Canadian federal election, 1882

Canadian federal election, 1882
Canada
June 20, 1882

211 seats in the 5th Canadian Parliament
106 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader John A. Macdonald Edward Blake
Party Conservative Liberal
Leader since 1867 1880
Leader's seat Carleton Durham West
Last election 134 seats, 42.1% 63 seats, 33.1%
Seats won 133 73
Seat change Decrease1 Increase10
Popular vote 208,544 160,574
Percentage 40.4% 31.1%
Swing Decrease1.7% Decrease2.0%


Prime Minister before election

John A. Macdonald
Conservative

Prime Minister-designate

John A. Macdonald
Conservative

The Canadian federal election of 1882 was held on June 20, 1882 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 5th Parliament of Canada.

Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald's Conservatives and Liberal-Conservatives retained power, defeating the Liberal Party of Edward Blake. Voter turn-out: 70.3%

National results

The Canadian parliament after the 1882 election
133 73 5
Conservative Liberal O
Party Party leader # of
candidates
Seats Popular vote
1878 Elected Change # % Change
     Conservative John A. Macdonald 118 83 94 +13.3% 143,684 27.83% -1.67pp
     Liberal-Conservative 50 46 39 -8.7% 64,860 12.56% -3.22pp
     Liberal Edward Blake 112 57 73 +26.3% 160,547 31.10% +1.95pp
     Independent 7 5 1 -80% 8,227 1.59% -1.12pp
     Nationalist Conservative 1 - 1 - 1,084 0.21% +0.14pp
     Independent Liberal 3 2 2 - 5,740 1.11% +0.12pp
     Independent Conservative 2 2 1 -50% 927 0.18% -
     Unknown 121 9 - -100% 131,178 25.41% +4.48pp
Total 414 204 211 +4.4% 516,247 100.0% -
Sources: http://www.elections.ca -- History of Federal Ridings since 1867

Acclamations:

The following Members of Parliament were elected by acclamation;

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 1 13 12 3 5 2 39
     Vote (%): 15.8 38.9 9.1 10.4 7.1 25.8 25.4 12.6
     Liberal Seats: - 2 40 12 7 8 4 73
     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 5 92 65 16 21 6 211

Vote and seat summaries

Popular vote
Conservative
 
40.40%
Liberal
 
31.10%
Others
 
28.50%
Seat totals
Conservative
 
63.03%
Liberal
 
34.60%
Others
 
2.37%

xx – less than 0.05% of the popular vote

See also

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