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1997 Canadian federal election

Canadian federal election, 1997
Canada
← 1993 June 2, 1997 (1997-06-02) 2000 →

301 seats in the 36th Canadian Parliament
151 seats needed for a majority
Turnout 67.0% (Decrease3.9pp)
  First party Second party Third party
  Jean Chretien 2010.jpg Preston Manning in 2004.jpg Gilles Duceppe2.jpg
Leader Jean Chrétien Preston Manning Gilles Duceppe
Party Liberal Reform Bloc Québécois
Leader since June 23, 1990 November 1, 1987 March 15, 1997
Leader's seat Saint-Maurice Calgary Southwest Laurier—
Sainte-Marie
Last election 177 seats, 41.24% 52 seats, 18.69% 54 seats, 13.52%
Seats before 174 50 50
Seats won 155 60 44
Seat change Decrease19 Increase10 Decrease6
Popular vote 4,994,277 2,513,080 1,385,821
Percentage 38.46% 19.35% 10.67%
Swing Decrease2.78pp Increase0.66pp Decrease2.85pp

  Fourth party Fifth party
  Alexa McDonough cropped.jpg Jean Charest de face (Novembre 2010).png
Leader Alexa McDonough Jean Charest
Party New Democratic Progressive Conservative
Leader since October 14, 1995 April 29, 1995
Leader's seat Halifax Sherbrooke
Last election 9 seats, 6.88% 2 seats, 16.04%
Seats before 9 2
Seats won 21 20
Seat change Increase12 Increase18
Popular vote 1,434,509 2,446,705
Percentage 11.05% 18.84%
Swing Increase4.17pp Increase2.80pp

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Popular vote by province, with graphs indicating the number of seats won. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote by province but instead via results by each riding.

Prime Minister before election

Jean Chrétien
Liberal

Prime Minister-designate

Jean Chrétien
Liberal


Jean Chrétien
Liberal

Jean Chrétien
Liberal

The Canadian federal election of 1997 was held on June 2 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 36th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's Liberal Party of Canada won a second majority government. The Reform Party of Canada replaced the Bloc Québécois as the Official Opposition.

The election results closely followed the pattern of the 1993 election. The Liberals swept Ontario, while a divided Bloc managed to win a reduced majority in Quebec. Reform made sufficient gains in the West to allow Preston Manning to become Leader of the Official Opposition, but lost its only seat east of Manitoba. The most significant change was major gains in Atlantic Canada by the New Democratic Party (NDP) and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. The Liberals faced major losses, including two cabinet ministers; David Dingwall, Minister of Public Works from Nova Scotia, and Doug Young, Minister of National Defence from New Brunswick, both of whom lost to NDP candidates.


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