1993 Canadian federal election

1993 Canadian federal election
October 25, 1993 (1993-10-25)
295 seats in the House of Commons
148 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout70.9%[1] (4.4pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Jean Chrétien Lucien Bouchard Preston Manning
Party Liberal Bloc Québécois Reform
Leader's seat Saint-Maurice Lac-Saint-Jean Calgary Southwest
Last election 83 seats, 31.92% pre-creation 0 seats, 2.09%
Seats before 81 10 1
Seats won 177 54 52
Seat change 96 44 51
Popular vote 5,647,952 1,846,024 2,559,245
Percentage 41.24% 13.52%[lower-roman 2] 18.69%[lower-roman 1]
Swing 9.32pp pre-creation 16.60pp
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Audrey McLaughlin Kim Campbell
Party New Democratic Progressive Conservative
Leader's seat Yukon Vancouver Centre
(defeated)
Last election 43 seats, 20.38% 169 seats, 43.02%
Seats before 44 156
Seats won 9 2
Seat change 35 154
Popular vote 939,575 2,186,422
Percentage 6.88% 16.04%
Swing 13.50pp 26.98pp
The Canadian parliament after the 1993 election
Prime Minister before election

Kim Campbell
Progressive Conservative

Prime Minister after election

Jean Chrétien
Liberal

The 1993 Canadian federal election was held on October 25, 1993, to elect members to the House of Commons of the 35th Parliament of Canada. Considered to be a major political realignment, it was one of the most eventful elections in Canada's history.

The election was the worst defeat for a governing party at the federal level and one of the worst ever suffered by a governing party in the Western democratic world. The Liberal Party, led by Jean Chrétien, won a majority government, defeating the governing Progressive Conservative Party in a landslide.

Results

For a complete list of MPs elected in the 1993 election, see 35th Canadian parliament.

Party Party leader # of
candidates 		Seats Popular vote
1988 Dissol. Elected % Change # % Change
  Liberal Jean Chrétien 295 83 79 177 +113.3% 5,647,952 41.24% +9.32%
  Bloc Québécois Lucien Bouchard 75 * 10 54 * 1,846,024 13.52% *
  Reform Preston Manning 207 - 1 52   2,559,245 18.69% +16.59%
  New Democratic Party Audrey McLaughlin 294 43 44 9 −79.1% 939,575 6.88% −13.50%
  Progressive Conservative Kim Campbell 295 169 154 2 −98.8% 2,186,422 16.04% −26.97%
  Independent 129 - 3 1   60,434 0.73% +0.56%
  National Mel Hurtig 170 * - - * 187,251 1.38% *
  Natural Law Neil Paterson 231 * - - * 84,743 0.63% *
  No affiliation 23 - - - - 48,959 0.09% −0.10%
Green Chris Lea 79 - - - - 32,979 0.24% −0.12%
  Christian Heritage Heather Stilwell 59 - - - - 30,358 0.22% −0.55%
  Libertarian Hilliard Cox 52 - - - - 14,630 0.11% −0.14%
  Abolitionist John Turmel 80 * - - * 9,141 0.07% *
Canada Party Joseph Thauberger 56 * - - * 7,506 0.06% *
  Commonwealth Gilles Gervais 59 - - - - 7,316 0.06% -
  Marxist–Leninist Hardial Bains 51 - - - - 5,136 0.04% +0.04%
     Vacant 4  
Total 2,155 295 295 295 ±0.0% 13,667,671 100%  
Notes: *Party did not nominate candidates in the previous; "% change" refers to change from previous election.
Sources: http://www.elections.ca History of Federal Ridings since 1867 Archived December 4, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

Notes

  1. ↑ Did not contest seats in Quebec.
  2. ↑ Only contested seats in Quebec.

References

  1. ↑ Pomfret, R. "Voter Turnout at Federal Elections and Referendums". Elections Canada. Retrieved January 11, 2014.




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