Canadian federal election, 1882
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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
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The Canadian parliament after the 1882 election
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133 | 73 | 5 | ||
Conservative | Liberal | O |
Party | Party leader | # of candidates |
Seats | Popular vote | |||||
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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 | ||
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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
xx – less than 0.05% of the popular vote
See also
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