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The 1887 Canadian federal election was held on February 22, 1887, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 6th Parliament of Canada.
The Conservative Party of Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald retained power, defeating the Liberal Party of Edward Blake.
National results
| Party | Party leader | # of candidates | Seats | Popular vote | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1882 | Elected | Change | # | % | Change | ||||
| Conservative | John A. Macdonald | 172 | 94 | 96 | -7.4% | 291,138 | 40.15% | +2.12pp | |
| Liberal-Conservative | 32 | 42 | 27 | -35.7% | 52,667 | 7.26% | -5.30pp | ||
| Liberal | Edward Blake | 183 | 73 | 79 | +8.2% | 312,736 | 43.13% | +12.03pp | |
| Independent Liberal | 9 | 2 | 6 | +150% | 15,695 | 2.16% | +1.05pp | ||
| Independent Conservative | 8 | 1 | 3 | +200% | 11,345 | 1.56% | +1.39pp | ||
| Independent | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0% | 8,984 | 1.24% | -0.35pp | ||
| Nationalist Conservative | 2 | 1 | 2 | +100% | 3,522 | 0.49% | +0.28pp | ||
| Unknown | 18 | - | 24,172 | 3.33% | -22.08pp | ||||
| Nationalist | 6 | * | 1 | * | 4,784 | 0.66% | * | ||
| Total | 440 | 213 | 215 | -3.8% | 725,043 | 100% | - | ||
| Sources: http://www.elections.ca -- History of Federal Ridings since 1867 Archived 2008-12-04 at the Wayback Machine | |||||||||
Note:
* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.
Acclamations:
The following Members of Parliament were elected by acclamation:
- British Columbia: 1 Conservative
- Manitoba: 1 Liberal-Conservative
- Quebec: 1 Conservative, 3 Liberals
Results by province and in the North-West Territories
| Party name | BC | NWT | MB | ON | QC | NB | NS | PE | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Seats: | 4 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 23 | 8 | 10 | - | 96 | |
| Popular vote (%): | 62.3 | 65.5 | 32.9 | 43.4 | 35.6 | 39.4 | 41.3 | 39.0 | 40.2 | ||
| Liberal-Conservative | Seats: | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 4 | - | 27 | ||
| Vote (%): | 22.1 | 17.4 | 5.7 | 9.2 | 6.0 | 10.7 | 7.5 | 7.3 | |||
| Liberal | Seats: | - | - | 1 | 37 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 79 | |
| Vote (%): | 15.6 | 34.5 | 44.6 | 46.9 | 41.7 | 40.9 | 41.9 | 41.8 | 43.1 | ||
| Independent Liberal | Seats: | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Vote (%): | 5.2 | 0.8 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 11.7 | 2.2 | |||||
| Independent Conservative | Seats: | - | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | ||||
| Vote (%): | 18.6 | 12.2 | 0.3 | 5.7 | 0.4 | 1.6 | |||||
| Independent | Seats: | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | |||||
| Vote (%): | xx | 1.3 | 3.4 | 5.8 | 1.2 | ||||||
| Nationalist Conservative | Seats: | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Vote (%): | 2.4 | 0.5 | |||||||||
| Unknown | Seats: | - | - | 0 | |||||||
| Vote (%): | 3.1 | 6.1 | 6.5 | 0.2 | 3.3 | ||||||
| Nationalist | Seats: | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Vote (%): | 3.3 | 0.7 | |||||||||
| Total seats | 6 | 4 | 5 | 92 | 65 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 215 | ||
See also
- List of Canadian federal general elections
- List of political parties in Canada
- 6th Canadian Parliament
Notes
- Macdonald was also elected in Carleton; he chose to sit for Kingston instead, and resigned as the member of Parliament for Carleton.
References
- "Voter Turnout at Federal Elections and Referendums". Elections Canada. Retrieved March 10, 2019.