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Canadian federal election, 1874
The Canadian federal election of 1874 was held on January 22, 1874. Sir John A. Macdonald's Conservative government was defeated by the Liberal Party under their new leader Alexander Mackenzie.
Macdonald's government had been forced to resign on November 5, 1873 because of allegations of corruption relating to the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway (see the Pacific Scandal). The Liberals under Mackenzie formed an interim government two days later with an election called for January. The Tories were unable to recover from the scandal and lost the election as a result.
National results
| 3rd Parliament | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Party | Party Leader | # of candidates | Seats | Popular Vote | |||||||||||||||||||
| Before | After | Change | # | % | Change | Liberal | Alexander Mackenzie | 140 | 95 | 129 | +35.8% | 128,455 | 39.49% | +4.77% | Conservative | John A. Macdonald | 65 | 63 | 39 | -38.1% | 57,691 | 17.74% | -8.02% |
| Liberal-Conservative | 38 | 36 | 26 | -27.8% | 40,234 | 12.37% | -0.53% | ||||||||||||||||
| Conservative Labour | 1 | 1 | 0 | -100% | 1,515 | 0.47% | +0.02% | Independents | 7 | 1 | 4 | +300% | 10,453 | 3.21% | +1.58% | ||||||||
| Independent Liberal | 5 | 2 | 5 | +300% | 6,541 | 2.01% | +0.37% | ||||||||||||||||
| Independent Conservative | 3 | 2 | 3 | +50% | 2,360 | 0.73% | +0.03% | ||||||||||||||||
| Unknown | 104 | - | - | - | 78,008 | 23.98% | +1.78% | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | 355 | 200 | 206 | +3.0% | 325,247 | 100% | |||||||||||||||||
| Source: http://www.parl.gc.ca | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes:
"Before" refers to standings in the House of Commons at the last election, and not standings at dissolution.
Acclamations The following Members of Parliament were elected by acclamation;
- Ontario: 1 Liberal-Conservative, 13 Liberals
- Quebec: 10 Conservatives, 4 Liberal-Conservatives, 15 Liberals
- New Brunswick: 1 Conservative, 3 Liberals, 1 Independent Liberal
- Nova Scotia: 5 Liberals
- Prince Edward Island: 2 Liberals
Results by province
| Party Name | BC | Man | Ont | Que | NB | NS | PEI | Canada/Total | ||||||||||
| Liberal Seats | 3 | 1 | 61 | 34 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 129 | ||||||||||
| Pop Vote | 34.1 | 47.0 | 39.6 | 34.8 | 47.1 | 38.1 | 56.8 | 39.5 | Conservative Seats | 1 | 1 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 39 | |
| Pop Vote | 4.5 | 13.8 | 19.5 | 17.6 | 6.8 | 17.8 | 17.5 | 17.7 | ||||||||||
| Liberal-Conservative Seats | 1 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 2 | - | 26 | |||||||||||
| Pop Vote | 16.9 | 10.4 | 14.9 | 8.6 | 19.2 | 15.4 | 12.4 | |||||||||||
| Conservative Labour | - | |||||||||||||||||
| Pop Vote | 0.9 | 0.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Unknown Seats | ||||||||||||||||||
| Unknown Pop Vote | 29.2 | 13.8 | 27.2 | 27.5 | 19.9 | 9.0 | 10.3 | 24.0 | ||||||||||
| Independent Seats | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Independent Pop Vote | 9.5 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 17.6 | 7.7 | 3.2 | ||||||||||||
| Independent Liberal Seats | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Independent Liberal Pop Vote | 15.4 | 1.7 | 8.2 | 2.0 | ||||||||||||||
| Independent Conservative Seats | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Independent Conservative Pop Vote | 15.9 | 2.9 | 0.7 | |||||||||||||||
| Total Seats | 6 | 4 | 88 | 65 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 206 | ||||||||||
| Party Name | BC | Man | Ont | Que | NB | NS | PEI | Canada/Total | ||||||||||
- Liberal-Conservatives sat with the Conservative Party
Related Entries
For a list of candidates elected in the 1874 election, see 3rd Canadian parliament . For changes between the 1874 and 1878 elections, see By-elections of the 3rd Canadian Parliament .
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