Results of the 1988 Canadian federal election

Last updated March 24, 2024

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 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "General Election (1988-11-21)". Library of Parliament. Retrieved January 25, 2024.

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1988 Canadian federal election

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