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The 1974 Canadian federal election was held on July 8. The governing Liberal Party won its first majority government since 1968, and gave Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau his third term. The Conservatives, led by Robert Stanfield, did well in the Atlantic provinces, and in the West, but the Liberal support in Ontario and Quebec ensured a majority Liberal govenrment.

1 Results

1.1 National

Party	Party Leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular Vote
Party	Party Leader	# of candidates	Before	After	% Change	#	%	Change
Liberal	Pierre Trudeau	264		141		4,102,853	43.15%	4.73%
Progressive Conservative	Robert Stanfield	264		95		3,371,319	35.46%	0.44%
New Democratic	Ed Broadbent	262		16		1,467,748	15.44%	-2.40%
Social Credit	Real Caouette	152		11		481,231	5.06%	-2.49%
Marxist-Leninist	Hardial BainsHardial Bains ( August 15, 1939 August 24, 1997) was the founder and leader of the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) until his death. Born in India into a communist family in the Punjab, Bains became a member of the youth wing of the Communist	104		0		16,261	0.17%	-0.05%
CommunistCommunist Party of Canada Current Leader Founded May, 1921 Headquarters 290A Danforth Avenue Toronto, OntarioM4K 1N6 Colours Red Political ideology Communist The Communist Party of Canada is a communist political party in Canada. Party History The CPC was	William KashtanWilliam Kashtan (1909-1993?) became general secretary of the Communist Party of Canada in January 1965, several months following the death of Leslie Morris. The delay in his assuming the position was due to the opposition of Tim Buck to his appointment.	69		0		12,100	0.13%	n.a.
Independent		94		1		56,420	0.59%	-0.57%
Total		1,209		264		9,507,932	100.00%
Other elections: 1965National results n. not applicable the party was not recognized in the previous election x less than 0. 005% of the popular vote Canadian federal elections., 1968, 1972, 1974, 1979, 1980, 1984
Sources: http://www.elections.ca History of Federal Ridings since 1867

n.a. = not applicable - the party was not recognized in the previous election.

Party Name		BC	AB	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	NS	PE	NL	NT	YK	Total
Liberal	Seats:	8		3	2	55	60	6	2	1	4			141
Liberal	Popular Vote (%):	24.8	33.3	30.7	27.4	45.1	54.1	47.2	40.7	46.2	46.7	24.7	33.5	43.2
Progressive Conservative	Seats:	13	19	8	9	25	3	3	8	3	3		1	95
Progressive Conservative	Vote:	41.9	61.2	36.4	47.7	35.1	21.2	33.0	47.5	49.1	43.6	33.2	47.1	35.4
New Democratic	Seats:	2		2	2	8			1			1		16
New Democratic	Vote:	23.0	9.3	31.5	23.5	19.1	6.6	8.7	11.2	4.6	9.5	42.1	19.5	15.4
Social Credit	Seats:						11							11
Social Credit	Vote:	1.2	3.4	1.1	1.1	0.2	17.1	2.9	0.4		0.1			5.1
Other	Seats:							1						1
Other	Vote:	0.5	1.5	0.2	0.4	0.5	1.0	8.1	0.1	0.1				0.9

Source: Political Database of the Americas

1.3 Notes

Number of Parties: 6
- First appearance: Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada
- Final appearance: none

See: 30th Canadian parliament for a full list of MPs elected in this election.

Preceded by:
1972 Canadian election

Canadian federal elections

Followed by:
1979 Canadian election

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