Results of the Canadian federal election, 2008
Encyclopedia
The 40th Canadian federal election
was held on October 14, 2008.
The Conservative Party of Canada
, led by Stephen Harper
, won a minority government
. The Conservatives won 143 seats. The Liberal Party of Canada
, won 77 seats. The separatist Bloc Québécois
won 49 seats and the social-democratic
New Democratic Party
won 37. Two independent candidates won a seat, one each in Nova Scotia and Quebec.
All four parties in the House gained at least one riding at the expense of other parties, and all of these parties also had at least one of their incumbents defeated. A total of 40 ridings (13.0%) switched parties in the election. The first table below summarizes the number of gains, holds and losses for each of the four parties, plus independents. The numbers in the second table indicate the number of seats gained by each party in listed in the left hand column from each party listed in the top row.
For each constituency, the result of the 2008 election is compared either with the 2006 federal election
, or with the result of its by-election
in seats for which one was held during the 39th Parliament
. The effects of floor crossings
are not considered - results in ridings where the incumbent crossed the floor are tallied as "gains" where the incumbent was re-elected for his new party and as "holds" where the incumbent's former party re-took the seat. To further clarify, David Emerson
's former seat of Vancouver Kingsway
is scored as an NDP gain from the Liberals and is not included in any part of the Conservatives' tally. Seats that were vacant at dissolution are also considered as being held by the last party elected in the district.
Danny Williams
, the Liberals won six seats and the NDP one. The Avalon
and St. John's South—Mount Pearl
seats changed hands from the Tories to the Liberals. The St. John's East
seat changed from the Tories to NDP, as Norman Doyle
retired. The change in Avalon was a crushing blow as the incumbent Fabian Manning
was soundly defeated by the Liberals' Scott Andrews
.
, incumbent Liberal Joe McGuire
retired, and the seat went to the Tories.
where the retiring Alexa McDonough
was replaced by another New Democrat, Megan Leslie
, and in West Nova
the incumbent Liberal Robert Thibault
was defeated by Tory Greg Kerr
. Elizabeth May
of the Green Party was defeated in the riding of Central Nova
, which was a battle between her and incumbent cabinet minister Peter MacKay
.
, Miramichi
, and Saint John
. In the other seven ridings the incumbent was re-elected.
to the Liberals, but gained the riding of Louis-Hébert
from the Tories. A recent recount saw the Liberals take the riding of Brossard—La Prairie
from the BQ, slightly strengthening their position.
, Oakville
, Huron—Bruce
and Halton
from the Liberals, where the NDP took Thunder Bay—Superior North
, Thunder Bay—Rainy River
, Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing
, Sudbury
and Nickel Belt
from the Liberals. The Liberals themselves lost 16 seats in Ontario.
. There, the incumbent Carol Skelton
did not seek reelection, giving the NDP high hopes that well-known farmers' activist Nettie Wiebe
might re-establish a federal NDP presence in Parliament from the province. The seat was retained by Conservative Kelly Block
in a close two-way race to keep the NDP shut out in Saskatchewan - despite the fact that their proportion of the popular vote there was in fact higher than any other province outside Atlantic Canada
.
, which the NDP narrowly took that riding with 442 votes.
from the Greens and Richmond from the Liberals.
and the NDP candidate in Western Arctic
(the Northwest Territories
) won re-election.
However, in Nunavut
the Liberal candidate Kirt Ejesiak was defeated by Conservative Leona Aglukkaq
to give the modern Conservatives their first elected member from the territories.
was the lowest in Canadian election history, as 59.1% of the electorate cast a ballot. All federally-funded parties except for the Greens attracted fewer total votes than in 2006; the Greens received nearly 280,000 more votes this election. The Conservatives lost 167,494 votes, the Liberals 850,000, the Bloc 200,000 and the NDP 70,000.
40th Canadian federal election
The 2008 Canadian federal election was held on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons of the 40th Canadian Parliament after the previous parliament had been dissolved by the Governor General on September 7, 2008...
was held on October 14, 2008.
The Conservative Party of Canada
Conservative Party of Canada
The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...
, led by Stephen Harper
Stephen Harper
Stephen Joseph Harper is the 22nd and current Prime Minister of Canada and leader of the Conservative Party. Harper became prime minister when his party formed a minority government after the 2006 federal election...
, won a minority government
Minority government
A minority government or a minority cabinet is a cabinet of a parliamentary system formed when a political party or coalition of parties does not have a majority of overall seats in the parliament but is sworn into government to break a Hung Parliament election result. It is also known as a...
. The Conservatives won 143 seats. The Liberal Party of Canada
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
, won 77 seats. The separatist Bloc Québécois
Bloc Québécois
The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party in Canada devoted to the protection of Quebec's interests in the House of Commons of Canada, and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was originally a party made of Quebec nationalists who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative...
won 49 seats and the social-democratic
Social democracy
Social democracy is a political ideology of the center-left on the political spectrum. Social democracy is officially a form of evolutionary reformist socialism. It supports class collaboration as the course to achieve socialism...
New Democratic Party
New Democratic Party
The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...
won 37. Two independent candidates won a seat, one each in Nova Scotia and Quebec.
| National Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Votes | % | +/- | |
| Conservative Conservative Party of Canada The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum... |
143 | 5,209,069 | 37.65 | Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative... |
77 | 3,633,185 | 26.26 | Bloc Québécois Bloc Québécois The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party in Canada devoted to the protection of Quebec's interests in the House of Commons of Canada, and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was originally a party made of Quebec nationalists who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative... |
49 | 1,379,991 | 9.98 | New Democrats New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in... |
37 | 2,515,288 | 18.18 | Independent | 2 | 89,387 | 0.65 | Green Green Party of Canada The Green Party of Canada is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1983 with 10,000–12,000 registered members as of October 2008. The Greens advance a broad multi-issue political platform that reflects its core values of ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy and... |
0 | 937,613 | 6.78 | Christian Heritage Christian Heritage Party of Canada The Christian Heritage Party of Canada, also referred to as CHP Canada, is a federal political party that advocates that Canada be governed according to Biblical principles... |
0 | 26,475 | 0.191 | Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) The Communist Party of Canada is a Canadian federal Marxist–Leninist political party.The party is registered with Elections Canada as the Marxist–Leninist Party of Canada... |
0 | 8,565 | 0.062 | Libertarian Libertarian Party of Canada The Libertarian Party of Canada is a political party in Canada that subscribes to the tenets of the libertarian movement across Canada.-History:... |
0 | 7,300 | 0.053 | Progressive Canadian Progressive Canadian Party The Progressive Canadian Party is a minor federal political party in Canada. It is a centre/centre-right party that was officially registered with Elections Canada, the government's election agency, on March 29, 2004.... |
0 | 5,860 | 0.042 | No Affiliation | 0 | 5,457 | 0.039 | Communist Communist Party of Canada The Communist Party of Canada is a communist political party in Canada. Although is it currently a minor or small political party without representation in the Federal Parliament or in provincial legislatures, historically the Party has elected representatives in Federal Parliament, Ontario... |
0 | 3,572 | 0.026 | Canadian Action Canadian Action Party The Canadian Action Party is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1997. It promotes Canadian nationalism, monetary and electoral reform, and opposes neoliberal globalization and free trade agreements.- Background :The Canadian Action Party was founded by Paul T... |
0 | 3,455 | 0.025 | Marijuana Marijuana Party of Canada The Marijuana Party is a Canadian federal political party. Its agenda consists of ending prohibition of cannabis. With the exception of this one issue, the party does not have "official policy" in any other area... |
0 | 2,298 | 0.0166 | neorhino.ca Neorhino.ca The Rhinoceros Party is a Canadian federal political party. Referred to in English Canada as the Second Rhinoceros Party. It was known as neorhino.ca until 2010, when the party changed names and registered a new party logo... |
0 | 2,122 | 0.0153 | NL First Newfoundland and Labrador First Party The Newfoundland and Labrador First Party was a Canadian political party registered at both the federal and provincial levels of government in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.-Election results:-Federal results:... |
0 | 1,713 | 0.0124 | First Peoples First Peoples National Party of Canada The First Peoples National Party of Canada is a registered federal political party in Canada. It intends to advance the issues of the Aboriginal peoples in Canada by nominating candidates for election in electoral districts with large Aboriginal populations.The FPNPC held its first organizational... |
0 | 1,611 | 0.0116 | Animal Alliance Animal Alliance Environment Voters Party of Canada The Animal Alliance Environment Voters Party of Canada is a small registered political party in Canada. It was formed by two organizations, the Animal Alliance of Canada and Environment Voters. The latter had previously been organized as a subsidiary of the former... |
0 | 527 | 0.0038 | Work Less Work Less Party of British Columbia The Work Less Party is a political party in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The party was founded in 2003 by Conrad Schmidt. It has a federal wing and also participates in municipal politics... |
0 | 425 | 0.0031 | Western Block Western Block Party The Western Block Party is a political party in Canada founded in 2005 by Doug Christie. The party became officially registered on December 29, 2005.... |
0 | 195 | 0.00141 | People's Political Power People's Political Power of Canada The People’s Political Power Party of Canada is a fringe Canadian federal political party that is no longer recognized by Elections Canada. The party became eligible for registration on April 26, 2006, and was deregistered on April 13, 2011 for failing to nominate a candidate for the 2011 federal... |
0 | 186 | 0.00134 |
| Total | 13,834,294 | 100.00% | |||
Vote and seat summaries
Gains, holds and losses
All four parties in the House gained at least one riding at the expense of other parties, and all of these parties also had at least one of their incumbents defeated. A total of 40 ridings (13.0%) switched parties in the election. The first table below summarizes the number of gains, holds and losses for each of the four parties, plus independents. The numbers in the second table indicate the number of seats gained by each party in listed in the left hand column from each party listed in the top row.
For each constituency, the result of the 2008 election is compared either with the 2006 federal election
Canadian federal election, 2006
The 2006 Canadian federal election was held on January 23, 2006, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 39th Parliament of Canada. The Conservative Party of Canada won the greatest number of seats: 40.3% of seats, or 124 out of 308, up from 99 seats in 2004, and 36.3% of votes:...
, or with the result of its by-election
By-election
A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....
in seats for which one was held during the 39th Parliament
39th Canadian Parliament
The 39th Canadian Parliament was in session from April 3, 2006 until September 7, 2008. The membership was set by the 2006 federal election on January 23, 2006, and it has changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections...
. The effects of floor crossings
Crossing the floor
In politics, crossing the floor has two meanings referring to a change of allegiance in a Westminster system parliament.The term originates from the British House of Commons, which is configured with the Government and Opposition facing each other on rows of benches...
are not considered - results in ridings where the incumbent crossed the floor are tallied as "gains" where the incumbent was re-elected for his new party and as "holds" where the incumbent's former party re-took the seat. To further clarify, David Emerson
David Emerson
David Lee Emerson, PC, OBC is a Canadian politician, businessman and civil servant.Emerson is a former Member of Parliament for the riding of Vancouver Kingsway. He was first elected as a Liberal and served as Minister of Industry under Prime Minister Paul Martin...
's former seat of Vancouver Kingsway
Vancouver Kingsway
Vancouver Kingsway is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1953 to 1988 and since 1997. It is located in Vancouver.-Demographics:...
is scored as an NDP gain from the Liberals and is not included in any part of the Conservatives' tally. Seats that were vacant at dissolution are also considered as being held by the last party elected in the district.
| Gains, holds and losses in the 40th Canadian federal election | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats (Diss.) | Seats (2006) | By-elections | Gains | Holds | Losses | Net change | Seats (2008) | |
| Conservative Conservative Party of Canada The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum... |
127 | 124 | +2 | 23 | 120 | 6 | +17 | 143 |
Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative... |
95 | 103 | -2 | 5 | 72 | 29 | -24 | 77 |
Bloc Québécois Bloc Québécois The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party in Canada devoted to the protection of Quebec's interests in the House of Commons of Canada, and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was originally a party made of Quebec nationalists who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative... |
48 | 51 | -1 | 1 | 48 | 2 | -1 | 49 |
New Democrat New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in... |
30 | 29 | +1 | 10 | 27 | 3 | +7 | 37 |
Independents Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... |
3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 2 |
| Gains and losses between parties | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gainer/loser | CON Conservative Party of Canada The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum... |
LIB Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative... |
BQ Bloc Québécois The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party in Canada devoted to the protection of Quebec's interests in the House of Commons of Canada, and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was originally a party made of Quebec nationalists who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative... |
NDP New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in... |
IND Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... |
Total gains | |
| Conservative Conservative Party of Canada The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum... |
- | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 |
Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative... |
2 | - | 2 | 1 Gerard Kennedy Gerard Michael Kennedy is a Canadian politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as Ontario's Minister of Education from 2003 to 2006, when he resigned to make an unsuccessful bid for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada... |
0 | 5 |
Bloc Québécois Bloc Québécois The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party in Canada devoted to the protection of Quebec's interests in the House of Commons of Canada, and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was originally a party made of Quebec nationalists who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative... |
1 Pascal-Pierre Paillé Pascal-Pierre Paillé is a Canadian politician, who was elected to represent the electoral district of Louis-Hébert in the 2008 Canadian federal election... |
0 | - | 0 | 0 | 1 |
New Democrat New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in... |
2 | 8 | 0 | - | 0 | 10 |
Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... |
1 Bill Casey William D. "Bill" Casey is a Canadian politician. He is a former Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons.-Life and career:... |
0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 |
Total losses | 6 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40 |
Results by electoral district
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Results by province
| Party name | BC British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858... |
AB Alberta Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces... |
SK Saskatchewan Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota.... |
MB Manitoba Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other... |
ON Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa.... |
QC Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level.... |
NB New Brunswick New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area... |
NS Nova Scotia Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the... |
PE Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as other islands. The maritime province is the smallest in the nation in both land area and population... |
NL Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400... |
NU Nunavut Nunavut is the largest and newest federal territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993... |
NT Northwest Territories The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south... |
YT Yukon Yukon is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three federal territories. It was named after the Yukon River. The word Yukon means "Great River" in Gwich’in.... |
Total | ||
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| Conservative Conservative Party of Canada The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum... |
Seats: | 22 | 27 | 13 | 9 | 51 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 143 |
Vote: | 44.4 | 64.6 | 53.7 | 48.8 | 39.2 | 21.7 | 39.4 | 26.1 | 36.2 | 16.5 | 34.8 | 37.6 | 32.8 | 37.6 |
Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative... |
Seats: | 5 | - | 1 | 1 | 38 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | - | - | 1 | 77 |
Vote: | 19.3 | 11.4 | 14.9 | 19.1 | 33.8 | 23.7 | 32.4 | 29.8 | 47.7 | 46.6 | 34.8 | 13.6 | 45.3 | 26.2 |
Bloc Québécois Bloc Québécois The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party in Canada devoted to the protection of Quebec's interests in the House of Commons of Canada, and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was originally a party made of Quebec nationalists who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative... |
Seats: | 49 | 49 |
Vote: | 38.1 | 10.0 |
New Democrat New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in... |
Seats: | 9 | 1 | - | 4 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 37 |
Vote: | 25.0 | 12.7 | 25.6 | 24.0 | 18.2 | 12.2 | 21.9 | 28.9 | 9.8 | 33.9 | 27.6 | 41.5 | 9.0 | 18.2 |
Green Green Party of Canada The Green Party of Canada is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1983 with 10,000–12,000 registered members as of October 2008. The Greens advance a broad multi-issue political platform that reflects its core values of ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy and... |
Vote: | 9.4 | 8.8 | 5.6 | 6.8 | 8.0 | 3.5 | 6.2 | 8.0 | 4.7 | 1.7 | 8.4 | 5.5 | 13.0 | 6.8 |
| Independent / No affiliation | Seats: | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Vote: | 0.6 | 6.6; | 0.7 |
Total seats: | 36 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 106 | 75 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 308 |
Atlantic provinces
The Liberals won 17 seats in the Atlantic Provinces, the Conservatives ten, the NDP four, and Independent one. This is a swing of 1 seat from the Liberals to each of the other parties.Newfoundland and Labrador
Buoyed by the so called "ABC Campaign", spearheaded by popular Newfoundland and Labrador PremierPremier
Premier is a title for the head of government in some countries and states.-Examples by country:In many nations, "premier" is used interchangeably with "prime minister"...
Danny Williams
Danny Williams (politician)
Daniel E. "Danny" Williams, QC, MHA is a Canadian politician, businessman and lawyer who served as the ninth Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador between November 6, 2003, and December 3, 2010. Williams was born and raised in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador...
, the Liberals won six seats and the NDP one. The Avalon
Avalon (electoral district)
Avalon is a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.-Demographics:Ethnic groups: Languages:² Unemployment: 25.9%...
and St. John's South—Mount Pearl
St. John's South—Mount Pearl
St. John's South redirects here. For the provincial electoral district please see St. John's South St. John's South—Mount Pearl is a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.-Demographics:Ethnic groups:...
seats changed hands from the Tories to the Liberals. The St. John's East
St. John's East
St. John's East is a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1949....
seat changed from the Tories to NDP, as Norman Doyle
Norman Doyle
Norman E. Doyle, is a Canadian businessman and politician in Newfoundland and Labrador.Doyle was a member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1979 to 1993. He was a Conservative Party of Canada Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons. He represented the riding of...
retired. The change in Avalon was a crushing blow as the incumbent Fabian Manning
Fabian Manning
Fabian Manning is a politician in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Manning served as a Progressive Conservative and later as the independent Member of the House of Assembly for the district of Placentia and St. Mary’s from 1999 to 2005. From 2006 to 2008 he was the Conservative Party of Canada...
was soundly defeated by the Liberals' Scott Andrews
Scott Andrews (politician)
Scott Andrews is a Canadian politician. He was elected to represent the Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district of Avalon in the 2008 Canadian federal election. He is a member of the Liberal Party...
.
| Results in Newfoundland and Labrador (Preliminary) | ||||||||||
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| Party | Seats | Second | Third | Fourth | Fifth | Sixth | Votes | % | +/- | |
| Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative... |
6 | 1 | 91,025 | 46.75 | +3.92 |
N.D.P. New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in... |
1 | 4 | 2 | 65,680 | 33.73 | +20.16 |
Conservative Conservative Party of Canada The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum... |
2 | 5 | 32,261 | 16.57 | -26.13 |
Green Green Party of Canada The Green Party of Canada is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1983 with 10,000–12,000 registered members as of October 2008. The Greens advance a broad multi-issue political platform that reflects its core values of ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy and... |
5 | 1 | 3,259 | 1.67 | +0.77 |
NL First Newfoundland and Labrador First Party The Newfoundland and Labrador First Party was a Canadian political party registered at both the federal and provincial levels of government in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.-Election results:-Federal results:... |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1,713 | 0.88 | * |
PC Party Progressive Canadian Party The Progressive Canadian Party is a minor federal political party in Canada. It is a centre/centre-right party that was officially registered with Elections Canada, the government's election agency, on March 29, 2004.... |
1 | 578 | 0.30 | * |
Independent | 1 | 179 | 0.09 | * |
| Total | 194,695 | 100% | ||||||||
Prince Edward Island
The three Liberal incumbents have been re-elected. In the fourth riding, EgmontEgmont (electoral district)
Egmont is a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968. Its population in 2001 was 35,208.-Demographics:Ethnic groups: 98.0% White, 1.4% Native Canadian...
, incumbent Liberal Joe McGuire
Joe McGuire
Joseph Blair "Joe" McGuire, PC, MP is a retired Canadian politician. He was a Member of Parliament representing the Liberals in the House of Commons for the riding of Egmont in Prince Edward Island. He was first elected in 1988, and re-elected in 1993, 1997, 2000, 2004, and the recent 2006 election...
retired, and the seat went to the Tories.
| Results in Prince Edward Island | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Second | Third | Fourth | Fifth | Votes | % | +/- | |
| Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative... |
3 | 1 | 35,372 | 47.67 | |||||
| Conservative Conservative Party of Canada The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum... |
1 | 3 | 26,877 | 36.22 | N.D.P. New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in... |
4 | 7,233 | 9.80 | Green Green Party of Canada The Green Party of Canada is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1983 with 10,000–12,000 registered members as of October 2008. The Greens advance a broad multi-issue political platform that reflects its core values of ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy and... |
3 | 1 | 3,488 | 4.70 | Independent | 1 | 1,101 | 1.5 | Christian Heritage Christian Heritage Party of Canada The Christian Heritage Party of Canada, also referred to as CHP Canada, is a federal political party that advocates that Canada be governed according to Biblical principles... |
1 | 124 | 0.2 |
| Total | 74,195 | 100% | |||||||
Nova Scotia
All incumbents were re-elected, except in HalifaxHalifax (electoral district)
Halifax is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1867.Since October 14, 2008, its Member of the Parliament has been Megan Leslie of the New Democratic Party....
where the retiring Alexa McDonough
Alexa McDonough
Alexa Ann Shaw McDonough OC is a Canadian politician who became the first woman to lead a major, recognized political party in Canada, when she was elected the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party's leader in 1980...
was replaced by another New Democrat, Megan Leslie
Megan Leslie
Megan Leslie is a Canadian politician, who has been the federal Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Halifax since the 2008 Canadian federal election. She is a member of the New Democratic Party and serves as the NDP critic for the environment...
, and in West Nova
West Nova
West Nova is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968....
the incumbent Liberal Robert Thibault
Robert Thibault
Robert G. Thibault, PC is a Canadian politician.Thibault is a member of the Liberal Party of Canada and a former member in the Canadian House of Commons, serving three terms as the representative of West Nova from 2000 to 2008. He served as a municipal councillor in Clare, Nova Scotia from 1988 to...
was defeated by Tory Greg Kerr
Greg Kerr
Greg J. Kerr is a politician from Nova Scotia, Canada. He was elected as the Conservative Party Member of Parliament for the electoral district of West Nova in the 2008 federal election. He is currently the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Veterans Affairs.-Biography:He graduated from...
. Elizabeth May
Elizabeth May
Elizabeth Evans May, OC, MP is an American-born Canadian Member of Parliament, environmentalist, writer, activist, lawyer, and the leader of the Green Party of Canada. She was the executive director of the Sierra Club of Canada from 1989 to 2006. She became a Canadian citizen in 1978.May's...
of the Green Party was defeated in the riding of Central Nova
Central Nova
Central Nova is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1997 and since 2004. Its population in 2001 was 73,722....
, which was a battle between her and incumbent cabinet minister Peter MacKay
Peter MacKay
Peter Gordon MacKay, PC, QC, MP is a lawyer and politician from Nova Scotia, Canada. He is the Member of Parliament for Central Nova and currently serves as Minister of National Defence in the Cabinet of Canada....
.
| Results in Nova Scotia | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Second | Third | Fourth | Fifth | Votes | % | +/- | |
| Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative... |
5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 130,038 | 29.8 | |||
| Conservative Conservative Party of Canada The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum... |
3 | 3 | 5 | 113,799 | 26.1 | N.D.P. New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in... |
2 | 5 | 4 | 126,127 | 28.9 | Independent | 1 | 2 | 28,698 | 6.6 | Green Green Party of Canada The Green Party of Canada is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1983 with 10,000–12,000 registered members as of October 2008. The Greens advance a broad multi-issue political platform that reflects its core values of ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy and... |
1 | 9 | 35,022 | 8.0 | Christian Heritage Christian Heritage Party of Canada The Christian Heritage Party of Canada, also referred to as CHP Canada, is a federal political party that advocates that Canada be governed according to Biblical principles... |
1 | 4 | 1,946 | 0.5 | Canadian Action Canadian Action Party The Canadian Action Party is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1997. It promotes Canadian nationalism, monetary and electoral reform, and opposes neoliberal globalization and free trade agreements.- Background :The Canadian Action Party was founded by Paul T... |
1 | 196 | 0.0 | Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) The Communist Party of Canada is a Canadian federal Marxist–Leninist political party.The party is registered with Elections Canada as the Marxist–Leninist Party of Canada... |
1 | 182 | 0.0 |
| Total | 436,008 | 100% | |||||||
New Brunswick
The Liberal Green Shift was most unpopular in New Brunswick. Three ridings previously held by the Liberals switched to the Tories; FrederictonFredericton (electoral district)
Fredericton is a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988. Its population in 2001 was 82,782...
, Miramichi
Miramichi (electoral district)
Northumberland was a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1988. It was replaced by Miramichi riding, which has been represented in the House of Commons since 1988...
, and Saint John
Saint John (electoral district)
Saint John is a federal electoral district in southern New Brunswick, Canada. With its predecessor ridings, St. John—Albert and Saint John—Lancaster, the area has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1917...
. In the other seven ridings the incumbent was re-elected.
| Results in New Brunswick | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Second | Third | Fourth | Fifth | Votes | % | +/- | |
| Conservative Conservative Party of Canada The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum... |
6 | 3 | 1 | 145,132 | 39.4 | Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative... |
3 | 6 | 1 | 119,197 | 32.4 |
| N.D.P. New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in... |
1 | 1 | 8 | 80,525 | 21.9 | Green Green Party of Canada The Green Party of Canada is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1983 with 10,000–12,000 registered members as of October 2008. The Greens advance a broad multi-issue political platform that reflects its core values of ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy and... |
10 | 22,683 | 6.2 | Marijuana Marijuana Party of Canada The Marijuana Party is a Canadian federal political party. Its agenda consists of ending prohibition of cannabis. With the exception of this one issue, the party does not have "official policy" in any other area... |
1 | 330 | 0.1 | Canadian Action Canadian Action Party The Canadian Action Party is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1997. It promotes Canadian nationalism, monetary and electoral reform, and opposes neoliberal globalization and free trade agreements.- Background :The Canadian Action Party was founded by Paul T... |
1 | 168 | 0.1 |
| Total | 368,035 | 100% | |||||||
Quebec
The Bloc Québécois played obstruction in preventing the Conservatives from achieving a majority. Fifteen battleground ridings were in Quebec, with only three changing hands. The BQ lost the riding of PapineauPapineau (electoral district)
Papineau is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1948 to 1988 and since 2004. Its population in 2006 was 101,019....
to the Liberals, but gained the riding of Louis-Hébert
Louis-Hébert (electoral district)
Louis-Hébert is a federal electoral district in the Canadian province of Quebec. Represented in the House of Commons since 2004, its population was certified, according to the detailed statistics of 2001, as 98,156.-Geography:...
from the Tories. A recent recount saw the Liberals take the riding of Brossard—La Prairie
Brossard—La Prairie
Brossard—La Prairie is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997. Its population in 2006 was 113,985.-Geography:...
from the BQ, slightly strengthening their position.
| Results in Quebec | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Votes | % | +/- | |
| Bloc Québécois Bloc Québécois The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party in Canada devoted to the protection of Quebec's interests in the House of Commons of Canada, and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was originally a party made of Quebec nationalists who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative... |
49 | 1,379,565 | 38.1 | ||
| Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative... |
14 | 859,634 | 23.7 | Conservative Conservative Party of Canada The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum... |
10 | 784,560 | 21.7 | N.D.P. New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in... |
1 | 441,136 | 12.2 | Green Green Party of Canada The Green Party of Canada is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1983 with 10,000–12,000 registered members as of October 2008. The Greens advance a broad multi-issue political platform that reflects its core values of ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy and... |
0 | 126,299 | 3.5 | Independent | 1 | 23,106 | 0.6 | Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) The Communist Party of Canada is a Canadian federal Marxist–Leninist political party.The party is registered with Elections Canada as the Marxist–Leninist Party of Canada... |
0 | 2,753 | 0.1 | neorhino.ca Neorhino.ca The Rhinoceros Party is a Canadian federal political party. Referred to in English Canada as the Second Rhinoceros Party. It was known as neorhino.ca until 2010, when the party changed names and registered a new party logo... |
0 | 2,263 | 0.0 | Communist Communist Party of Canada The Communist Party of Canada is a communist political party in Canada. Although is it currently a minor or small political party without representation in the Federal Parliament or in provincial legislatures, historically the Party has elected representatives in Federal Parliament, Ontario... |
0 | 393 | 0.0 | Christian Heritage Christian Heritage Party of Canada The Christian Heritage Party of Canada, also referred to as CHP Canada, is a federal political party that advocates that Canada be governed according to Biblical principles... |
0 | 265 | 0.0 | Marijuana Marijuana Party of Canada The Marijuana Party is a Canadian federal political party. Its agenda consists of ending prohibition of cannabis. With the exception of this one issue, the party does not have "official policy" in any other area... |
0 | 183 | 0.0 |
| Total | 3,620,362 | 100% | |||
Ontario
Twenty battleground ridings were in Ontario alone, and the Conservatives took the ridings of BrantBrant (electoral district)
Brant is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1949 and since 1968.The federal riding was created in 1903. It consisted of Brant County excluding Brantford....
, Oakville
Oakville (electoral district)
Oakville is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997.-History:It was created in 1996 from parts of Halton and Oakville—Milton ridings....
, Huron—Bruce
Huron—Bruce
Huron—Bruce is a federalelectoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1953.-History:...
and Halton
Halton (electoral district)
Halton is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1988 and again since 1997. Its population in 2001 was 100,055.-Geography:...
from the Liberals, where the NDP took Thunder Bay—Superior North
Thunder Bay—Superior North
Thunder Bay—Superior North is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1976....
, Thunder Bay—Rainy River
Thunder Bay—Rainy River
Thunder Bay—Rainy River is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004...
, Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing
Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing
Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004...
, Sudbury
Sudbury (electoral district)
Sudbury is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1949.Its population in 2001 was 89,443. The district is one of two serving the city of Greater Sudbury, Ontario....
and Nickel Belt
Nickel Belt
Nickel Belt is one of two federal electoral districts serving the Greater City of Sudbury.Nickel Belt has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1953.It consists of:...
from the Liberals. The Liberals themselves lost 16 seats in Ontario.
| Results in Ontario (99.99% of polls) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Votes | % | +/- | |
| Conservative Conservative Party of Canada The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum... |
51 | 2,019,362 | 39.2 | +4.1 |
Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative... |
38 | 1,741,200 | 33.8 | -6.1 |
| N.D.P. New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in... |
17 | 938,400 | 18.2 | +1.2 |
Green Green Party of Canada The Green Party of Canada is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1983 with 10,000–12,000 registered members as of October 2008. The Greens advance a broad multi-issue political platform that reflects its core values of ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy and... |
0 | 411,444 | 8.0 | +3.4 |
Independent/No Affiliation | 0 | 13,029 | 0.3 | +0.14 |
Christian Heritage Christian Heritage Party of Canada The Christian Heritage Party of Canada, also referred to as CHP Canada, is a federal political party that advocates that Canada be governed according to Biblical principles... |
0 | 12,907 | 0.3 | Progressive Canadian Progressive Canadian Party The Progressive Canadian Party is a minor federal political party in Canada. It is a centre/centre-right party that was officially registered with Elections Canada, the government's election agency, on March 29, 2004.... |
0 | 4,911 | 0.1 | Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) The Communist Party of Canada is a Canadian federal Marxist–Leninist political party.The party is registered with Elections Canada as the Marxist–Leninist Party of Canada... |
0 | 3,556 | 0.1 |
| Libertarian Libertarian Party of Canada The Libertarian Party of Canada is a political party in Canada that subscribes to the tenets of the libertarian movement across Canada.-History:... |
0 | 3,212 | 0.1 | ||
| Communist Communist Party of Canada The Communist Party of Canada is a communist political party in Canada. Although is it currently a minor or small political party without representation in the Federal Parliament or in provincial legislatures, historically the Party has elected representatives in Federal Parliament, Ontario... |
0 | 1,508 | 0.0 | ||
| Marijuana Marijuana Party of Canada The Marijuana Party is a Canadian federal political party. Its agenda consists of ending prohibition of cannabis. With the exception of this one issue, the party does not have "official policy" in any other area... |
0 | 1,448 | 0.0 | Canadian Action Canadian Action Party The Canadian Action Party is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1997. It promotes Canadian nationalism, monetary and electoral reform, and opposes neoliberal globalization and free trade agreements.- Background :The Canadian Action Party was founded by Paul T... |
0 | 1,165 | 0.0 |
| First Peoples First Peoples National Party of Canada The First Peoples National Party of Canada is a registered federal political party in Canada. It intends to advance the issues of the Aboriginal peoples in Canada by nominating candidates for election in electoral districts with large Aboriginal populations.The FPNPC held its first organizational... |
0 | 650 | 0.0 | ||
| Animal Alliance Animal Alliance Environment Voters Party of Canada The Animal Alliance Environment Voters Party of Canada is a small registered political party in Canada. It was formed by two organizations, the Animal Alliance of Canada and Environment Voters. The latter had previously been organized as a subsidiary of the former... |
0 | 529 | 0.0 | ||
| Total | 5,153,321 | 100.0 | |||
Manitoba
| Results in Manitoba | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Second | Third | Fourth | Fifth | Sixth | Seventh | Eighth | Votes | % | +/- | |
| Conservative Conservative Party of Canada The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum... |
9 | 4 | 1 | 228,051 | 48.8 | |||||||
| NDP New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in... |
4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 112,247 | 24 | Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative... |
1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 89,313 | 19.1 | Green Green Party of Canada The Green Party of Canada is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1983 with 10,000–12,000 registered members as of October 2008. The Greens advance a broad multi-issue political platform that reflects its core values of ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy and... |
2 | 12 | 31,723 | 6.8 | Christian Heritage Christian Heritage Party of Canada The Christian Heritage Party of Canada, also referred to as CHP Canada, is a federal political party that advocates that Canada be governed according to Biblical principles... |
10 | 4,189 | 0.9 | Independent | 2 | 1 | 575 | 0.1 | Communist Communist Party of Canada The Communist Party of Canada is a communist political party in Canada. Although is it currently a minor or small political party without representation in the Federal Parliament or in provincial legislatures, historically the Party has elected representatives in Federal Parliament, Ontario... |
1 | 1 | 1 | 394 | 0.1 | First Peoples First Peoples National Party of Canada The First Peoples National Party of Canada is a registered federal political party in Canada. It intends to advance the issues of the Aboriginal peoples in Canada by nominating candidates for election in electoral districts with large Aboriginal populations.The FPNPC held its first organizational... |
1 | 212 | 0.0 | PPP People's Political Power of Canada The People’s Political Power Party of Canada is a fringe Canadian federal political party that is no longer recognized by Elections Canada. The party became eligible for registration on April 26, 2006, and was deregistered on April 13, 2011 for failing to nominate a candidate for the 2011 federal... |
2 | 185 | 0.0 |
| Total | 466,889 | 100% | ||||||||||
Saskatchewan
All seats were retained by their incumbent parties. The closest race was Saskatoon—Rosetown—BiggarSaskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar
Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar is a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997.-Geography:...
. There, the incumbent Carol Skelton
Carol Skelton
Carol Skelton, PC is a Canadian politician. She is a member of the Security Intelligence Review Committee which oversees the operation of Canadian Security Intelligence Service...
did not seek reelection, giving the NDP high hopes that well-known farmers' activist Nettie Wiebe
Nettie Wiebe
Nettie Wiebe is a Canadian professor, born January 22, 1949. She grew up near Warman, Saskatchewan. She has a BA and MA in Philosophy from the University of Saskatchewan and a Ph.D in Philosophy from the University of Calgary....
might re-establish a federal NDP presence in Parliament from the province. The seat was retained by Conservative Kelly Block
Kelly Block
Kelly Block is a Canadian politician, who was elected to represent the electoral district of Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar in the 2008 Canadian federal election. She is a member of the Conservative Party. Block was appointed to the Procedure and House Affairs Committee and the Access to Information,...
in a close two-way race to keep the NDP shut out in Saskatchewan - despite the fact that their proportion of the popular vote there was in fact higher than any other province outside Atlantic Canada
Atlantic Canada
Atlantic Canada is the region of Canada comprising the four provinces located on the Atlantic coast, excluding Quebec: the three Maritime provinces – New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia – and Newfoundland and Labrador...
.
| Results in Saskatchewan | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Second | Third | Fourth | Fifth | Sixth | Seventh | Votes | % | +/- | |
| Conservative Conservative Party of Canada The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum... |
13 | 1 | 224,927 | 53.7 | |||||||
| NDP New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in... |
12 | 2 | 107,289 | 25.6 | Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative... |
1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 62,209 | 14.9 | Green Green Party of Canada The Green Party of Canada is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1983 with 10,000–12,000 registered members as of October 2008. The Greens advance a broad multi-issue political platform that reflects its core values of ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy and... |
2 | 12 | 23,279 | 5.6 | Christian Heritage Christian Heritage Party of Canada The Christian Heritage Party of Canada, also referred to as CHP Canada, is a federal political party that advocates that Canada be governed according to Biblical principles... |
1 | 1 | 479 | 0.0 | First Peoples First Peoples National Party of Canada The First Peoples National Party of Canada is a registered federal political party in Canada. It intends to advance the issues of the Aboriginal peoples in Canada by nominating candidates for election in electoral districts with large Aboriginal populations.The FPNPC held its first organizational... |
1 | 282 | 0.0 | Canadian Action Canadian Action Party The Canadian Action Party is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1997. It promotes Canadian nationalism, monetary and electoral reform, and opposes neoliberal globalization and free trade agreements.- Background :The Canadian Action Party was founded by Paul T... |
1 | 169 | 0.0 | Independent/No Affiliation | 1 | 134 | 0.0 | Libertarian Libertarian Party of Canada The Libertarian Party of Canada is a political party in Canada that subscribes to the tenets of the libertarian movement across Canada.-History:... |
1 | 74 | 0.0 |
| Total | 418,842 | 100% | |||||||||
Alberta
Arguably the Conservatives' power base, Alberta's Tory incumbents were all re-elected except for the riding of Edmonton—StrathconaEdmonton—Strathcona
Edmonton—Strathcona is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1953. It spans the south central part of the city of Edmonton.-Geography:...
, which the NDP narrowly took that riding with 442 votes.
| Results in Alberta | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Second | Third | Fourth | Fifth | Sixth | Seventh | Votes | % | +/- | |
| Conservative Conservative Party of Canada The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum... |
27 | 1 | 820,855 | 64.6 | |||||||
| N.D.P. New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in... |
1 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 161,409 | 12.7 | Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative... |
8 | 9 | 11 | 144,364 | 11.4 | Green Green Party of Canada The Green Party of Canada is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1983 with 10,000–12,000 registered members as of October 2008. The Greens advance a broad multi-issue political platform that reflects its core values of ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy and... |
4 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 111,505 | 8.8 | Independent | 1 | 4 | 1 | 19,995 | 1.6 | No affiliation | 1 | 4,837 | 0.4 |
| Christian Heritage Christian Heritage Party of Canada The Christian Heritage Party of Canada, also referred to as CHP Canada, is a federal political party that advocates that Canada be governed according to Biblical principles... |
4 | 1 | 2 | 3,434 | 0.3 | ||||||
| Libertarian Libertarian Party of Canada The Libertarian Party of Canada is a political party in Canada that subscribes to the tenets of the libertarian movement across Canada.-History:... |
3 | 1 | 1,184 | 0.1 | Canadian Action Canadian Action Party The Canadian Action Party is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1997. It promotes Canadian nationalism, monetary and electoral reform, and opposes neoliberal globalization and free trade agreements.- Background :The Canadian Action Party was founded by Paul T... |
2 | 1 | 1,051 | 0.1 | ||
| Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) The Communist Party of Canada is a Canadian federal Marxist–Leninist political party.The party is registered with Elections Canada as the Marxist–Leninist Party of Canada... |
2 | 3 | 907 | 0.1 | |||||||
| Communist Communist Party of Canada The Communist Party of Canada is a communist political party in Canada. Although is it currently a minor or small political party without representation in the Federal Parliament or in provincial legislatures, historically the Party has elected representatives in Federal Parliament, Ontario... |
2 | 509 | 0.0 | First Peoples First Peoples National Party of Canada The First Peoples National Party of Canada is a registered federal political party in Canada. It intends to advance the issues of the Aboriginal peoples in Canada by nominating candidates for election in electoral districts with large Aboriginal populations.The FPNPC held its first organizational... |
1 | 244 | 0.0 | ||||
| Total | 1,270,294 | 100.0 | |||||||||
British Columbia
The Conservatives regained the seats lost in the 2006 election and held on to seven of the ten battleground ridings. They took the ridings of West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky CountryWest Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country
West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997.-Geography:...
from the Greens and Richmond from the Liberals.
| Results in British Columbia | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Votes | % | +/- | |
| Conservative Conservative Party of Canada The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum... |
22 | 796,757 | 44.4 | N.D.P. New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in... |
9 | 467,335 | 26.1 |
| Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative... |
5 | 346,795 | 19.3 | Green Green Party of Canada The Green Party of Canada is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1983 with 10,000–12,000 registered members as of October 2008. The Greens advance a broad multi-issue political platform that reflects its core values of ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy and... |
0 | 168,723 | 9.4 | Christian Heritage Christian Heritage Party of Canada The Christian Heritage Party of Canada, also referred to as CHP Canada, is a federal political party that advocates that Canada be governed according to Biblical principles... |
0 | 3,378 | 0.2 | Independent/No Affiliation | 0 | 3,123 | 0.0 |
| Libertarian Libertarian Party of Canada The Libertarian Party of Canada is a political party in Canada that subscribes to the tenets of the libertarian movement across Canada.-History:... |
0 | 2,912 | 0.2 | Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) The Communist Party of Canada is a Canadian federal Marxist–Leninist political party.The party is registered with Elections Canada as the Marxist–Leninist Party of Canada... |
0 | 1,355 | 0.0 |
| Communist Communist Party of Canada The Communist Party of Canada is a communist political party in Canada. Although is it currently a minor or small political party without representation in the Federal Parliament or in provincial legislatures, historically the Party has elected representatives in Federal Parliament, Ontario... |
0 | 835 | 0.0 | Canadian Action Canadian Action Party The Canadian Action Party is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1997. It promotes Canadian nationalism, monetary and electoral reform, and opposes neoliberal globalization and free trade agreements.- Background :The Canadian Action Party was founded by Paul T... |
0 | 759 | 0.0 | Progressive Canadian Progressive Canadian Party The Progressive Canadian Party is a minor federal political party in Canada. It is a centre/centre-right party that was officially registered with Elections Canada, the government's election agency, on March 29, 2004.... |
0 | 425 | 0.0 |
| WLP Work Less Party of British Columbia The Work Less Party is a political party in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The party was founded in 2003 by Conrad Schmidt. It has a federal wing and also participates in municipal politics... |
0 | 423 | 0.0 | Marijuana Marijuana Party of Canada The Marijuana Party is a Canadian federal political party. Its agenda consists of ending prohibition of cannabis. With the exception of this one issue, the party does not have "official policy" in any other area... |
0 | 358 | 0.0 | Western Block Western Block Party The Western Block Party is a political party in Canada founded in 2005 by Doug Christie. The party became officially registered on December 29, 2005.... |
0 | 195 | 0.0 |
| Total | 1,793,373 | 100% | |||
Territories
Liberal candidate in the YukonYukon (electoral district)
Yukon is the only federal electoral district in Yukon Territory, Canada. It has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1902 to 1949 and since 1953....
and the NDP candidate in Western Arctic
Western Arctic
Western Arctic is a federal electoral district and senate division in Northwest Territories, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1979....
(the Northwest Territories
Northwest Territories
The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south...
) won re-election.
However, in Nunavut
Nunavut (electoral district)
Nunavut is a federal electoral district in Nunavut, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997. Nunatsiaq, its predecessor that covered the same area, was a federal electoral district in Northwest Territories, that was represented in the House of Commons from 1979...
the Liberal candidate Kirt Ejesiak was defeated by Conservative Leona Aglukkaq
Leona Aglukkaq
Leona Aglukkaq, PC, MP is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative in the 2008 Canadian federal election for the riding of Nunavut....
to give the modern Conservatives their first elected member from the territories.
| Results in Nunavut | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Votes | % | +/- | |
| Conservative Conservative Party of Canada The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum... |
1 | 2,815 | 34.9 | ||
| Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative... |
0 | 2,349 | 29.1 | ||
| N.D.P. New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in... |
0 | 2,228 | 27.6 | Green Green Party of Canada The Green Party of Canada is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1983 with 10,000–12,000 registered members as of October 2008. The Greens advance a broad multi-issue political platform that reflects its core values of ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy and... |
0 | 669 | 8.3 |
| Total | 8,068 | 100% | |||
| Results in the Northwest Territories | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Votes | % | +/- |
N.D.P. New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in... |
1 | 5,669 | 41.4 | ||
| Conservative Conservative Party of Canada The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum... |
0 | 5,146 | 37.6 | |||||||
| Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative... |
0 | 1,858 | 13.6 | |||||||
| Green Green Party of Canada The Green Party of Canada is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1983 with 10,000–12,000 registered members as of October 2008. The Greens advance a broad multi-issue political platform that reflects its core values of ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy and... |
0 | 752 | 5.5 | First Peoples First Peoples National Party of Canada The First Peoples National Party of Canada is a registered federal political party in Canada. It intends to advance the issues of the Aboriginal peoples in Canada by nominating candidates for election in electoral districts with large Aboriginal populations.The FPNPC held its first organizational... |
0 | 252 | 1.8 | |||
| Total | 13,677 | 100% | ||||||||
| Results in the Yukon | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Votes | % | +/- | |
| Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative... |
1 | 6,715 | 45.8 | ||
| Conservative Conservative Party of Canada The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum... |
0 | 4,788 | 32.7 | ||
| Green Green Party of Canada The Green Party of Canada is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1983 with 10,000–12,000 registered members as of October 2008. The Greens advance a broad multi-issue political platform that reflects its core values of ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy and... |
0 | 1,881 | 12.8 | ||
| N.D.P. New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in... |
0 | 1,276 | 8.7 | ||
| Total | 14,511 | 100% | |||
Conservative gains
- Omar AlghabraOmar AlghabraOmar Alghabra is a Canadian politician, who represented the riding of Mississauga—Erindale in the Canadian House of Commons from 2006 to 2008.Alghabra graduated from Ryerson University with a degree in engineering and in 2000 received his Master of Business Administration from York University.He...
, incumbent Liberal MP for Mississauga—ErindaleMississauga—ErindaleMississauga—Erindale is a federalelectoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.It was created in 2003 from parts of Mississauga Centre and Mississauga West ridings....
was defeated by Conservative candidate Bob DechertBob DechertRobert "Bob" Dechert is a Canadian politician and lawyer. He represents the electoral district of Mississauga—Erindale in the House of Commons of Canada. He is a member of the Conservative Party.-Political history:...
. - Catherine BellCatherine J. BellCatherine J. Bell, is a trade unionist and politician in British Columbia, Canada. She was elected as the New Democratic Party's candidate in the 2006 federal election in the riding of Vancouver Island North, serving for one term...
, incumbent New Democrat MP for Vancouver Island NorthVancouver Island NorthVancouver Island North is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997.-Geography:...
was defeated by Conservative candidate John DuncanJohn Duncan (Canadian politician)John Morris Duncan, PC, MP, is a Canadian politician sitting as a member of the Canadian Parliament from 1993 to January 2006 and again from October 2008...
. - Bonnie Brown, incumbent Liberal MP for OakvilleOakville (electoral district)Oakville is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997.-History:It was created in 1996 from parts of Halton and Oakville—Milton ridings....
was defeated by Conservative candidate Terence YoungTerence Young (politician)Terence Young is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was elected for the riding of Oakville in the 2008 federal election, as a Conservative candidate. Previously, Young was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario between 1995 and 1999.-Early years:Young was the...
. - Charles HubbardCharles HubbardCharles Isaac Hubbard, PC, CD is a Canadian politician.Hubbard is a current member of the Liberal Party of Canada He is a former member of the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Miramichi, New Brunswick from 1993 to 2008. Hubbard is a former school principal...
, incumbent Liberal MP for MirmachiMiramichi (electoral district)Northumberland was a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1988. It was replaced by Miramichi riding, which has been represented in the House of Commons since 1988...
was defeated by Conservative candidate Tilly O'Neill-GordonTilly O'Neill-GordonTilly O'Neill-Gordon is a Canadian politician, who was elected to represent the New Brunswick electoral district of Miramichi in the 2008 Canadian federal election. She is a member of the Conservative Party.-Biography:...
. - Susan KadisSusan KadisSusan R. Kadis is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She was the Liberal Member of Parliament for Thornhill in the Canadian House of Commons from 2004 to 2008.-Background:...
, incumbent Liberal MP for ThornhillThornhill (electoral district)Thornhill is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997.It covers the community of Thornhill, Ontario, which is made up of portions of Vaughan and Markham, and was created in 1996 from parts of...
was defeated by Conservative Candidate Peter KentPeter KentPeter Kent, PC, MP is a Conservative member of parliament for the riding of Thornhill, and the current Minister of the Environment in the 28th Canadian Ministry.Previously, he was Deputy Editor of Global Television, a Canadian TV network...
. - Karen RedmanKaren RedmanKaren Redman, PC is a Canadian politician. She was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2008, representing the riding of Kitchener Centre for the Liberal Party. She served as Chief Government Whip in the 2004-05 Parliament, and was the Chief Official Opposition Whip in the...
, incumbent Liberal MP for Kitchener CentreKitchener CentreKitchener Centre is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997.-Political geography:...
was defeated by Conservative candidate Stephen WoodworthStephen Woodworth (politician)Stephen Woodworth is a Canadian politician. He represents the electoral district of Kitchener Centre in the Canadian House of Commons for the Conservative Party of Canada....
. - Lloyd St. AmandLloyd St. AmandLloyd St. Amand is a Canadian politician and a former Member of Parliament for the riding of Brant. He is a member of the Liberal Party of Canada....
, incumbent Liberal MP for BrantBrant (electoral district)Brant is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1904 to 1949 and since 1968.The federal riding was created in 1903. It consisted of Brant County excluding Brantford....
was defeated by Conservative Candidate Phil McColemanPhil McColemanPhil McColeman is a Canadian politician, who was elected to represent the electoral district of Brant in the 2008 Canadian federal election. He is a member of the Conservative Party.-External links:*...
. - Andrew TelegdiAndrew TelegdiAndrew Telegdi, PC is a Canadian politician. He was a Liberal Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 2008, representing Waterloo and the successor riding of Kitchener—Waterloo....
, incumbent Liberal MP for Kitchener—Waterloo was defeated by Conservative candidate Peter BraidPeter BraidPeter Braid is a Canadian politician. He was elected to represent the electoral district of Kitchener—Waterloo in the 2008 Canadian federal election, defeating incumbent Andrew Telegdi by a margin of 17 votes. He is a member of the Conservative Party...
by 73 votes. The automatic recount on October 17, 2008 found that Braid won by only 17 votes. - Lui TemelkovskiLui TemelkovskiLubomir "Lui" Temelkovski is a Canadian federal politician. He was the Member of Parliament for the riding of Oak Ridges—Markham in Ontario, representing the Liberal Party of Canada. He was first elected in the 2004 federal election and was re-elected in the 2006 election...
, incumbent Liberal MP for Oak Ridges—MarkhamOak Ridges—MarkhamOak Ridges—Markham is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004. Its population in 2006 was 169,645., with 136,755 electors, the highest of any riding in Canada...
was defeated by Conservative Candidate Paul CalandraPaul CalandraPaul Calandra is a Canadian politician. He was elected to represent the electoral district of Oak Ridges—Markham in the 2008 Canadian federal election...
. - Garth TurnerGarth TurnerJohn Garth Turner, PC is a Canadian business journalist, best-selling author, entrepreneur, broadcaster, financial advisor and politician, twice elected as a Member of the House of Commons, former Minister of National Revenue and leadership candidate for the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada...
, incumbent Liberal MP for HaltonHalton (electoral district)Halton is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1988 and again since 1997. Its population in 2001 was 100,055.-Geography:...
was defeated by Conservative candidate Lisa RaittLisa RaittLisa Raitt, PC, MP is a Canadian politician, who is the Conservative Party Member of Parliament for the riding of Halton. She is the current Minister of Labour in the Cabinet of Canada.-Background:...
. - Paul ZedPaul ZedPaul Zed is a Canadian lawyer, professor, and politician.Paul Zed was born in Toronto on December 31, 1956 and received his early education from local Saint John, NB schools, graduating from St...
, incumbent Liberal MP for Saint JohnSaint John (electoral district)Saint John is a federal electoral district in southern New Brunswick, Canada. With its predecessor ridings, St. John—Albert and Saint John—Lancaster, the area has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1917...
was defeated by Conservative candidate Rodney WestonRodney WestonRodney H. Weston is a businessman and politician in New Brunswick, Canada. He is the current Member of Parliament for Saint John...
. - Blair WilsonBlair WilsonBlair Wilson was the Canadian Member of Parliament in the 39th Canadian parliament for West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country electoral district. He was elected on January 23, 2006 in the 2006 federal election as the Liberal candidate...
, incumbent Green MP for West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky CountryWest Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky CountryWest Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997.-Geography:...
was defeated by Conservative candidate John WestonJohn Weston (politician)John Weston, MP is a Canadian politician, who was elected to represent the electoral district of West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country in the 2008 Canadian federal election. He is a member of the Conservative Party....
Liberal gains
- Vivian BarbotVivian BarbotVivian Barbot is a teacher, activist, and politician. She is a former President of the Fédération des femmes du Québec, a former Member of Parliament and currently serves as interim president of the Bloc Québécois....
, incumbent Bloc Québécois MP for PapineauPapineau (electoral district)Papineau is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1948 to 1988 and since 2004. Its population in 2006 was 101,019....
was defeated by Liberal candidate Justin TrudeauJustin TrudeauJustin Pierre James Trudeau, MP is a Canadian politician. He has represented the Montreal electoral division of Papineau in the Canadian House of Commons since 2008 as a member of the Liberal Party and currently serves as the party's critic for youth, post-secondary education, and amateur...
. - Wajid KhanWajid KhanWajid Ali Khan is a Canadian businessman and politician. Until 2008, he was a member of the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Mississauga—Streetsville as a Conservative Member of Parliament.-Early life:Khan served as an officer and a pilot in the Pakistan Air Force from 1966 to...
, incumbent Conservative MP for Mississauga—StreetsvilleMississauga—StreetsvilleMississauga—Streetsville is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004...
was defeated by Liberal candidate Bonnie CrombieBonnie CrombieBonnie Crombie is a Canadian politician. Formerly a Liberal Party Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Mississauga—Streetsville, in Ontario, she was elected to Mississauga City Council in a by-election in September 2011.... - Marcel LussierMarcel LussierMarcel Lussier is a Canadian politician and the former Member of Parliament for the riding of Brossard—La Prairie. He ran for office as a member of the Bloc Québécois in the 2004 election, but was defeated by Jacques Saada. In the 2006 election he ran again, defeating Saada by approximately two...
, incumbent Bloc Québécois MP for Brossard—La PrairieBrossard—La PrairieBrossard—La Prairie is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997. Its population in 2006 was 113,985.-Geography:...
was defeated by Liberal candidate Alexandra MendèsAlexandra MendèsAlexandra Mendès is a Canadian politician. She was elected in the 2008 election as the federal Liberal MP for the Montreal riding of Brossard—La Prairie, defeating Marcel Lussier...
. - Peggy NashPeggy NashPeggy A. Nash is a Canadian labour official and politician from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is the New Democratic Party Member of Parliament for the Parkdale—High Park electoral district in Toronto, and was the Official Opposition's Finance Critic, in Canada's 41st parliament...
, incumbent New Democrat MP for Parkdale—High ParkParkdale—High ParkParkdale—High Park is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1979.Peggy Nash of the New Democratic Party was elected the Member of Parliament for the riding on May 2, 2011....
was defeated by Liberal candidate Gerard KennedyGerard KennedyGerard Michael Kennedy is a Canadian politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as Ontario's Minister of Education from 2003 to 2006, when he resigned to make an unsuccessful bid for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada... - Fabian ManningFabian ManningFabian Manning is a politician in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Manning served as a Progressive Conservative and later as the independent Member of the House of Assembly for the district of Placentia and St. Mary’s from 1999 to 2005. From 2006 to 2008 he was the Conservative Party of Canada...
, incumbent Conservative MP for AvalonAvalon (electoral district)Avalon is a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.-Demographics:Ethnic groups: Languages:² Unemployment: 25.9%...
was defeated by Liberal candidate Scott AndrewsScott Andrews (politician)Scott Andrews is a Canadian politician. He was elected to represent the Newfoundland and Labrador electoral district of Avalon in the 2008 Canadian federal election. He is a member of the Liberal Party...
.
NDP gains
- Ken BoshcoffKen BoshcoffKen Boshcoff is a Canadian politician. He was born in Fort William, Ontario. He served as mayor of Thunder Bay, Ontario from 1997 to 2003, during which he established Thunder Bay as the "Martial Arts Capital of Canada". He also had a role in establishing the Northern Ontario School of Medicine,...
, incumbent Liberal MP for Thunder Bay—Rainy RiverThunder Bay—Rainy RiverThunder Bay—Rainy River is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004...
was defeated by New Democrat candidate John Rafferty. - Rahim JafferRahim JafferRahim Nizar Jaffer is a former Canadian politician and a former Member of Parliament. He served in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2008, representing the Alberta riding of Edmonton—Strathcona as a member of the Conservative Party. He was the first Muslim elected to the Canadian Parliament...
, incumbent Conservative MP for Edmonton StrathconaEdmonton StrathconaEdmonton Strathcona can refer to:*Edmonton—Strathcona, a federal electoral district*Edmonton-Strathcona...
, was defeated by New Democrat candidate Linda DuncanLinda DuncanLinda Francis Duncan is a Canadian lawyer and politician, currently serving as a Member of Parliament for the riding of Edmonton—Strathcona in Alberta. She is a member of the New Democratic Party and, since 2008, she has been the only MP from an Alberta riding not a member of the Conservative Party...
. - Tina KeeperTina KeeperTina Keeper, OM , is a Cree activist, producer, former actress and former member of the Canadian House of Commons.Keeper is best known for her role as RCMP officer Michelle Kenidi in the CBC Television series North of 60, about the fictional aboriginal community of Lynx River. She also hosted a...
, incumbent Liberal MP for ChurchillChurchill (electoral district)Churchill is a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1935. It covers northern Manitoba, a vast wilderness area dotted with small municipalities and First Nations reserves...
was defeated by New Democrat candidate Niki AshtonNiki AshtonNiki Christina Ashton is the New Democratic Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Churchill in Manitoba, Canada. She was first elected in the 2008 federal election....
. - Diane MarleauDiane MarleauDiane Marleau, PC, MP is a Canadian politician. She represented the riding of Sudbury in the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 2008, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Jean Chrétien...
, incumbent Liberal MP for SudburySudbury (electoral district)Sudbury is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1949.Its population in 2001 was 89,443. The district is one of two serving the city of Greater Sudbury, Ontario....
was defeated by New Democrat candidate Glenn ThibeaultGlenn ThibeaultGlenn Thibeault is a Canadian politician. Since 2008, he has represented the Ontario electoral district of Sudbury in the Canadian House of Commons...
. - John Maloney, incumbent Liberal MP for WellandWelland (electoral district)Welland is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1988, and since 2004. Its population in 2006 was 112,875....
was defeated by New Democrat candidate Malcolm AllenMalcolm Allen (politician)Malcolm Allen is a Canadian politician. He has represented the riding of Welland in the Canadian House of Commons since 2008 as a member of the New Democratic Party...
. - Brent St. DenisBrent St. DenisBrent J. St. Denis is a Canadian politician. He was a Liberal member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1993 to 2008, originally representing Algoma and later its successor ridings of Algoma—Manitoulin and Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing.St...
, incumbent Liberal MP for Algoma—Manitoulin—KapuskasingAlgoma—Manitoulin—KapuskasingAlgoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004...
was defeated by New Democrat candidate Carol HughesCarol HughesCarol Hughes is a Canadian politician, who has represented the electoral district of Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing in the Canadian House of Commons since 2008. She is a member of the New Democratic Party....
.
Bloc Québécois gains
- Luc HarveyLuc HarveyLuc Harvey was a Canadian politician and the former Member of Parliament for the riding of Louis-Hébert in Quebec from 2006 to 2008. In 2006, he ran for office as a member of the Conservative Party against Bloc Québécois politician Roger Clavet and won with 34.22% of the vote, defeating Clavet by...
, incumbent Conservative MP for Louis-Hébert was defeated by Bloc Québécois candidate Pascal-Pierre PailléPascal-Pierre PailléPascal-Pierre Paillé is a Canadian politician, who was elected to represent the electoral district of Louis-Hébert in the 2008 Canadian federal election... - Louise ThibaultLouise ThibaultLouise Thibault is a Canadian politician. Briefly a city councillor in Bic in 2003, she was elected into the Canadian House of Commons in the Canadian federal election, 2004 for the Bloc Québécois in the riding of Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques...
, incumbent Independent MP for Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les BasquesRimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les BasquesRimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.-Geography:...
was defeated by Bloc Québécois Claude GuimondClaude GuimondClaude Guimond is a Canadian politician, who was elected to represent the electoral district of Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques in the 2008 Canadian federal election. He is a member of the Bloc Québécois.-External links:...
Conservatives
- Leona AglukkaqLeona AglukkaqLeona Aglukkaq, PC, MP is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative in the 2008 Canadian federal election for the riding of Nunavut....
, Conservative candidate defeats Liberal candidate Kirt Ejesiak in NunavutNunavut (electoral district)Nunavut is a federal electoral district in Nunavut, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997. Nunatsiaq, its predecessor that covered the same area, was a federal electoral district in Northwest Territories, that was represented in the House of Commons from 1979...
. The seat was vacated by incumbent Liberal MP Nancy Karetak-LindellNancy Karetak-LindellNancy Karetak-Lindell is a former Canadian politician. Previously she was a financial comptroller and municipal councillor in Arviat, Karetak-Lindell ran for a seat in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal candidate in the 1997 federal election in the riding of Nunavut...
. - Keith AshfieldKeith AshfieldKeith Ashfield, PC, MP is a Canadian politician. He is the MP for the electoral district of Fredericton, and was appointed Minister of State in the Cabinet of Canada afterwards...
, Conservative candidate defeats Liberal candidate David InnesDavid InnesDavid Innes is a fictional character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs as the main protagonist of his Pellucidar novels.-The early novels:David Innes is introduced in the first Pellucidar novel, At the Earth's Core, as a mining heir who finances the experimental "iron mole," an excavating vehicle...
in FrederictonFredericton (electoral district)Fredericton is a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1988. Its population in 2001 was 82,782...
. The seat was vacated by incumbent Liberal MP Andy Scott. - Gail SheaGail SheaGail Shea, PC, MP is a Canadian politician, currently the Member of Parliament for Egmont. She was previously a member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 2000 to 2007, representing the electoral district of Tignish-DeBlois as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.As...
, Conservative candidate defeats Liberal candidate Keith MilliganKeith MilliganKeith Milligan was the 29th Premier of Prince Edward Island, serving for two months in the autumn of 1996. He was educated at Inverness District School, O'Leary Regional High School and the University of PEI, where he obtained Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education degrees. He is married to...
in EgmontEgmont (electoral district)Egmont is a federal electoral district in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968. Its population in 2001 was 35,208.-Demographics:Ethnic groups: 98.0% White, 1.4% Native Canadian...
. The seat was vacated by incumbent Liberal MP Joe McGuireJoe McGuireJoseph Blair "Joe" McGuire, PC, MP is a retired Canadian politician. He was a Member of Parliament representing the Liberals in the House of Commons for the riding of Egmont in Prince Edward Island. He was first elected in 1988, and re-elected in 1993, 1997, 2000, 2004, and the recent 2006 election...
.
Liberals
- Siobhan Coady, Liberal candidate defeats Conservative candidate Merv Wiseman in St. John's South—Mount PearlSt. John's South—Mount PearlSt. John's South redirects here. For the provincial electoral district please see St. John's South St. John's South—Mount Pearl is a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004.-Demographics:Ethnic groups:...
. The seat was vacated by incumbent Conservative MP Loyola HearnLoyola HearnLoyola Hearn, PC is the Canadian Ambassador to Ireland. He served as a Member of the Canadian House of Commons from 2000 to 2008, and as Minister of Fisheries and Oceans from February 6, 2006 to October 30, 2008....
.
New Democrats
- Don DaviesDon DaviesDon Davies MP is a Canadian Member of Parliament for the New Democratic Party, representing the riding of Vancouver Kingsway. He is also Canada's official opposition Critic for Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism....
won the district of Vancouver KingswayVancouver KingswayVancouver Kingsway is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1953 to 1988 and since 1997. It is located in Vancouver.-Demographics:...
, vacated by Conservative MP David EmersonDavid EmersonDavid Lee Emerson, PC, OBC is a Canadian politician, businessman and civil servant.Emerson is a former Member of Parliament for the riding of Vancouver Kingsway. He was first elected as a Liberal and served as Minister of Industry under Prime Minister Paul Martin...
. - Claude GravelleClaude GravelleClaude Gravelle is a Canadian politician, who was elected to represent the electoral district of Nickel Belt in the 2008 Canadian federal election. He is a member of the New Democratic Party....
won the district of Nickel BeltNickel BeltNickel Belt is one of two federal electoral districts serving the Greater City of Sudbury.Nickel Belt has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1953.It consists of:...
, vacated by Liberal MP Raymond BoninRaymond BoninRaymond C. "Ray" Bonin is a Canadian politician.Born in Sudbury, Ontario, Bonin was a Liberal member of the Canadian House of Commons representing the riding of Nickel Belt, representing the riding from 1993 to 2008. Prior to entering politics, he was a professor at Sudbury's Cambrian College...
. - Jack HarrisJack Harris (politician)John James "Jack" Harris MP is a Canadian lawyer and politician from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Harris is the New Democratic Party Member of Parliament for St. John's East and is a former leader of the Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party...
was elected in St. John's EastSt. John's EastSt. John's East is a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1949....
, vacated by Conservative MP Norman DoyleNorman DoyleNorman E. Doyle, is a Canadian businessman and politician in Newfoundland and Labrador.Doyle was a member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1979 to 1993. He was a Conservative Party of Canada Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons. He represented the riding of...
. - Bruce HyerBruce HyerBruce Tolhurst Hyer is an American-born Canadian politician, who was first elected to represent the electoral district of Thunder Bay—Superior North in the 2008 Canadian federal election, and re-elected with a wider margin in the 2011 federal election...
won the district of Thunder Bay—Superior NorthThunder Bay—Superior NorthThunder Bay—Superior North is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1976....
, vacated by Conservative MP Joe ComuzziJoe ComuzziJoseph Robert "Joe" Comuzzi, PC is a former Canadian politician.Comuzzi was born in Fort William, Ontario. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Windsor in 1954. In 1966, Comuzzi received the University of Windsor Alumni Award of Merit, the Alumni Association's most...
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Defeated cabinet ministers and party leaders
- Michael FortierMichael FortierMichael M. Fortier, PC is a former Canadian Minister of International Trade and a former Conservative senator from Quebec...
(Minister of International Trade) - Defeated in Vaudreuil-SoulangesVaudreuil-Soulanges (electoral district)Vaudreuil-Soulanges is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997. From 1914 to 1968 a similarly-defined electoral district existed under the slightly different designation Vaudreuil—Soulanges.It consists of the...
by Bloc Québécois incumbent Meili FailleMeili FailleMeili Faille is a Canadian politician. She was a Bloc Québécois member of the Canadian House of Commons, being first elected in the 2004 election in the district of Vaudreuil-Soulanges. Prior to being elected, Faille was a consultant and project coordinator... - Elizabeth MayElizabeth MayElizabeth Evans May, OC, MP is an American-born Canadian Member of Parliament, environmentalist, writer, activist, lawyer, and the leader of the Green Party of Canada. She was the executive director of the Sierra Club of Canada from 1989 to 2006. She became a Canadian citizen in 1978.May's...
(Leader - Green Party of Canada) - Defeated in Central NovaCentral NovaCentral Nova is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1997 and since 2004. Its population in 2001 was 73,722....
by Conservative incumbent Peter MacKayPeter MacKayPeter Gordon MacKay, PC, QC, MP is a lawyer and politician from Nova Scotia, Canada. He is the Member of Parliament for Central Nova and currently serves as Minister of National Defence in the Cabinet of Canada....
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Conservative Conservative Party of Canada The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum... |
820,855 | 64.6% | 796,757 | 44.4% | 228,051 | 48.8% | 145,132 | 39.4% | 32,304 | 16.5% | 5,146 | 37,6% | 113,799 | 26.1% | 2,806 | 34.8% | 2,019,362 | 39.2% | 26,877 | 36.2% | 784,560 | 21.7% | 224,927 | 53.7% | 4,758 | 32.8% | 5,205,334 | 37.6% |
Liberal Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative... |
144,364 | 11.4% | 346,795 | 19.3% | 89,313 | 19.1% | 119,197 | 32.4% | 91,084 | 46.6% | 1,858 | 13.6% | 139,038 | 29.8% | 2,359 | 29.2% | 1,741,200 | 33.8% | 35,372 | 47.7% | 859,634 | 23.7% | 62,209 | 14.9% | 6,567 | 45.3% | 3,629,990 | 26.2% |
Bloc Québécois Bloc Québécois The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party in Canada devoted to the protection of Quebec's interests in the House of Commons of Canada, and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was originally a party made of Quebec nationalists who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative... |
n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1,379,565 | 38.1% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1,379,565 | 10.0% |
New Democrats New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in... |
161,409 | 12.7% | 467,335 | 26.1% | 112,247 | 24.0% | 80,525 | 21.9% | 66,171 | 33.9% | 5,669 | 41.5% | 126,127 | 28.9% | 2,228 | 27.6% | 938,400 | 18.2% | 7,233 | 9.8% | 441,136 | 12.2% | 107,289 | 25.6% | 1,306 | 9.0% | 2,517,075 | 18.2% |
Green Green Party of Canada The Green Party of Canada is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1983 with 10,000–12,000 registered members as of October 2008. The Greens advance a broad multi-issue political platform that reflects its core values of ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy and... |
111,505 | 8.8% | 168,723 | 9.4% | 31,723 | 6.8% | 22,683 | 6.2% | 3,274 | 1,7% | 752 | 5.5% | 35,022 | 8.0% | 675 | 8.4% | 411,444 | 8.0% | 3,488 | 4.7% | 126,299 | 3.5% | 23,279 | 5.6% | 1,880 | 13.0% | 940,747 | 6.8% |
Independents and no affiliation Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... |
19,995 | 1.6% | 2,707 | 0.2% | 575 | 0.1% | n/a | n/a | 179 | 0.1% | n/a | n/a | 28,698 | 6.6% | n/a | n/a | 13,029 | 0.3% | 1,101 | 1.5% | 23,106 | 0.6% | 134 | 0.0% | n/a | n/a | 89,524 | 0.7% |
Christian Heritage Christian Heritage Party of Canada The Christian Heritage Party of Canada, also referred to as CHP Canada, is a federal political party that advocates that Canada be governed according to Biblical principles... |
3,434 | 0.3% | 3,378 | 0.2% | 4,189 | 0.9% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1,946 | 0.5% | n/a | n/a | 12,907 | 0.3% | 124 | 0.2% | 265 | 0.0% | 0.1% | 479 | n/a | n/a | 26,722 | 0.2% |
Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) The Communist Party of Canada is a Canadian federal Marxist–Leninist political party.The party is registered with Elections Canada as the Marxist–Leninist Party of Canada... |
907 | 0.1% | 1,355 | 0.1% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 182 | 0.0% | n/a | n/a | 3,556 | 0.1% | n/a | n/a | 2753 | 0.1% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 8,753 | 0.1% |
Libertarian Libertarian Party of Canada The Libertarian Party of Canada is a political party in Canada that subscribes to the tenets of the libertarian movement across Canada.-History:... |
1,184 | 0.1% | 2,912 | 0.2% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 3,212 | 0.1% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 74 | 0.0% | n/a | n/a | 7,382 | 0.1% |
Progressive Canadian Progressive Canadian Party The Progressive Canadian Party is a minor federal political party in Canada. It is a centre/centre-right party that was officially registered with Elections Canada, the government's election agency, on March 29, 2004.... |
n/a | n/a | 425 | 0.0% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 584 | 0.3% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 4,911 | 0.1% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 5,920 | 0.0% |
Communist Communist Party of Canada The Communist Party of Canada is a communist political party in Canada. Although is it currently a minor or small political party without representation in the Federal Parliament or in provincial legislatures, historically the Party has elected representatives in Federal Parliament, Ontario... |
509 | 0.0% | 835 | 0.1% | 394 | 0.1% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.508 | 0.0% | n/a | n/a | 393 | 0.0% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 3,639 | 0.0% |
Canadian Action Canadian Action Party The Canadian Action Party is a Canadian federal political party founded in 1997. It promotes Canadian nationalism, monetary and electoral reform, and opposes neoliberal globalization and free trade agreements.- Background :The Canadian Action Party was founded by Paul T... |
1,051 | 0.1% | 759 | 0.0% | n/a | n/a | 168 | 0.1% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 196 | 0.0% | n/a | n/a | 1,165 | 0.0% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 169 | 0.0% | n/a | n/a | 3,508 | 0.0% |
Marijuana Marijuana Party of Canada The Marijuana Party is a Canadian federal political party. Its agenda consists of ending prohibition of cannabis. With the exception of this one issue, the party does not have "official policy" in any other area... |
n/a | n/a | 358 | 0.0% | n/a | n/a | 330 | 0.1% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1,448 | 0.0% | n/a | n/a | 183 | 0.0% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 2,319 | 0.0% |
Neorhino.ca Neorhino.ca The Rhinoceros Party is a Canadian federal political party. Referred to in English Canada as the Second Rhinoceros Party. It was known as neorhino.ca until 2010, when the party changed names and registered a new party logo... |
n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 2,263 | 0.1% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 2,263 | 0.0% |
Newfoundland and Labrador First Newfoundland and Labrador First Party The Newfoundland and Labrador First Party was a Canadian political party registered at both the federal and provincial levels of government in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.-Election results:-Federal results:... |
n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1,801 | 0.9% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1,801 | 0.0% |
First Peoples National First Peoples National Party of Canada The First Peoples National Party of Canada is a registered federal political party in Canada. It intends to advance the issues of the Aboriginal peoples in Canada by nominating candidates for election in electoral districts with large Aboriginal populations.The FPNPC held its first organizational... |
n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 212 | 0.1% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 252 | 1.8% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 282 | 0.1% | n/a | n/a | 1,640 | 0.0% |
Animal Alliance Environment Voters Animal Alliance Environment Voters Party of Canada The Animal Alliance Environment Voters Party of Canada is a small registered political party in Canada. It was formed by two organizations, the Animal Alliance of Canada and Environment Voters. The latter had previously been organized as a subsidiary of the former... |
n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 529 | 0.0% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 529 | 0.0% |
Work Less Work Less Party The Work Less Party was a Canadian federal political party that became eligible for registration with Elections Canada on October 1, 2007.... |
n/a | n/a | 423 | 0.0% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 423 | 0.0% |
Western Block Western Block Party The Western Block Party is a political party in Canada founded in 2005 by Doug Christie. The party became officially registered on December 29, 2005.... |
n/a | n/a | 195 | 0.0% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 195 | 0.0% |
People's Political Power People's Political Power of Canada The People’s Political Power Party of Canada is a fringe Canadian federal political party that is no longer recognized by Elections Canada. The party became eligible for registration on April 26, 2006, and was deregistered on April 13, 2011 for failing to nominate a candidate for the 2011 federal... |
n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 185 | 0.0% | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 185 | 0.0% |
| Total | 1,270,294 | - | 1,793,373 | - | 466,889 | - | 368,035 | - | 195,397 | - | 13,677 | - | 43,008 | - | 8,068 | - | 5,153,321 | - | 74,195 | - | 3,620,362 | - | 418,842 | - | 14,511 | - | 13,832,972 | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Voter turnout
Voter turnoutVoter turnout
Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election . After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s...
was the lowest in Canadian election history, as 59.1% of the electorate cast a ballot. All federally-funded parties except for the Greens attracted fewer total votes than in 2006; the Greens received nearly 280,000 more votes this election. The Conservatives lost 167,494 votes, the Liberals 850,000, the Bloc 200,000 and the NDP 70,000.
| Region | Turnout (%) |
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| Alberta Alberta Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces... |
52.9 |
| British Columbia British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858... |
61.0 |
| Manitoba Manitoba Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other... |
56.8 |
| New Brunswick New Brunswick New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area... |
62.8 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400... |
48.1 |
| Northwest Territories Northwest Territories The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south... |
48.6 |
| Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the... |
60.7 |
| Nunavut Nunavut Nunavut is the largest and newest federal territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993... |
49.4 |
| Ontario Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa.... |
59.1 |
| Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as other islands. The maritime province is the smallest in the nation in both land area and population... |
69.5 |
| Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota.... |
59.4 |
| Quebec Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level.... |
61.1 |
| Yukon Yukon Yukon is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three federal territories. It was named after the Yukon River. The word Yukon means "Great River" in Gwich’in.... |
63.7 |
See also
- Results by riding for the Canadian federal election, 2008
- List of Canadian federal ridings