Canadian federal election results (1867-1879)

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For detailed results for an election, including results for each province, see:

• Canadian Federal Election, 1867 - 1st General Election
• Canadian Federal Election, 1872 - 2nd General Election
• Canadian Federal Election, 1874 - 3rd General Election
• Canadian Federal Election, 1878 - 4th General Election

[edit] Number of seats won

Party		1867	1872	1874	1878
	Liberal	62	95	129	63
	Conservative1	71	63	39	85
	Liberal-Conservative1	29	36	26	49
	Anti-Confederate2	18
	Conservative Labour		1
	Independent Conservative		2	3	2
	Independent Liberal		2	5	1
	Independent		1	4	5
	Nationalist Conservative				1
Total		180	200	206	206

Notes:

¹ The Liberal-Conservatives sat with the Conservatives in parliament.

² The Anti-Confederates campaigned against confederatation, but later sat with the Liberals.

[edit] Popular vote

Party		1867	1872	1874	1878
	Liberal	22.7%	34.5%	29.8%	33.1%
	Conservative1	23.2%	26.1%	17.3%	26.3%
	Liberal-Conservative1	11.1%	12.8%	12.1%	15.8%
	Anti-Confederate2	7.9%
	Conservative Labour		0.4%	0.5%
	Nationalist Conservative				0.0%
	Independent Conservative	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%	0.2%
	Independent Liberal	0.4%	1.6%	2.0%	0.1
	Independent	0.7%	1.6%	3.2%	2.7%
	Unknown	34.0%	22.1%	24.2%	20.9%