Canadian federal election, 1887
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The Canadian federal election of 1887 was held on February 22, 1887, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 6th Parliament of Canada.
The Conservative Party of Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald retained power, defeating the Liberal Party of Edward Blake. Voter turn-out: 70.1%
National results
The Canadian parliament after the 1887 election
| ↓ | ||||
| 123 | 79 | 13 | ||
| Conservative | Liberal | O | ||
| Party | Party leader | # of candidates | Seats | Popular vote | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1882 | Elected | Change | # | % | Change | ||||
| Conservative | John A. Macdonald | 172 | 94 | 96 | -7.4% | 291,138 | 40.15% | +2.12pp | |
| Liberal-Conservative | 32 | 42 | 27 | -35.7% | 52,667 | 7.26% | -5.30pp | ||
| Liberal | Edward Blake | 183 | 73 | 79 | +8.2% | 312,736 | 43.13% | +12.03pp | |
| Independent Liberal | 9 | 2 | 6 | +150% | 15,695 | 2.16% | +1.05pp | ||
| Independent Conservative | 8 | 1 | 3 | +200% | 11,345 | 1.56% | +1.39pp | ||
| Independent | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0% | 8,984 | 1.24% | -0.35pp | ||
| Nationalist Conservative | 2 | 1 | 2 | +100% | 3,522 | 0.49% | +0.28pp | ||
| Unknown | 18 | - | 24,172 | 3.33% | -22.08pp | ||||
| Nationalist | 6 | * | 1 | * | 4,784 | 0.66% | * | ||
| Total | 440 | 213 | 215 | -3.8% | 725,043 | 100% | - | ||
| Sources: http://www.elections.ca -- History of Federal Ridings since 1867 | |||||||||
Note:
* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.
Acclamations:
The following Members of Parliament were elected by acclamation:
- British Columbia: 1 Conservative
- Manitoba: 1 Liberal-Conservative
- Quebec: 1 Conservative, 3 Liberals
Results by province
| Party name | BC | NW | MB | ON | QC | NB | NS | PE | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Seats: | 4 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 23 | 8 | 10 | - | 96 | |
| Popular vote (%): | 62.3 | 65.5 | 32.9 | 43.4 | 35.6 | 39.4 | 41.3 | 39.0 | 40.2 | ||
| Liberal-Conservative | Seats: | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 4 | - | 27 | ||
| Vote (%): | 22.1 | 17.4 | 5.7 | 9.2 | 6.0 | 10.7 | 7.5 | 7.3 | |||
| Liberal | Seats: | - | - | 1 | 37 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 79 | |
| Vote (%): | 15.6 | 34.5 | 44.6 | 46.9 | 41.7 | 40.9 | 41.9 | 41.8 | 43.1 | ||
| Independent Liberal | Seats: | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Vote (%): | 5.2 | 0.8 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 11.7 | 2.2 | |||||
| Independent Conservative | Seats: | - | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | ||||
| Vote (%): | 18.6 | 12.2 | 0.3 | 5.7 | 0.4 | 1.6 | |||||
| Independent | Seats: | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | |||||
| Vote (%): | xx | 1.3 | 3.4 | 5.8 | 1.2 | ||||||
| Nationalist Conservative | Seats: | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Vote (%): | 2.4 | 0.5 | |||||||||
| Unknown | Seats: | - | - | 0 | |||||||
| Vote (%): | 3.1 | 6.1 | 6.5 | 0.2 | 3.3 | ||||||
| Nationalist | Seats: | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Vote (%): | 3.3 | 0.7 | |||||||||
| Total seats | 6 | 4 | 5 | 92 | 65 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 215 | ||
Vote and seat summaries
xx – less than 0.05% of the popular vote
See also
- List of Canadian federal general elections
- List of political parties in Canada
- 6th Canadian Parliament
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