Liberals (Canada) - Electoral History

Electoral History

Liberal Party Federal Electoral Results
Year
 Seats
in House
 Liberal
candidates
 Seats
won
 Seat
Change
 Popular
vote
 % of
popular
vote
 Result
 Liberal
leader
1867 180 65 62 +62 60,818 22.7% Cons. majority Brown
1872 200 111 95 +33 110,556 34.7% Cons. minority Blake
1874 206 140 133 +38 128,059 39.5% Majority gov't Mackenzie
1878 206 121 63 −70 180,074 33.1% Cons. majority Mackenzie
1882 211 112 73 +10 160,547 31.1% Cons. majority Blake
1887 215 184 80 +7 312,736 43.1% Cons. majority Blake
1891 215 194 90 +10 350,512 45.2% Cons. majority Laurier
1896 213 190 118 +28 401,425 41.4% Majority gov't Laurier
1900 213 209 132 +14 477,758 50.3% Majority gov't Laurier
1904 214 208 139 +7 521,041 50.9% Majority gov't Laurier
1908 221 213 133 −6 570,311 48.9% Majority gov't Laurier
1911 221 214 85 −48 596,871 45.8% Cons. majority Laurier
1917* 235 213 82 −3 729,756 38.8% Coalition gov't Laurier
1921 235 204 118 +36 1,285,998 41.2% Majority gov't King
1925 245 216 100 −18 1,252,684 39.7% minority gov't King
1926 245 189 116 +16 1,294,072 42.7% Majority gov't King
1930 245 226 90 −26 1,716,798 44.0% Cons. majority King
1935 245 245 173 +83 1,967,839 44.7% Majority gov't King
1940 245 242 181 +8 2,365,979 51.3% Majority gov't King
1945 245 236 125 −56 2,086,545 39.8% Majority gov't King
1949 262 259 190 +65 2,878,097 49.2% Majority gov't St. Laurent
1953 265 263 171 −19 2,743,013 48.6% Majority gov't St. Laurent
1957 265 265 105 −66 2,703,687 40.9% PC minority St. Laurent
1958 265 265 49 −56 2,444,909 33.5% PC majority Pearson
1962 265 264 100 +51 2,862,001 37.2% PC minority Pearson
1963 265 265 128 +28 3,276,995 41.5% minority gov't Pearson
1965 265 265 131 +3 3,099,521 40.2% minority gov't Pearson
1968 264 263 155 +24 3,686,801 45.4% Majority gov't Trudeau
1972 264 263 109 −46 3,717,804 38.4% minority gov't Trudeau
1974 264 264 141 +32 4,102,853 43.2% Majority gov't Trudeau
1979 282 282 114 −27 4,595,319 40.1% PC minority Trudeau
1980 282 282 147 +33 4,855,425 44.4% Majority gov't Trudeau
1984 282 282 40 −107 3,516,486 28.0% PC majority Turner
1988 295 294 83 +43 4,205,072 31.9% PC majority Turner
1993 295 295 177 +94 5,598,775 41.2% Majority gov't Chrétien
1997 301 301 155 −22 4,994,377 38.5% Majority gov't Chrétien
2000 301 301 172 +17 5,251,961 40.9% Majority gov't Chrétien
2004 308 308 135 −37 4,951,107 36.7% minority gov't Martin
2006 308 308 103 −32 4,477,217 30.1% Cons. minority Martin
2008 308 307 77 −26 3,629,990 26.2% Cons. minority Dion
2011 308 308 34 −43 2,783,175 18.9% Cons. majority Ignatieff
Source=Elections Canada

* In 1917, some Liberals ran under the Unionist banner, figures only count those who ran as "Laurier Liberals"

* 1949–1968 includes one Liberal-Labour MP who sat with Liberal caucus.

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