Canadian federal election, 1887

Canadian federal election, 1887

February 22, 1887

215 seats in the 6th Canadian Parliament 108 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 Kingston Durham West Last election 133 seats, 40.4% 73 seats, 31.1% Seats won 123 79 Seat change 10 6 Popular vote 343,805 312,736 Percentage 47.4% 43.1% Swing 7.0% 12.0%

Prime Minister before election John A. Macdonald Conservative Prime Minister-designate John A. Macdonald Conservative

The Canadian federal election of 1887 was held on February 22, 1887 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 6th Parliament of Canada.

The Conservative Party of Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald retained power, defeating the Liberal Party of Edward Blake. Voter turn-out: 70.1%

National results

The Canadian parliament after the 1887 election

↓
123	79	13
Conservative	Liberal	O

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular vote
				1882	Elected	Change	#	%	Change
	Conservative	John A. Macdonald	172	94	96	-7.4%	291,138	40.15%	+2.12pp
	Liberal-Conservative		32	42	27	-35.7%	52,667	7.26%	-5.30pp
	Liberal	Edward Blake	183	73	79	+8.2%	312,736	43.13%	+12.03pp
	Independent Liberal		9	2	6	+150%	15,695	2.16%	+1.05pp
	Independent Conservative		8	1	3	+200%	11,345	1.56%	+1.39pp
	Independent		10	1	1	0%	8,984	1.24%	-0.35pp
	Nationalist Conservative		2	1	2	+100%	3,522	0.49%	+0.28pp
	Unknown		18	-			24,172	3.33%	-22.08pp
	Nationalist		6	*	1	*	4,784	0.66%	*
Total			440	213	215	-3.8%	725,043	100%	-
Sources: http://www.elections.ca -- History of Federal Ridings since 1867

Note:

* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

Acclamations:

The following Members of Parliament were elected by acclamation:

• British Columbia: 1 Conservative
• Manitoba: 1 Liberal-Conservative
• Quebec: 1 Conservative, 3 Liberals

Results by province

Party name			BC	NW	MB	ON	QC	NB	NS	PE	Total
	Conservative	Seats:	4	4	2	45	23	8	10	-	96
		Popular vote (%):	62.3	65.5	32.9	43.4	35.6	39.4	41.3	39.0	40.2
	Liberal-Conservative	Seats:	2		2	9	8	2	4	-	27
		Vote (%):	22.1		17.4	5.7	9.2	6.0	10.7	7.5	7.3
	Liberal	Seats:	-	-	1	37	24	5	7	5	79
		Vote (%):	15.6	34.5	44.6	46.9	41.7	40.9	41.9	41.8	43.1
	Independent Liberal	Seats:			-	1	3	1		1	6
		Vote (%):			5.2	0.8	3.7	3.8		11.7	2.2
	Independent Conservative	Seats:	-	-		-	3		-		3
		Vote (%):	18.6	12.2		0.3	5.7		0.4		1.6
	Independent	Seats:				-	1	-	-		1
		Vote (%):				xx	1.3	3.4	5.8		1.2
	Nationalist Conservative	Seats:					2				2
		Vote (%):					2.4				0.5
	Unknown	Seats:				-	-				0
		Vote (%):				3.1	6.1	6.5	0.2		3.3
	Nationalist	Seats:					1				1
		Vote (%):					3.3				0.7
Total seats			6	4	5	92	65	16	21	6	215

Vote and seat summaries

Popular vote
Conservative			47.42%
Liberal			43.13%
Others			9.45%

Seat totals
Conservative			56.74%
Liberal			37.21%
Others			6.05%

xx – less than 0.05% of the popular vote

See also

• List of Canadian federal general elections
• List of political parties in Canada
• 6th Canadian Parliament