1887 Canadian federal election
The 1887 Canadian federal election was held on February 22, 1887, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 6th Parliament of Canada.
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215 seats in the House of Commons 108 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 70.1%[1] ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Conservative Party of Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald retained power, defeating the Liberal Party of Edward Blake.
National results
The Canadian parliament after the 1887 election
1887 Canadian electoral map
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| 123 | 79 | 13 | ||
| Conservative | Liberal | O | ||
| Party | Party leader | # of candidates | Seats | Popular vote | |||||
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| 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 | ||
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| 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
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See also
References
- "Voter Turnout at Federal Elections and Referendums". Elections Canada. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
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