Canadian Federal Election 1997 Results National Province By

The election closely reflected the pattern that had been set out in the 1993 election. The Liberals swept Ontario, the Bloc took much of Quebec, and much of the west was won by Reform, particularly its Alberta base. The major change was that the NDP and the Progressive Conservative Party all but wiped out the Liberals in the Maritimes. Maritime voters, upset over cuts to employment insurance and other programs, defeated two cabinet ministers. David DingwallDavid Charles Dingwall (born June 29 1952) is a civil servant and former Canadian Cabinet minister. A lawyer by training, Dingwall was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1980 Canadian election as the Liberal MP for Cape Breton-East Rich, Minister of Public Works from Nova ScotiaNova Scotia ( In Detail) ( In Detail) Motto: Munit Haec et Altera Vincit (One defends and the other conquers Capital Halifax Largest City Halifax Area Total % fresh water 12th largest(9th lgst prov. 55 284 km² 3. 5% Population Total (2001) Density Ranked, and Doug YoungDouglas (Doug) Young (born September 20 1940) is a Canadian politician. He was first elected to the New Brunswick legislature in 1978 as a Liberal MLA. He was elected Liberal leader in 1982, but resigned within a year of his rising to that post due to a p, Minister of National Defence from New BrunswickNew Brunswick Nouveau-Brunswick ( In Detail) ( In Detail) Motto: Spem reduxit (Hope was restored CapitalLargest city Fredericton Saint John Area Total % fresh water 11th largest(8th lgst prov. 72 908 km² 2. 0% Population Total (2001) Density Ranked 8th 75, both lost to NDP candidates in a major blow to the Liberals. Because of losses in the Maritimes, the Liberal majority shrunk considerably from the 1993 total. Mostly because of these wins in the Maritimes, Jean CharestJean Charest (born June 24, 1958) is a lawyer and the Premier of the Province of Quebec, Canada. His legal name is John James Charest . Profile Born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, he worked as a lawyer from 1981 until he was elected Progressive Conservative membe's Tories and Alexa McDonoughAlexa McDonough (born August 11, 1944) is a Canadian politician, and former leader of the New Democratic Party. McDonough was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Her father, Lloyd Shaw, was a wealthy brick baron, but was committed to progressive politics.'s NDP both regained official party status in the House of Commons. Independent member John NunziataNunziata (born 1955) is a Canadian politician. Nunziata started his career as a supporter of the New Democratic Party on a suburban Toronto city council. He left the NDP in 1982 after losing the nomination in the provincial riding of York South to the new, who had been expelled from the Liberal Party for opposing the GST, was reelected in his riding in Toronto.

1 Results

1.1 National

Party	Party Leader	# of cands	Seats			Popular Vote
Party	Party Leader	# of cands	Before	After	% Change	#	%	Change
Liberal	Jean Chrétien	301	174	155	-10.9%	4,994,277	38.46%	-2.78%
Reform	Preston Manning	227	50	60	+20.0%	2,513,080	19.35%	+0.66%
Bloc Québécois	Gilles Duceppe	75	50	44	-12.0%	1,385,821	10.67%	-2.85%
New Democratic	Alexa McDonough	301	9	21	+133.3%	1,434,509	11.05%	+4.17%
Progressive Conservative	Jean Charest	301	2	20	+900%	2,446,705	18.84%	+2.80%
Green		79	0	0		55,583	0.43%	+0.18%
Natural Law	Neil Paterson	136	0	0		37,085	0.29%	+0.00%
Christian Heritage	Ron Gray	53	0	0		29,085	0.22%	+0.00%
Canadian Action	Paul T. Hellyer	58	0	0		17,502	0.13%	n.a.
Marxist-Leninist	Hardial Bains	65	0	0		11,468	0.09%	+0.05%
Independent		71	6	1		34,507	0.46%
No Affiliation		5	0	0		26,252	0.01%
Vacant			4	301
		1,672	295	301		12,985,974	100.0
Other elections: 1984, 1988, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2004
Sources: http://www.elections.ca History of Federal Ridings since 1867

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

1.2 Province by Province breakdown

Party Name		BC	AB	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	NS	PE	NL	NT	YK	Total
Liberal	Seats:	6	2	1	6	101	26	3		4	4	2		155
Liberal	Popular Vote:	28.8	24.0	24.7	34.3	49.5	36.7	32.9	28.4	44.8	37.9	43.1	22.0	38.5
Reform	Seats:	25	24	8	3									60
Reform	Vote:	43.1	54.6	36.0	23.7	19.1	0.3	13.1	9.7	1.5	2.5	11.7	25.3	19.4
Bloc Québécois	Seats:						44							44
Bloc Québécois	Vote:						37.9							10.7
New Democratic	Seats:	3		5	4			2	6				1	21
New Democratic	Vote:	18.2	5.7	30.9	23.2	10.7	2.0	18.4	30.4	15.1	22.0	20.9	28.9	8.5
Progressive Conservative	Seats:				1	1	5	5	5		3			20
Progressive Conservative	Vote:	6.2	14.4	7.8	17.8	18.8	22.2	35.0	30.8	38.3	36.8	16.7	13.9	18.8
Green	Seats:
Green	Vote:	2.0	0.4			0.4	0.1				0.2			0.4
Natural Law	Seats:
Natural Law	Vote:	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.2			0.3
Christian Heritage	Seats:
Christian Heritage	Vote:	0.4	0.1		0.4	0.4				0.2			1.0	0.2
Canadian Action	Seats:
Canadian Action	Vote:			0.3		0.2								0.1
Marxist-Leninist	Seats:
Marxist-Leninist	Vote:	0.1			0.2	0.1	0.1							0.1
Other	Seats:					1								1
Other	Vote:	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.6	0.4		0.4		0.5	7.6	8.9	0.5
Total seats:		34	26	14	14	101	75	10	11	4	7	2	1	301

Source: Elections Canada

1.3 Notes

Number of Parties: 10
- First appearance: Canadian Action Party
- Final appearance: Reform Party of Canada
- Final appearance before hiatus: Christian Heritage Party of Canada (returned in 2004)

1997 was one of only two elections in Canadian history (the other was 1993) where the official Opposition did not have the majority of the opposition's seats. 60 seats for the Reform Party, yet 86 seats for the other opposition parties and independents combined.

Preceded by:
1993 Canadian election

Canadian federal elections

Followed by:
2000 Canadian election

2 External links

Elections Canada: 1997 election

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