Canadian federal election, 1882

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The Canadian parliament after the 1882 election
The Canadian parliament after the 1882 election

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%


[edit] National results

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% +1.55%
     Liberal-Conservative
John A. Macdonald
 50 46 39 -8.7% 64,860 12.56% -3.22%
     Liberal
Edward Blake
 112 57 73 +26.3% 160,547 31.10% -1.95%
     Independent 7 5 1 -80% 8,227 1.59% -1.12%
     Nationalist Conservative 1 - 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 - -100% 131,178 25.41% +4.48%
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;

  • 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

[edit] 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

xx – less than 0.05% of the popular vote

[edit] See also

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