Election Results
| Election |
# of candidates nominated |
# of seats won |
# of total votes |
% of popular vote |
result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1867 | 65 | 62 | 60,818 | 22.67% | Cons. majority |
| 1872 | 111 | 95 | 110,556 | 34.72% | Cons. majority |
| 1874 | 140 | 129 | 128,059 | 39.49% | majority government |
| 1878 | 121 | 63 | 180,074 | 33.05% | Cons. majority |
| 1882 | 112 | 72 | 160,547 | 31.10% | Cons. majority |
| 1887 | 184 | 79 | 312,736 | 43.13% | Cons. majority |
| 1891 | 194 | 90 | 350,512 | 45.22% | Cons. majority |
| 1896 | 190 | 117 | 401,425 | 41.37% | majority government |
| 1900 | 209 | 128 | 477,758 | 50.25% | majority government |
| 1904 | 208 | 137 | 521,041 | 50.88% | majority government |
| 1908 | 213 | 133 | 570,311 | 48.87% | majority government |
| 1911 | 214 | 85 | 596,871 | 45.82% | Cons. majority |
| 1917* | 213 | 82 | 729,756 | 38.80% | coalition government |
| 1921 | 204 | 118 | 1,285,998 | 41.15% | majority government |
| 1925 | 216 | 100 | 1,252,684 | 39.74% | minority government |
| 1926 | 189 | 114 | 1,294,072 | 42.74% | majority government |
| 1930 | 226 | 90 | 1,716,798 | 44.03% | Cons. majority |
| 1935 | 245 | 173 | 1,967,839 | 44.68% | majority government |
| 1940 | 242 | 179 | 2,365,979 | 51.32% | majority government |
| 1945 | 236 | 117 | 2,086,545 | 39.78% | majority government |
| 1949 | 259 | 190 | 2,878,097 | 49.15% | majority government |
| 1953 | 263 | 169 | 2,743,013 | 48.62% | majority government |
| 1957 | 265 | 105 | 2,703,687 | 40.91% | PC minority |
| 1958 | 265 | 49 | 2,444,909 | 33.50% | PC majority |
| 1962 | 264 | 100 | 2,862,001 | 37.17% | PC minority |
| 1963 | 265 | 128 | 3,276,995 | 41.52% | minority government |
| 1965 | 265 | 131 | 3,099,521 | 40.18% | minority government |
| 1968 | 263 | 155 | 3,686,801 | 47.53% | majority government |
| 1972 | 263 | 109 | 3,717,804 | 38.42% | minority government |
| 1974 | 264 | 141 | 4,102,853 | 43.15% | majority government |
| 1979 | 282 | 114 | 4,595,319 | 40.11% | PC minority |
| 1980 | 282 | 147 | 4,855,425 | 44.40% | majority government |
| 1984 | 282 | 40 | 3,516,486 | 28.02% | PC majority |
| 1988 | 294 | 83 | 4,205,072 | 31.92% | PC majority |
| 1993 | 295 | 177 | 5,598,775 | 41.24% | majority government |
| 1997 | 301 | 155 | 4,994,377 | 38.46% | majority government |
| 2000 | 301 | 172 | 5,251,961 | 40.85% | majority government |
| 2004 | 308 | 135 | 4,951,107 | 36.7% | minority government |
| 2006 | 308 | 103 | 4,477,217 | 30.09% | Cons. minority |
| 2008 | 308 | 76 | 3,629,990 | 26.24% | Cons. minority |
| 2011 | 308 | 34 | 2,783,175 | 18.91% | Cons. majority |
- 1953-1968 includes one Liberal-Labour Member of Parliament.
* In 1917, some Liberals ran under the Unionist banner, figures only count those who ran as "Laurier Liberals"
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