Canadian federal election, 1882

Canadian federal election, 1882

June 20, 1882

211 seats in the 5th Canadian Parliament 106 seats needed for a majority   First party Second party   Leader John A. Macdonald Edward Blake Party Conservative Liberal Leader since 1867 1880 Leader's seat Carleton Durham West Last election 134 seats, 42.1% 63 seats, 33.1% Seats won 133 73 Seat change 1 10 Popular vote 208,544 160,574 Percentage 40.4% 31.1% Swing 1.7% 2.0%

Prime Minister before election John A. Macdonald Conservative Prime Minister-designate John A. Macdonald Conservative

The Canadian federal election of 1882 was held on June 20, 1882, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 5th Parliament of Canada.

Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald's Conservatives and Liberal-Conservatives retained power, defeating the Liberal Party of Edward Blake. Voter turn-out: 70.3%

National results

The Canadian parliament after the 1882 election

↓
133	73	5
Conservative	Liberal	O

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular vote
				1878	Elected	Change	#	%	Change
	Conservative	John A. Macdonald	118	83	94	+13.3%	143,684	27.83%	-1.67pp
	Liberal-Conservative		50	46	39	-8.7%	64,860	12.56%	-3.22pp
	Liberal	Edward Blake	112	57	73	+26.3%	160,547	31.10%	+1.95pp
	Independent		7	5	1	-80%	8,227	1.59%	-1.12pp
	Nationalist Conservative		1	-	1	-	1,084	0.21%	+0.14pp
	Independent Liberal		3	2	2	-	5,740	1.11%	+0.12pp
	Independent Conservative		2	2	1	-50%	927	0.18%	-
	Unknown		121	9	-	-100%	131,178	25.41%	+4.48pp
Total			414	204	211	+4.4%	516,247	100.0%	-
Sources: http://www.elections.ca -- History of Federal Ridings since 1867

Acclamations:

The following Members of Parliament were elected by acclamation;

• British Columbia: 2 Liberal-Conservatives
• Manitoba: 1 Conservative
• Ontario: 2 Conservatives
• Quebec: 11 Conservatives, 1 Independent Conservative, 4 Liberal-Conservatives, 3 Liberals
• New Brunswick: 1 Liberal-Conservative, 1 Independent
• Nova Scotia: 1 Conservative

Results by province

Party name			BC	MB	ON	QC	NB	NS	PE	Total
	Conservative	Seats:	3	2	39	38	4	8	-	94
		Popular vote (%):	38.4	13.6	27.0	37.7	25.6	23.0	17.1	27.8
	Liberal-Conservative	Seats:	3	1	13	12	3	5	2	39
		Vote (%):	15.8	38.9	9.1	10.4	7.1	25.8	25.4	12.6
	Liberal	Seats:	-	2	40	12	7	8	4	73
		Vote (%):	10.6	25.3	31.9	21.5	36.8	38.7	40.7	31.1
	Independent	Seats:			-	-	1	-		1
		Vote (%):			1.7	0.8	0.4	4.8		1.6
	Nationalist Conservative	Seats:				1				1
		Vote (%):				1.0				0.2
	Independent Liberal	Seats:			-	1	1			2
		Vote (%):			0.7	1.5	6.2			1.1
	Independent Conservative	Seats:				1				1
		Vote (%):				0.9				0.2
	Unknown	Vote (%):	35.2	22.2	29.6	27.1	23.9	7.7	16.8	25.4
Total seats			6	5	92	65	16	21	6	211

Vote and seat summaries

Popular vote
Conservative			40.40%
Liberal			31.10%
Others			28.50%

Seat totals
Conservative			63.03%
Liberal			34.60%
Others			2.37%

xx – less than 0.05% of the popular vote

See also

• List of Canadian federal general elections
• 5th Canadian Parliament