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Date of Election or Referendum	Previous Census or Population Estimate	Number of Registered Voters	Electors as % of Population	Total Votes	Voter Turnout as % Registered Voters	Votes Cast as % of Population
7 August & 20 Sept 1867	3,230,000	361,028	11.2	268,387	73.1	8.3
20 July & 12 October 1872	3,689,000	426,974	11.6	318,329	70.3	8.6
22 January 1874	3,689,000	432,410	11.7	324,006	69.6	8.8
17 September 1878	3,689,000	715,279	19.4	534,029	69.1	14.5
20 June 1882	4,325,000	663,873	15.3	508,496	70.3	11.8
22 February 1887	4,325,000	948,222	21.9	724,517	70.1	16.8
5 March 1891	4,833,000	1,113,140	23.0	778,495	64.4	16.1
23 June 1896	4,833,000	1,358,328	28.1	912,992	62.9	18.9
7 November 1900	4,833,000	1,167,402	24.2	958,497	77.4	19.8
3 November 1904	5,371,000	1,385,440	25.8	1,036,878	71.6	19.3
26 October 1908	5,371,000	1,463,591	27.2	1,180,820	70.3	22.0
21 September 1911	7,204,527	1,820,742	25.3	1,314,953	70.2	18.3
17 December 1917	7,591,971	2,093,799	27.6	1,892,741	75.0	24.9
6 December 1921	8,760,211	4,435,310	50.6	3,139,306	67.7	35.8
29 October 1925	8,776,352	4,608,636	52.5	3,168,412	66.4	36.1
14 September 1926	8,887,952	4,665,381	52.5	3,273,062	67.7	36.8
28 July 1930	8,887,952	5,153,971	58.0	3,922,481	73.5	44.1
14 October 1935	10,367,063	5,918,207	57.1	4,452,675	74.2	43.0
26 March 1940	10,429,169	6,588,888	63.2	4,672,531	69.9	44.8
27 April 1942	11,494,627	6,502,234	56.6	4,638,847	71.3	40.4
11 June 1945	11,494,627	6,952,445	60.5	5,305,193	75.3	46.2
27 June 1949	11,823,649	7,893,629	66.8	5,903,572	73.8	49.9
10 August 1953	14,003,704	8,401,691	60.0	5,701,963	67.5	40.7
10 June 1957	16,073,970	8,902,125	55.4	6,680,690	74.1	41.6
31 March 1958	16,073,970	9,131,200	56.8	7,357,139	79.4	45.8
18 June 1962	18,238,247	9,700,325	53.2	7,772,656	79.0	42.6
8 April 1963	18,238,247	9,910,757	54.3	7,958,636	79.2	43.6
8 November 1965	18,238,247	10,274,904	56.3	7,796,728	74.8	42.7
25 June 1968	20,014,880	10,860,888	54.3	8,217,916	75.7	41.1
30 October 1972	21,568,311	13,000,778	60.3	9,974,661	76.7	46.2
8 July 1974	21,568,311	13,620,353	63.1	9,671,002	71.0	44.8
22 May 1979	22,992,604	15,233,653	66.3	11,541,000	75.7	50.2
18 February 1980	22,992,604	15,890,416	69.1	11,015,514	69.3	47.9
4 September 1984	24,343,181	16,774,941	68.9	12,638,424	75.3	51.9
21 November 1988	25,309,331	17,639,001	69.7	13,281,191	75.3	52.5
25 October 1993	27,296,859	19,906,796	72.9	13,863,135	70.9*	50.8
2 June 1997	27,296,859	19,663,478	72.0	13,174,698	67.0	48.3
27 November 2000	28,846,761	21,243,473	73.6	12,997,185	64.1**	45.1
28 June 2004	30,007,094	22,466,621	74.9	13,564,702	60.9	45.2
26 January 2006	31,612,897	23,054,615	72.9	14,908,703	64.7	47.2
14 October 2008	32,976,026	23,677,639	71.8	13,929,093	58.8	42.0
2 May 2011	34,278,400	24,257,592	70.8	14,823,408	61.1	43.2

Election Party	Elected Members	Number of Candidates	Percentage of Popular Vote	Percentage of Seats
2000 (November 27)  - Official Turnout: 61.2 %   Actual Turnout: 64.1% - see note** View Detailed Results of 2000 Elections
Liberal	172	301	40.8 %	57.1 %
Canadian Alliance	66	298	25.5 %	21.9 %
Bloc Québécois	38	75	10.7 %	12.6 %
New Democratic Party	13	298	8.5 %	4.3 %
Progressive Conservative	12	291	12.2 %	4.0 %
Other	0	545	2.3 %	0.0 %
Total	301	1,808
Government--172, Opposition--129, Majority--43
1997 (June 2) - Turnout: 67.0 %   View Detailed Results of 1997 Elections
Liberal	155	301	38.5 %	51.5 %
Reform	60	227	19.4 %	19.9 %
Bloc Québécois	44	75	10.7 %	14.6 %
New Democratic Party	21	301	11.0 %	7.0 %
Progressive Conservative	20	301	18.8 %	6.6 %
Other	1	467	1.6 %	0.3 %
Total	301	1,672
Government--155, Opposition--146, Majority--9
1993 (October 25) - Turnout: 69.6 %
Liberal	177	295	41.3 %	60.0 %
Bloc Québécois	54	75	13.5 %	18.3 %
Reform	52	207	18.7 %	17.6 %
New Democratic Party	9	294	6.9 %	3.1 %
Progressive Conservative	2	295	16.0 %	0.7 %
Other	1	989	3.6 %	0.3 %
Total	295	2,155
Government--177, Opposition--118, Majority--59
1988 (November21) - Turnout: 75.3 %
Progressive Conservative	169	295	43.0 %	57.3 %
Liberal	83	294	31.9 %	28.1 %
New Democratic Party	43	295	20.4 %	14.6 %
Social Credit		9	0.03 %	0.0 %
Other		681	4.7 %	0.0 %
Total	295	1,574
Government--169, Opposition--126, Majority--43
1984 (September 4) - Turnout: 75.3 %
Progressive Conservative	211	282	50.0 %	74.8 %
Liberal	40	282	28.0 %	14.2 %
New Democratic Party	30	282	18.8 %	10.6 %
Other	1	552	3.9 %	0.4 %
Social Credit		51	0.1 %	0.0 %
Total	282	1,449
Government--211, Opposition--71, Majority--140
1980 (February 18) - Turnout: 69.3
Liberal	147	282	44.3 %	52.1 %
Progressive Conservative	103	282	32.5 %	36.5 %
New Democratic Party	32	282	19.8 %	11.3 %
Social Credit		84	1.7 %	0.0 %
Other		574	1.7 %	0.0 %
Total	282	1,504
Government--147, Opposition--135, Majority--12
1979 (May 22) - Turnout: 75.7 %
Progressive Conservative	136	282	35.9 %	48.2 %
Liberal	114	282	40.1 %	40.4 %
New Democratic Party	26	282	17.9 %	9.2 %
Social Credit	6	103	4.6 %	2.1 %
Other		475	1.5 %	0.0 %
Total	282	1,424
Government--136, Opposition--146, Minority--10
1974 (July 8) - Turnout: 71.0 %
Liberal	141	264	43.2 %	53.4 %
Progressive Conservative	95	264	35.4 %	36.0 %
New Democratic Party	16	262	15.4 %	6.1 %
Social Credit	11	152	5.1 %	4.2 %
Other	1	267	0.9 %	0.4 %
Total	264	1,209
Government--141, Opposition--123, Majority--18
1972 (October 30) - Turnout: 76.7 %
Liberal	109	263	38.5 %	41.3 %
Progressive Conservative	107	264	35.0 %	40.5 %
New Democratic Party	31	251	17.7 %	11.7 %
Social Credit	15	166	7.6 %	5.7 %
Other	2	173	1.2 %	0.8 %
Total	264	1,117
Government--109, Opposition--155, Minority--46
1968 (June 25) - Turnout: 75.7 %
Liberal	155	263	45.5 %	58.7 %
Progressive Conservative	72	263	31.4 %	27.3 %
New Democratic Party	22	263	17.0 %	8.3 %
Other	15	147	1.7 %	5.7 %
Social Credit		31		0.0 %
Total	264	967
Government (Liberal / Liberal-Labour)--155, Opposition--109, Majority--46
1965 (November 8) - Turnout: 74.8 %
Liberal	131	265	39.8 %	49.4 %
Progressive Conservative	97	265	32.1 %	36.6 %
New Democratic Party	21	255	17.7 %	7.9 %
Other	11	140	5.8 %	4.2 %
Social Credit	5	86	3.6 %	1.9 %
Total	265	1,011
Government (Liberal / Liberal-Labour)--131, Opposition--134, Minority--3
1963 (April 8) - Turnout: 79.2 %
Liberal	129	264	41.7 %	48.7 %
Progressive Conservative	95	265	32.9 %	35.9 %
Social Credit	24	224	11.9 %	9.1 %
New Democratic Party	17	232	13.1 %	6.4 %
Other		38	0.4 %	0.0 %
Total	265	1,023
Government (Liberal / Liberal-Labour)--129, Opposition--136, Minority--7
1962 (June 18) - Turnout: 79.0 %
Progressive Conservative	116	265	37.3 %	43.8 %
Liberal	99	263	37.4 %	37.4 %
Social Credit	30	230	11.7 %	11.3 %
New Democratic Party	19	218	13.4 %	7.2 %
Other	1	40	0.2 %	0.4 %
Total	265	1,016
Government--116, Opposition--149, Minority--33
1958 (March 31) - Turnout: 79.4 %
Progressive Conservative	208	265	53.7 %	78.5 %
Liberal	49	264	33.8 %	18.5 %
C.C.F.	8	169	9.5 %	3.0 %
Social Credit		82	2.6 %	0.0 %
Other		51	0.4 %	0.0 % %
Total	265	831
Government--208, Opposition--57, Majority--151
1957 (June 10) - Turnout: 74.1 %
Progressive Conservative	112	256	39.0 %	42.3 %
Liberal	105	264	42.3 %	39.6 %
C.C.F.	25	162	10.8 %	9.4 %
Social Credit	19	114	6.6 %	7.2 %
Other	4	66	1.3 %	1.5 %
Total	265	862
Government--112, Opposition--153, Minority--41
1953 (August 10) - Turnout: 67.5 %
Liberal	171	264	50.0 %	64.5 %
Progressive Conservative	51	248	31.0 %	19.2 %
C.C.F.	23	170	11.3 %	8.7 %
Social Credit	15	72	5.4 %	5.7 %
Other	5	143	2.3 %	1.9 %
Total	265	897
Government (Liberal / Liberal-Labour)--171, Opposition--94, Majority--77
1949 (June 27) - Turnout: 73.8 %
Liberal	190	258	50.1 %	72.5 %
Progressive Conservative	41	250	29.7 %	15.6 %
C.C.F.	13	180	13.4 %	5.0 %
Social Credit	10	28	2.4 %	3.8 %
Other	8	132	4.4 %	3.1 %
Total	262	848
Government (Liberal / Liberal-Labour)--190, Opposition--72, Majority--118
1945 (June 11) - Turnout: 75.3 %
Liberal	125	233	41.4 %	51.0 %
Progressive Conservative	67	203	27.7 %	27.3 %
C.C.F.	28	205	15.7 %	11.4 %
Social Credit	13	95	4.1 %	5.3 %
Other	12	216	11.1 %	4.9 %
Total	245	952
Government--125, Opposition--120, Majority--5
1940 (March 26) - Turnout: 69.9 %
Liberal	178	244
Progressive Conservative	39	213
Social Credit	10	30
Other	10	85
C.C.F.	8	96
Total	245	668
Government (Liberal / Liberal-Progressive)--181, Opposition--64, Majority--117
1935 (October 14) - Turnout: 74.2 %
Liberal	171	244	44.4 %	69.8 %
Conservative	39	232	29.8 %	15.9 %
Social Credit	17		4.1 %	6.9 %
Other	11	297	12.8 %	4.5 %
C.C.F.	7	119	8.9 %	2.9 %
Total	245	892
Government (Liberal / Liberal-Progressive)--173, Opposition--72, Majority--101
1930 (July 28) - Turnout: 73.5 %
Conservative	137	233	49 .0 %	55.9 %
Liberal	91	234	43.9 %	37.1 %
Other	17	79	7.1 %	6.9 %
Total	245	546
Government--137, Opposition--108, Majority--29
1926 (September 14) - Turnout: 67.7 %
Liberal	116	220	43.6 %	47.3 %
Conservative	91	233	46.2 %	37.1 %
Other	38	77	10.2 %	15.5 %
Total	245	530
Government (Liberal / Liberal-Progressive)--125, Opposition--120, Majority--5
1925 (October 29) - Turnout: 66.4 %
Conservative	116	234	46.6 %	47.3 %
Liberal	99	215	40.4 %	40.4 %
Other	30	130	13.0 %	12.2 %
Total	245	579
Government--99, Opposition--146, Minority--47
1921 (December 6) - Turnout: 67.7 %
Liberal	116	202	40.7 %	49.4 %
Other Includes votes for the Progressive Party	69	225	29 .0 %	29.4 %
Conservative	50	208	30.3 %	21.3 %
Total	235	635
Government--116, Opposition--119, Minority--3
1917 (December 17) - Turnout: 75.0 %
Conservative	153		57.0 %	65.1 %
Liberal	82		40.1 %	34.9 %
Other			2.9 %	0.0 %
Total	235	470
Government--153, Opposition--82, Majority--71
1911 (September 21) - Turnout: 70.2 %
Conservative	133	215	51.2 %	60.2 %
Liberal	8	222	47.8 %	38.9 %
Other	2	26	1.0 %	0.9 %
Total	221	463
Government--133, Opposition--88, Majority--45
1908 (October 26) - Turnout: 70.3 %
Liberal	133	216	50.6 %	60.2 %
Conservative	85	212	47.0 %	38.5 %
Other	3	31	2.4 %	1.4 %
Total	221	459
Government--133, Opposition--88, Majority--45
1904 (November 3) - Turnout: 71.6 %
Liberal	139	211	52.5 %	65.0 %
Conservative	75	205	46.9 %	35.0 %
Other		28	0.7 %	0.0 %
Total	214	444
Government--139, Opposition--75, Majority--64
1900 (November 7) - Turnout: 77.4 %
Liberal	132	207	52.0 %	62.0 %
Conservative	81	204	47.4 %	38.0 %
Other		25	0.6 %	0.0 %
Total	213	436
Government--132, Opposition--81, Majority--51
1896 (June 23) - Turnout: 62.9 %
Liberal	118	193	45.1 %	55.4 %
Conservative	88	209	46.3 %	41.3 %
Other	7	61	8.6 %	3.3 %
Total	213	463
Government--118, Opposition--95, Majority--23
1891 (March 5) - Turnout: 64.4 %
Conservative	123	217	52.0 %	57.2&
Liberal	92	192	46.4 %	42.8&
Other		27	1.6 %	0.0 %
Total	215	436
Government--123, Opposition--92, Majority--31
1887 (February 22) - Turnout: 70.1 %
Conservative	123	209	50.7 %	57.2 %
Liberal	92	193	48.9 %	42.8 %
Other		37	0.4 %	0.0 %
Total	215	439
Government--123, Opposition--92, Majority--31
1882 (June 20) - Turnout: 70.3 %
Conservative	139		53.4 %	66.2 %
Liberal	71		46.6 %	33.8 %
Other			0.1 %	0.0 %
Total	210	413
Government--139, Opposition--71, Majority--68
1878 (September 17) - Turnout: 69.1 %
Conservative	137		53.2 %	66.5 %
Liberal	69		45.1 %	33.5 %
Other			1.7 %	0.0 %
Total	206	412
Government--137, Opposition--69, Majority--68
1874 (January 22) - Turnout: 69.6%
Liberal	133		53.8 %	64.6 %
Conservative	73		45.4 %	35.4 %
Other			0.8 %	0.0 %
Total	206	364
Government--133, Opposition--73, Majority--60
1872 (July 20 - October 12) - Turnout: 70.3 %
Conservative	103		49.9 %	51.5 %
Liberal	97		49.1 %	48.5 %
Other			0.9 %	0.0 %
Total	200	337
Government--103, Opposition--97, Majority--6
1867 (August 7 - September 20) - Turnout: 73.1 %
Conservative	101		50 %	55.8 %
Liberal	80		49 %	44.2 %
Other			1 %	0.0 %
Total	181
Government--101, Opposition--80, Majority--21