Results of the 1878 Canadian federal election

1878 Canadian federal election

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Results by Province

British Columbia

Results in British Columbia [1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberal–Conservative	2	1	0	0	1,163	35.05
	Unknown	0	2	1	1	893	26.91
	Liberals	2	0	0	0	874	26.34
	Independent	1	0	0	0	388	11.69
	Conservative	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total		6				3,318	100.0

Manitoba

Results in Manitoba [1]
Party		Seats	Second	Votes	%	+/-
	Independent Conservative	1	0	555	50.41
	Conservative	2	1	546	49.59
	Liberal–Conservative	1	0	0	0
Total		4		1,101	100.0

New Brunswick

Results in New Brunswick [1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberals	9	4	1	0	1	19,695	49.39
	Unknown	0	5	1	1	0	6,880	17.25
	Independent	2	2	1	0	0	5,112	12.82
	Liberal–Conservative	3	1	0	0	0	4,400	11.03
	Conservative	1	1	0	0	0	2,303	5.77
	Independent Liberal	1	0	0	0	0	1,490	3.74
Total		16					39,880	100.0

Nova Scotia

Results in Nova Scotia [1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberals	7	8	2	19,704	30.71
	Liberal–Conservative	6	2	0	16,783	26.16
	Conservative	8	1	0	14,290	22.27
	Unknown	0	6	3	7,825	12.2
	Independent	0	1	0	2,863	4.46
	Independent Liberal	0	0	1	2,695	4.2
Total		21			64,160	100.0

Ontario

Results in Ontario [1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberals	26	30	1	0	95,639	35.45
	Conservative	37	8	0	0	69,013	25.58
	Unknown	0	40	6	1	52,918	19.62
	Liberal–Conservative	24	5	0	0	45,133	16.73
	Independent	1	1	0	0	4,193	1.55
	Independent Liberal	0	2	0	0	2,877	1.07
Total		88				269,773	100.0

Prince Edward Island

Results in Prince Edward Island [1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Votes	%	+/-
	Conservative	3	0	0	8,454	34.37
	Liberals	1	2	1	7,098	28.85
	Unknown	0	1	2	5,128	20.85
	Liberal–Conservative	2	0	0	3,919	15.93
Total		6			24,599	100.0

References

1. "General Election (1878-09-17)". Library of Parliament. Retrieved January 25, 2024.