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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

Last updated: 05-13-2005 18:31:29
Last updated: 05-13-2005 07:56:04