Canadian federal election, 1887

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The Canadian parliament after the 1887 election
The Canadian parliament after the 1887 election

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's retained power, defeating the Liberal Party of Edward Blake.

Voter turn-out: 70.1%


[edit] National results

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% +12.32 %
     Liberal-Conservative 31 42 26 -42.9% 52,667 7.26% -5.30%
     Liberal
Edward Blake
 184 72 80 +9.7% 312,736 43.13% +12.03%
     Independent Liberal 9 2 6 +150% 15,695 2.16% +1.05%
     Independent Conservative 8 1 3 +200% 11,345 1.56% +1.39%
     Independent 10 1 1 0% 8,984 1.24% -0.35%
     Nationalist Conservative 2 1 2 +100% 3,522 0.49% +0.28%
     Unknown 18 -   24,172 3.33% -22.08%
     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

[edit] 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   1 9 8 2 4   26
     Vote (%): 22.1   17.4 5.7 9.2 6.0 10.7 7.5 7.3
     Liberal Seats:     2 37 24 5 7 5 80
     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

xx – less than 0.05% of the popular vote

[edit] See also


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