Canada
- In the Canadian federal election, 1993, the governing Progressive Conservative Party was reduced from a strong majority government to only two seats.
- In the Canadian federal election, 2011, the Bloc Québécois was reduced to 4 seats.
- In the British Columbia general election, 2001 the governing NDP was reduced to two seats, with the other 77 being won by the Liberals.
- New Brunswick general election, 1995 51.6% - 30.9% 48 - 7 (wipe out)
- New Brunswick general election, 1991 47.1% - 21.2% 46 - 8-3-1 (lop-sided)
- New Brunswick general election, 1987 60.4% - 28.6% 55 - 0 (clean sweep)
- Ontario general election, 1987 47.3% 25.7% - 95 - 19 - 16 (lopsided)
- Prince Edward Island general election, 2003 54.0% 42.9% - 23 -4 (wipe out)
- Prince Edward Island general election, 2000 57.9% 33.7% - 26 -1 (wipe out)
- Prince Edward Island general election, 1996 47.8% 44.8% - 18 -8 - 1 (strong government; strong opposition)
- Prince Edward Island general election, 1935 51.7% 48.3% - 30 -0 (wipe out)
- Saskatchewan general election, 1991 51.1% - 25.5% 55 - 10 - 1 (lopsided)
- Saskatchewan general election, 1982 54.1% - 37.6% 55 - 9 (wipe out)
- Saskatchewan general election, 1944 53.1% - 35.4% 47 - 5 (wipe out)
- Saskatchewan general election, 1934 48.0% - 24.0% 50 - 5 (wipe out)
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Famous quotes containing the word canada:
“I fear that I have not got much to say about Canada, not having seen much; what I got by going to Canada was a cold.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Canadians look down on the United States and consider it Hell. They are right to do so. Canada is to the United States what, in Dante’s scheme, Limbo is to Hell.”
—Irving Layton (b. 1912)
“In Canada an ordinary New England house would be mistaken for the château, and while every village here contains at least several gentlemen or “squires,” there is but one to a seigniory.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)