON Rosedale Lib 19,011 57.42% 9,328 28.17% PC NDP 19,011 9,683 4,083 – – – – – 331 33,108 ON Sarnia Lib 14,573 45.27% 1,690 5.25% PC NDP 14,573 12,883 4,733 – – – – – – 32,189 ON Sault Ste. Marie Lib 12,527 39.83% 998 3.17% PC NDP 12,527 11,529 7,297 – – – – 102 – 31,455 ON Scarborough East Lib 23,701 47.94% 10,436 21.11% NDP PC 23,701 12,477 13,265 – – – – – – 49,443 ON Scarborough West Lib 14,889 42.91% 2,416 6.96% NDP PC 14,889 7,340 12,473 – – – – – – 34,702 ON Simcoe North PC 16,619 45.80% 1,683 4.64% Lib NDP 14,936 16,619 4,730 – – – – – – 36,285 ON Spadina Lib 9,379 56.25% 5,436 32.60% NDP PC 9,379 3,353 3,943 – – – – – – 16,675 ON St. Catharines Lib 18,100 45.44% 3,556 8.93% PC NDP 18,100 14,544 7,185 – – – – – – 39,829 ON St. Paul's Lib 20,981 59.41% 10,099 28.59% PC NDP 20,981 10,882 2,743 – – 420 – – 292 35,318 ON Stormont—Dundas Ind 17,014 75.88% 11,605 51.75% NDP N/A – – 5,409 – – – – 17,014 – 22,423 ON Sudbury Lib 19,672 52.28% 7,412 19.70% NDP PC 19,672 5,696 12,260 – – – – – – 37,628 ON Thunder Bay Lib 9,540 46.48% 3,459 16.85% NDP PC 9,540 4,904 6,081 – – – – – – 20,525 ON Timiskaming NDP 8,482 40.50% 754 3.60% Lib PC 7,728 4,443 8,482 – 288 – – – – 20,941 ON Timmins Lib 11,141 50.49% 2,334 10.58% NDP PC 11,141 2,118 8,807 – – – – – – 22,066 ON Trinity Lib 13,126 57.92% 7,766 34.27% PC NDP 13,126 5,360 4,177 – – – – – – 22,663 ON Victoria—Haliburton PC 12,621 47.60% 2,358 8.89% Lib NDP 10,263 12,621 3,374 – – – – 258 – 26,516 ON Waterloo NDP 15,231 34.00% 396 0.88% Lib PC 14,835 14,568 15,231 – 167 – – – – 44,801 ON Welland Lib 17,335 49.77% 5,972 17.15% NDP PC 17,335 6,129 11,363 – – – – – – 34,827 ON Wellington PC 13,496 44.47% 1,654 5.45% Lib NDP 11,842 13,496 5,012 – – – – – – 30,350 ON Wellington—Grey PC 12,118 44.44% 91 0.33% Lib NDP 12,027 12,118 2,902 – – – – 224 – 27,271 ON Windsor West Lib 16,442 54.06% 7,470 24.56% NDP PC 16,442 5,002 8,972 – – – – – – 30,416 ON Windsor—Walkerville Lib 17,090 49.14% 5,000 14.38% NDP PC 17,090 5,191 12,090 – – – – – 408 34,779 ON York Centre Lib 26,758 56.60% 12,044 25.48% NDP PC 26,758 5,804 14,714 – – – – – – 47,276 ON York East Lib 19,320 44.52% 7,165 16.51% PC NDP 19,320 12,155 11,921 – – – – – – 43,396 ON York North Lib 24,054 51.46% 8,361 17.89% PC NDP 24,054 15,693 7,000 – – – – – – 46,747 ON York South NDP 12,357 43.28% 664 2.33% Lib PC 11,693 4,499 12,357 – – – – – – 28,549 ON York West Lib 20,416 44.81% 4,212 9.24% NDP PC 20,416 [ a 11] 8,344 16,204 – – – – 442 155 45,561 ON York—Scarborough Lib 37,374 58.80% 21,916 34.48% PC NDP 37,374 15,458 10,724 – – – – – – 63,556 ON York—Simcoe Lib 15,906 45.31% 2,806 7.99% PC NDP 15,906 13,100 [ a 12] 6,095 – – – – – – 35,101 PE Cardigan PC 5,717 49.53% 94 0.81% Lib NDP 5,623 5,717 203 – – – – – – 11,543 PE Egmont PC 7,182 53.52% 1,237 9.22% Lib NDP 5,945 7,182 292 – – – – – – 13,419 PE Hillsborough PC 8,328 53.03% 1,881 11.98% Lib NDP 6,447 8,328 930 – – – – – – 15,705 PE Malpeque PC 5,049 50.00% 210 2.08% Lib NDP 4,839 5,049 211 – – – – – – 10,099 QC Abitibi RC 10,884 54.97% 4,278 21.60% Lib PC 6,606 1,796 515 10,884 – – – – – 19,801 QC Ahuntsic Lib 23,149 64.92% 18,172 50.96% NDP PC 23,149 4,807 4,977 1,243 – 1,483 – – – 35,659 QC Argenteuil Lib 15,726 48.92% 2,160 6.72% PC NDP 15,726 13,566 1,696 1,158 – – – – – 32,146 QC Beauce RC 13,428 47.47% 5,676 20.07% Lib PC 7,752 6,207 639 13,428 – – – 260 – 28,286 QC Beauharnois Lib 17,203 59.82% 8,500 29.56% PC NDP 17,203 8,703 1,764 1,087 – – – – – 28,757 QC Bellechasse RC 11,137 46.95% 1,344 5.67% Lib PC 9,793 2,262 528 11,137 – – – – – 23,720 QC Berthier Lib 10,818 46.99% 2,636 11.45% PC RC 10,818 8,182 1,029 2,994 – – – – – 23,023 QC Bonaventure Lib 10,144 53.33% 5,904 31.04% RC PC 10,144 3,674 282 4,240 – – – 680 – 19,020 QC Bourassa Lib 19,778 55.09% 8,839 24.62% PC NDP 19,778 10,939 3,443 1,401 – – – – 339 35,900 QC Chambly Lib 22,767 66.32% 16,028 46.69% PC NDP 22,767 6,739 3,394 1,430 – – – – – 34,330 QC Champlain RC 9,866 37.19% 201 0.76% Lib PC 9,665 6,449 550 9,866 – – – – – 26,530 QC Charlevoix PC 9,487 41.85% 1,205 5.32% Lib RC 8,282 9,487 1,070 3,831 – – – – – 22,670 QC Chicoutimi Lib 14,054 50.38% 4,243 15.21% PC RC 14,054 9,811 879 3,151 – – – – – 27,895 QC Compton RC 11,961 47.06% 3,346 13.17% Lib PC 8,615 3,987 851 11,961 – – – – – 25,414 QC Dollard Lib 34,146 72.18% 23,661 50.01% NDP PC 34,146 2,391 10,485 287 – – – – – 47,309 QC Drummond Lib 11,667 38.53% 2,122 7.01% RC PC 11,667 8,342 723 9,545 – – – – – 30,277 QC Duvernay Lib 18,701 50.54% 2,476 6.69% NDP PC 18,701 1,068 16,225 1,006 – – – – – 37,000 QC Frontenac RC 12,298 45.71% 2,435 9.05% Lib PC 9,863 3,510 1,231 12,298 – – – – – 26,902 QC Gamelin Lib 19,051 54.87% 10,185 29.33% PC NDP 19,051 8,866 5,210 873 – – – 358 365 34,723 QC Gaspé Lib 9,208 45.33% 2,239 11.02% PC RC 9,208 6,969 564 3,571 – – – – – 20,312 QC Gatineau Lib 14,348 53.53% 6,767 25.25% PC RC 14,348 7,581 1,163 3,711 – – – – – 26,803 QC Hochelaga Lib 12,080 55.14% 6,360 29.03% PC NDP 12,080 5,720 2,793 1,122 – – – – 192 21,907 QC Hull Lib 22,982 68.72% 17,671 52.84% RC PC 22,982 3,661 1,151 5,311 – 337 – – – 33,442 QC Joliette PC 12,464 43.33% 172 0.60% Lib RC 12,292 12,464 1,620 2,391 – – – – – 28,767 QC Kamouraska RC 8,762 40.29% 1,131 5.20% Lib PC 7,631 4,996 359 8,762 – – – – – 21,748 QC Labelle Lib 15,801 52.90% 5,649 18.91% PC RC 15,801 10,152 1,699 2,215 – – – – – 29,867 QC Lac-Saint-Jean Lib 9,325 46.35% 895 4.45% RC NDP 9,325 1,034 1,330 8,430 – – – – – 20,119 QC Lachine Lib 25,989 64.44% 18,091 44.86% NDP PC 25,989 6,225 7,898 220 – – – – – 40,332 QC Lafontaine Lib 14,786 58.15% 8,374 32.93% PC NDP 14,786 6,412 3,142 879 – 210 – – – 25,429 QC Langelier Lib 11,439 39.01% 2,669 9.10% RC PC 11,439 8,150 658 9,078 – – – – – 29,325 QC Lapointe Lib 11,821 47.02% 3,744 14.89% PC RC 11,821 8,077 919 4,324 – – – – – 25,141 QC Laprairie Lib 31,968 75.89% 26,652 63.27% PC NDP 31,968 5,316 3,551 1,288 – – – – – 42,123 QC Lasalle Lib 26,546 68.70% 19,528 50.53% PC NDP 26,546 7,018 4,097 982 – – – – – 38,643 QC Laurier Lib 10,040 52.06% 5,638 29.23% Ind PC 10,040 2,827 843 695 – – – 4,882 – 19,287 QC Laval Lib 24,740 64.38% 18,933 49.27% NDP PC 24,740 4,801 5,807 940 – – – – 2,141 38,429 QC Lévis Lib 12,227 37.25% 2,340 7.13% RC PC 12,227 9,523 1,189 9,887 – – – – – 32,826 QC Longueuil Lib 19,080 60.69% 13,632 43.36% PC NDP 19,080 5,448 4,254 2,023 – – 281 – 354 [ a 13] 31,440 QC Lotbiniere RC 11,302 37.68% 1,559 5.20% Lib PC 9,743 8,215 732 11,302 – – – – – 29,992 QC Louis-Hébert Lib 28,220 64.31% 20,046 45.68% PC RC 28,220 8,174 2,054 5,433 – – – – – 43,881 QC Maisonneuve Lib 15,784 58.19% 10,262 37.83% PC NDP 15,784 5,522 4,588 1,233 – – – – – 27,127 QC Manicouagan Lib 13,504 60.02% 8,965 39.85% PC NDP 13,504 4,539 2,463 1,992 – – – – – 22,498 QC Matane Lib 9,207 53.97% 3,152 18.48% PC RC 9,207 6,055 639 1,159 – – – – – 17,060 QC Mercier Lib 19,077 52.14% 8,506 23.25% PC NDP 19,077 10,571 3,041 3,011 – – – 888 – 36,588 QC Missisquoi Lib 12,905 42.15% 1,200 3.92% PC RC 12,905 11,705 803 5,205 – – – – – 30,618 QC Montmorency Lib 17,327 41.83% 1,213 2.93% RC PC 17,327 6,555 775 16,114 – – – 649 – 41,420 QC Mount Royal Lib 37,402 90.76% 35,437 85.99% PC NDP 37,402 1,965 1,583 80 – – – 182 – 41,212 QC Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Lib 25,959 73.03% 18,836 52.99% NDP PC 25,959 2,466 7,123 – – – – – – 35,548 QC Outremont Lib 24,219 78.66% 20,708 67.26% NDP PC 24,219 3,059 3,511 – – – – – – 30,789 QC Papineau Lib 14,379 63.20% 10,211 44.88% PC NDP 14,379 4,168 2,572 1,094 – – – – 537 22,750 QC Pontiac Lib 10,250 49.07% 2,858 13.68% PC RC 10,250 7,392 827 2,420 – – – – – 20,889 QC Portneuf RC 18,328 48.31% 4,363 11.50% Lib PC 13,965 4,519 1,126 18,328 – – – – – 37,938 QC Québec-Est Lib 14,945 43.56% 1,138 3.32% RC PC 14,945 4,607 953 13,807 – – – – – 34,312 QC Richelieu Lib 15,350 48.76% 2,880 9.15% PC RC 15,350 12,470 1,300 1,966 – – – 395 – 31,481 QC Richmond RC 11,853 47.68% 2,983 12.00% Lib PC 8,870 3,527 608 11,853 – – – – – 24,858 QC Rimouski Lib 12,073 49.37% 2,628 10.75% PC RC 12,073 9,445 – 2,937 – – – – – 24,455 QC Roberval RC 8,811 47.04% 1,084 5.79% Lib PC 7,727 1,951 241 8,811 – – – – – 18,730 QC Saint-Denis Lib 17,022 71.68% 13,369 56.30% PC NDP 17,022 3,653 1,908 1,165 – – – – – 23,748 QC Saint-Henri Lib 12,792 63.45% 9,293 46.09% Ind NDP 12,792 972 1,491 608 – 465 – 3,834 [ a 14] – 20,162 QC Saint-Hyacinthe PC 16,389 47.44% 788 2.28% Lib RC 15,601 16,389 878 1,682 – – – – – 34,550 QC Saint-Jacques Lib 9,701 59.74% 5,463 33.64% PC NDP 9,701 4,238 971 705 – – – 314 311 16,240 QC Saint-Jean Lib 15,878 52.04% 6,163 20.20% PC NDP 15,878 9,715 3,332 1,373 – – – – 214 30,512 QC Saint-Maurice Lib 13,895 44.52% 1,697 5.44% RC PC 13,895 4,570 550 12,198 – – – – – 31,213 QC Saint-Michel Lib 22,307 66.80% 17,622 52.77% PC NDP 22,307 4,685 3,176 2,515 – – – – 711 33,394 QC Sainte-Marie PC 9,528 45.04% 2,079 9.83% Lib Ind-Lib 7,449 9,528 1,149 884 – 1,977 [ a 15] – 169 – 21,156 QC Shefford RC 12,633 40.64% 475 1.53% Lib PC 12,158 5,718 574 12,633 – – – – – 31,083 QC Sherbrooke Lib 15,270 40.24% 98 0.26% RC PC 15,270 5,946 1,563 15,172 – – – – – 37,951 QC Témiscamingue RC 12,532 58.38% 5,929 27.62% Lib PC 6,603 1,774 556 12,532 – – – – – 21,465 QC Témiscouata Lib 10,605 46.88% 1,975 8.73% PC RC 10,605 8,630 360 3,029 – – – – – 22,624 QC Terrebonne Lib 21,191 62.01% 14,257 41.72% PC NDP 21,191 6,934 3,860 1,363 – – – – 824 34,172 QC Trois-Rivières Lib 17,592 46.23% 7,091 18.64% PC RC 17,592 [ a 16] 10,501 1,724 7,305 – – – 930 – 38,052 QC Vaudreuil Lib 29,830 73.86% 22,176 54.91% PC NDP 29,830 7,654 2,905 – – – – – – 40,389 QC Verdun Lib 22,436 75.64% 19,026 64.14% PC NDP 22,436 3,410 2,813 1,004 – – – – – 29,663 QC Villeneuve RC 10,073 47.66% 2,079 9.84% Lib PC 7,994 2,182 886 10,073 – – – – – 21,135 QC Westmount Lib 31,104 79.07% 25,176 64.00% PC NDP 31,104 5,928 2,303 – – – – – – 39,335 SK Assiniboia Lib 9,636 33.84% 95 0.33% PC NDP 9,636 9,541 9,295 – – – – – – 28,472 SK Battleford—Kindersley NDP 10,583 37.27% 642 2.26% PC Lib 7,872 9,941 10,583 – – – – – – 28,396 SK Mackenzie PC 8,578 42.28% 1,066 5.25% NDP Lib 4,199 8,578 7,512 – – – – – – 20,289 SK Meadow Lake PC 7,688 39.65% 1,608 8.29% NDP Lib 4,932 7,688 6,080 – – – – 689 – 19,389 SK Moose Jaw NDP 11,982 40.65% 1,486 5.04% PC Lib 7,000 10,496 11,982 – – – – – – 29,478 SK Prince Albert PC 17,850 56.04% 8,871 27.85% NDP Lib 5,025 17,850 8,979 – – – – – – 31,854 SK Qu'Appelle—Moose Mountain PC 12,429 42.14% 3,664 12.42% NDP Lib 8,299 12,429 8,765 – – – – – – 29,493 SK Regina East NDP 13,641 34.70% 192 0.49% PC Lib 11,986 13,449 13,641 – – – – – 230 39,306 SK Regina—Lake Centre NDP 17,102 39.07% 3,530 8.06% PC Lib 13,104 13,572 17,102 – – – – – – 43,778 SK Saskatoon—Biggar NDP 15,928 42.69% 2,619 7.02% PC Lib 8,071 13,309 15,928 – – – – – – 37,308 SK Saskatoon—Humboldt Lib 15,210 34.33% 555 1.25% NDP PC 15,210 14,444 14,655 – – – – – – 44,309 SK Swift Current—Maple Creek PC 11,237 39.60% 1,030 3.63% NDP Lib 6,930 11,237 10,207 – – – – – – 28,374 SK Yorkton—Melville NDP 13,212 38.88% 2,513 7.40% PC Lib 10,068 10,699 13,212 – – – – – – 33,979 Terr Northwest Territories Lib 6,018 63.80% 3,807 40.36% PC NDP 6,018 2,211 1,203 – – – – – – 9,432 Terr Yukon PC 3,110 47.97% 62 0.96% Lib NDP 3,048 3,110 325 – – – – – – 6,483
Vote and seat summaries Popular vote Liberal
45.37% PC
31.43% NDP
16.96% RC
4.43% Social Credit
0.85% Others
0.96%
Seat totals Liberal
58.71% PC
27.27% NDP
8.33% RC
5.30% Independent
0.38%
Results by province Notes xx - less than 0.05% of the popular vote.
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