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Canadian federal election, 1882
The Canadian federal election of 1882 was held on June 20, 1882. Sir John A. Macdonald's Conservatives and Liberal-Conservatives retained power, defeating the Liberal Party of Edward Blake.
National results
| Party | Party Leader | # of candidates | Seats | Popular Vote | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before | After | Change | # | % | Change | |||
| Conservative | 118 | 83 | 94 | +13.3% | 143,684 | 27.83% | +1.55% | |
| Liberal-Conservative | 50 | 46 | 42 | -8.7% | 64,860 | 12.56% | -3.22% | |
| Liberal | 112 | 57 | 72 | +26.3% | 160,547 | 31.10% | -1.95% | |
| Independent | | 7 | 5 | 1 | -80% | 8,227 | 1.59% | -1.12% |
| Nationalist Conservative | | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1,084 | 0.21% | +0.14% | |
| Independent Liberal | | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | 5,740 | 1.11% | +0.12% |
| Independent Conservative | | 2 | 2 | 1 | -50% | 927 | 0.18% | - |
| Unknown | | 121 | 9 | 0 | -100% | 131,178 | 25.41% | +4.48% |
| Total | | 414
| 204
| 213
| +4.4%
| 516,247
| 100.0%
| -
|
| Sources: http://www.elections.ca -- History of Federal Ridings since 1867 | ||||||||
Note:
"Before" refers to the standings in the House of Commons at the last election, and not to the standings at dissolution.
Acclamations:
The following Members of Parliament were elected by acclamation;
- British Columbia: 2 Liberal-Conservatives
- Manitoba: 1 Conservative
- Ontario: 2 Conservatives
- Quebec: 11 Conservatives, 1 Independent Conservative, 4 Liberal-Conservatives, 3 Liberals
- New Brunswick: 1 Liberal-Conservative, 1 Independent
- Nova Scotia: 1 Conservative
Results by province
| Party Name | BC | MB | ON | QC | NB | NS | PE | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Seats: | 3 | 2 | 39 | 38 | 4 | 8 | - | 94 |
| Popular Vote (%): | 38.4 | 13.6 | 27.0 | 37.7 | 25.6 | 23.0 | 17.1 | 27.8 | |
| Liberal-Conservative | Seats: | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 42 |
| Vote (%): | 15.8 | 38.9 | 9.1 | 10.4 | 7.1 | 25.8 | 25.4 | 12.6 | |
| Liberal | Seats: | - | 2 | 40 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 72 |
| Vote (%): | 10.6 | 25.3 | 31.9 | 21.5 | 36.8 | 38.7 | 40.7 | 31.1 | |
| Independent | Seats: | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |||
| Vote (%): | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 4.8 | 1.6 | ||||
| Nationalist Conservative | Seats: | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Vote (%): | 1.0 | 0.2 | |||||||
| Independent Liberal | Seats: | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Vote (%): | 0.7 | 1.5 | 6.2 | 1.1 | |||||
| Independent Conservative | Seats: | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Vote (%): | 0.9 | 0.2 | |||||||
| Unknown | Vote (%): | 35.2 | 22.2 | 29.6 | 27.1 | 23.9 | 7.7 | 16.8 | 25.4 |
| Total Seats | 6 | 8 | 92 | 65 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 213 | |
xx – less than 0.05% of the popular vote
10-26-2009 08:16:03
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