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The 1979 Canadian election resulted in the defeat of Pierre Trudeau's Liberal Party of Canada after 11 years in power under Trudeau. Joe Clark lead the Progressive Conservatives to power, but with only a minority of seats in the Canadian House of Commons. Clark's minority government lasted less than nine months. Its defeat over a budget bill that proposed to increase the excise tax on gasoline by 18 cents per Imperial gallon resulted in the 1980 election, in which the PCs were defeated by the resurgent Trudeau Liberals.

1 Results

Clark won the popular vote in eight provinces, but because his tories could only muster 2 seats in Quebec, he only won a minority government. The Liberals could only win one seat west of Manitoba. This election was the last that the Social Credit Party would win seats. An unusual occurrence in the Northwest Territories occurred, the Liberals won the popular vote there, but won neither seat.

1.1 National

Party	Party Leader	# of candidates	Seats	Popular Vote
Before	After	% Change	#	%	Change
Progressive Conservative	Joe Clark	282		136		4,111,606	35.89%	+4.65%
Liberal	Pierre Trudeau	282		114		4,595,319	40.11%	-7.29%
New Democratic	Ed Broadbent	282		26		2,048,988	17.88%	+2.45%
Social Credit	Fabien Roy	103		6		527,604	4.61%	-0.46%
Rhinoceros	Cornelius the First	63		0		62,601	0.55%	n.a.
Independent		68		0		51,962	0.45%	-0.14%
Union Populaire		69		0		19,514	0.17%	n.a.
Libertarian		60		0		16,042	0.14%	-0.14%
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	144		0		14,231	0.12%	-0.12%
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.	71		0		9,141	0.08%
Total		1,424	265	282		11,457,008	100.00%
Other elections: 1968In the Canadian federal election of June 25, 1968, the Liberal Party won a majority government under its new leader, Pierre Trudeau. Trudeau, who was a relative unknown until he was appointed to the cabinet by Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson, had won a s, 1972, 1974, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1988
Sources: http://www.elections.ca History of Federal Ridings since 1867

Party

Party Leader

# of candidates

Seats

Popular Vote

Before

After

% Change

Change

Progressive Conservative

Joe Clark

282

136

4,111,606

35.89%

+4.65%

Liberal

Pierre Trudeau

282

114

4,595,319

40.11%

-7.29%

New Democratic

Ed Broadbent

282

2,048,988

17.88%

+2.45%

Social Credit

Fabien Roy

103

527,604

4.61%

-0.46%

Rhinoceros

Cornelius the First

62,601

0.55%

n.a.

Independent

51,962

0.45%

-0.14%

Union Populaire

19,514

0.17%

n.a.

Libertarian

16,042

0.14%

-0.14%

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

144

14,231

0.12%

-0.12%

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.

9,141

0.08%

Total

1,424

265

282

11,457,008

100.00%

Other elections: 1968In the Canadian federal election of June 25, 1968, the Liberal Party won a majority government under its new leader, Pierre Trudeau. Trudeau, who was a relative unknown until he was appointed to the cabinet by Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson, had won a s, 1972, 1974, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1988

Sources: http://www.elections.ca History of Federal Ridings since 1867

1.2 Province by Province breakdown

Party Name		BC	AB	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	NS	PE	NL	NT	YK	Total
Progressive Conservative	Seats:	19	21	10	7	57	2	4	8	4	2	1	1	136
Progressive Conservative	Popular Vote:	44.3	65.6	41.2	43.4	41.8	13.5	40.0	45.4	52.8	29.7	32.3	44.6	35.9
Liberal	Seats:	1			2	32	67	6	2		4			114
Liberal	Vote:	23.0	22.1	21.8	23.5	36.4	61.7	44.6	35.5	40.6	40.6	34.1	30.1	40.1
New Democratic	Seats:	8		4	5	6			1		1	1		26
New Democratic	Vote:	31.9	9.9	35.8	32.7	21.1	5.1	15.3	18.7	6.5	29.7	31.9	25.3	17.9
Social Credit	Seats:						6							6
Social Credit	Vote:	0.2	1.0	0.5	0.2	0.1	16.0							4.6
Other	Seats:
Other	Vote:	0.6	1.5	0.7	0.4	0.6	3.7	0.1	0.4	0.1		1.6		1.5

Source: Political Database of the Americas

1.3 Notes

Number of Parties: 9
- First appearance: Libertarian Party of Canada, Union Populaire
- Reappearance after hiatus: Rhinoceros Party of Canada
- Final appearance: none

See: 31st Canadian parliament for a full list of MPs elected in this election.

Preceded by:
1974 Canadian election

Canadian federal elections

Followed by:
1980 Canadian election

Canadian federal elections

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