Results of the 1988 Canadian federal election

1988 Canadian federal election

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All 295 seats in the House of Commons of Canada 148 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– Progressive Conservative Brian Mulroney 43.02 169 −42 Liberal John Turner 31.92 83 +43 New Democratic Ed Broadbent 20.38 43 +13 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after election Brian Mulroney Progressive Conservative Brian Mulroney Progressive Conservative

Results by Province and Territory

Alberta

Results in Alberta [1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Sixth	Seventh	Eighth	Ninth	Tenth	Votes	%	+/-
	Progressive Conservative	25	1									602,848	51.75
	NDP	1	11	9	5							202,802	17.41
	Reform		9	6	11							178,843	15.35
	Liberals		5	11	10							159,807	13.72
	Christian Heritage					9						12,305	1.06
	Confederation of Regions Western Party					3	8	3	2	1	1	1,868	0.16
	No affiliation to a recognised party					2	2	5	3	1		1,345	0.12
	Independent					2	1	1				1,188	0.1
	Libertarian					3	1					1,158	0.1
	Rhinoceros					2	2					1,067	0.09
	Green					2	1					1,013	0.09
	Commonwealth of Canada					1		3		1		376	0.03
	Communist						2		1			289	0.02
Total		26										1,164,909	100.0

British Columbia

Results in British Columbia [1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Sixth	Seventh	Eighth	Ninth	Tenth	Eleventh	Twelfth	Votes	%	+/-
	NDP	19	9	4										566,582	36.96
	Progressive Conservative	12	19	1										541,172	35.3
	Liberals	1	4	26	1									312,803	20.4
	Reform			1	24	5								75,308	4.91
	Christian Heritage				5	6	1							15,106	0.99
	Green				2	11	5	1	1					8,933	0.58
	Libertarian					3	8	5						4,723	0.31
	Rhinoceros					3	5	3						3,310	0.22
	Communist						2	3	5	2				1,304	0.09
	Independent					1	3	2	3					1,222	0.08
	No affiliation to a recognised party					1	1	3	3	4	1		1	1,213	0.08
	Social Credit					1	1							1,169	0.08
	Confederation of Regions Western Party						1		1		1			158	0.01
	Commonwealth of Canada											1		23	0
Total		32												1,533,026	100.0

Manitoba

Results in Manitoba [1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Sixth	Seventh	Eighth	Votes	%	+/-
	Progressive Conservative	7	3	4						200,100	36.85
	Liberals	5	7	2						198,408	36.54
	NDP	2	4	7	1					115,638	21.3
	Reform			1	10	1				17,759	3.27
	Christian Heritage				1	2				4,297	0.79
	Confederation of Regions Western Party					2	3			1,943	0.36
	Libertarian					5				1,385	0.26
	Independent				1	2	2	1		1,218	0.22
	No affiliation to a recognised party					1	3	2	2	1,002	0.18
	Rhinoceros							2		770	0.14
	Communist						2	1		421	0.08
Total		14								542,941	100.0

New Brunswick

Results in New Brunswick [1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Sixth	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberals	5	5					173,967	45.35
	Progressive Conservative	5	5					155,056	40.42
	NDP			9	1			35,790	9.33
	Confederation of Regions Western Party			1	6			16,654	4.34
	Christian Heritage					1		909	0.24
	Independent						2	415	0.11
	Rhinoceros					1		316	0.08
	Libertarian					1		289	0.08
	No affiliation to a recognised party						1	175	0.05
Total		10						383,571	100.0

Newfoundland and Labrador

Results in Newfoundland and Labrador [1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberals	5	1	1		115,588	45.02
	Progressive Conservative	2	5			108,349	42.2
	NDP		1	6		31,769	12.37
	Christian Heritage				1	739	0.29
	Independent				1	286	0.11
Total		7				256,731	100.0

Northwest Territories

Results in Northwest Territories [1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberals	2					8,771	41.41
	NDP		1	1			5,993	28.29
	Progressive Conservative		1	1			5,585	26.37
	Independent				2	1	833	3.93
Total		2					21,182	100.0

Nova Scotia

Results in Nova Scotia [1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Sixth	Seventh	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberals	6	5						223,175	46.51
	Progressive Conservative	5	6						196,390	40.93
	NDP			11					54,515	11.36
	Christian Heritage				3				3,578	0.75
	Libertarian				3				1,068	0.22
	Independent					1	1		344	0.07
	Commonwealth of Canada				1			1	311	0.06
	No affiliation to a recognised party					2			309	0.06
	Communist					1			151	0.03
Total		11							479,841	100.0

Ontario

Results in Ontario [1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Sixth	Seventh	Eighth	Ninth	Tenth	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberals	43	51	4								1,819,095	38.87
	Progressive Conservative	46	35	18								1,787,271	38.19
	NDP	10	13	76								939,928	20.08
	Christian Heritage				31							64,707	1.38
	Libertarian			1	31	18	3		1			23,427	0.5
	Confederation of Regions Western Party				7	4		1				18,626	0.4
	No affiliation to a recognised party				7	6	6	2	3	1		7,020	0.15
	Rhinoceros				4	9	3	1				5,548	0.12
	Green				5	8	2					4,964	0.11
	Independent				1	8	7	4	1			4,186	0.09
	Communist				3	6	9	2				2,720	0.06
	Commonwealth of Canada				1	7	4	6	1	1		2,320	0.05
	Social Credit					1						168	0
	CCF										1	30	0
Total		99										4,680,010	100.0

Prince Edward Island

Results in Prince Edward Island [1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberals	4					37,761	49.92
	Progressive Conservative		4				31,372	41.47
	NDP			4			5,661	7.48
	Independent				1		569	0.75
	Christian Heritage					1	281	0.37
Total		4					75,644	100.0

Quebec

Results in Quebec [1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Sixth	Seventh	Eighth	Ninth	Tenth	Eleventh	Votes	%	+/-
	Progressive Conservative	63	12										1,844,279	52.68
	Liberals	12	56	7									1,058,952	30.25
	NDP		7	67	1								488,633	13.96
	Rhinoceros				28	11							41,162	1.18
	Green				20	8	1						32,096	0.92
	No affiliation to a recognised party				4	12	8	5	4	2	1		13,313	0.38
	Independent			1	1	2	2						12,721	0.36
	Commonwealth of Canada				2	7	7	5	3	4		1	4,386	0.13
	Communist					2	4	3	2				2,105	0.06
	Social Credit				3		1	1	1				2,070	0.06
	Libertarian					1	1	1	1				1,020	0.03
	Christian Heritage						1						356	0.01
Total		75											3,501,093	100.0

Saskatchewan

Results in Saskatchewan [1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Votes	%	+/-
	NDP	10	4				231,358	44.17
	Progressive Conservative	4	10				190,597	36.39
	Liberals			14			95,295	18.19
	Reform				4		3,857	0.74
	Confederation of Regions Western Party				4	2	2,093	0.4
	Green				1		222	0.04
	No affiliation to a recognised party				1		139	0.03
	Communist				1		76	0.01
	Libertarian					1	65	0.01
	Commonwealth of Canada					1	51	0.01
Total		14					523,753	100.0

Yukon

Results in Yukon [1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Votes	%	+/-
	NDP	1				6,594	51.42
	Progressive Conservative		1			4,524	35.28
	Liberals			1		1,450	11.31
	Christian Heritage				1	255	1.99
Total		1				12,823	100.0

References

1. "General Election (1988-11-21)". Library of Parliament. Retrieved January 25, 2024.