General Election
31st Parliament – May 22, 1979
Wikipedia: The 1979 Canadian federal election was held on May 22, 1979, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 31st Parliament of Canada. It resulted in the defeat of the Liberal Party of Canada after 16 years in power, 11 of them under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Joe Clark led the Progressive Conservative Party to power but with only a minority of seats in the House of Commons. The Liberals, however, beat the Progressive Conservatives in the overall popular vote by more than 400,000 votes (40.11% to 35.89%). Taking office on the eve of his 40th birthday, Clark became the youngest prime minister in Canadian history.
Results
Seats by party
Montréal
Southern Québec
Toronto
Golden Horseshoe
Ottawa
Calgary
Edmonton
Vancouver
St. John's
P.E.I.
Moncton
Halifax
Québec
London
Trois-Rivières
Regina
Winnipeg
Essex
Saskatoon
Victoria
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Statistics
Valid ballots
11,440,233
Candidates
1,421
Ridings
282
Popular Vote
Liberal Party of Canada | 4,587,476 | |
Progressive Conservative Party | 4,106,089 | |
New Democratic Party | 2,046,218 | |
Social Credit Party of Canada | 526,959 | |
Rhinoceros Party of Canada | 62,601 | |
Independent | 30,708 | |
No affiliation | 21,444 | |
Union Populaire | 19,514 | |
Libertarian Party of Canada | 15,852 | |
Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada | 14,231 | |
Communist Party of Canada | 9,141 | |
| 11,440,233 | ||
Candidates by Party
Progressive Conservative Party | 282 | |
Liberal Party of Canada | 281 | |
New Democratic Party | 281 | |
Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada | 144 | |
Social Credit Party of Canada | 102 | |
Communist Party of Canada | 71 | |
Union Populaire | 69 | |
Rhinoceros Party of Canada | 63 | |
Libertarian Party of Canada | 59 | |
Independent | 49 | |
No affiliation | 20 | |
| 1,421 | ||
Popular Vote Swings from 1974
Progressive Conservative Party | 734,770 | |
New Democratic Party | 578,470 | |
Liberal Party of Canada | 484,623 | |
Social Credit Party of Canada | 45,728 | |
Closest Race
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Biggest Blowout
Mount Royal, Quebec
Candidates by Gender
Male | 1,226 | |
Female | 195 | |
Other | 0 | |
Unknown | 0 | |
Seats by Gender
Male | 272 | |
Female | 10 | |
Other | 0 | |
Unknown | 0 | |