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| Elections and parties in Canada |
List of election results |
The Canadian federal election, 1872 was held on July 20, 1872. Sir John A. Macdonald's Conservatives remained in power, defeating George Brown's Liberals.
| 2nd Parliament | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Party Leader | Seats | Popular Vote | |
| # | % | |||
| Conservative Party | Sir John A. Macdonald | 63 | 83,614 | 26.1% |
| Liberal-Conservative | Sir John A. Macdonald | 36 | 41,076 | 12.8% |
| Liberal Party | George Brown | 95 | 110,556 | 34.5% |
| Independents | 1 | 5,213 | 1.6% | |
| Independent Conservative | 2 | 2,220 | 0.7% | |
| Independent Liberal | 2 | 5,232 | 1.6% | |
| Conservative Labour | 1 | 1,422 | 0.4% | |
| Unknown | 0 | 70,704 | 22.1% | |
| 200 | 320,037 | 100% | ||
| Source: http://www.parl.gc.ca | ||||
| Canadian federal elections | ||||
| Canadian federal election results (1867-1879) | ||||
| Party Name | BC | Man | Ont | Que | NB | NS | Canada/Total |
| Conservative Seats | 1 | 1 | 26 | 26 | 2 | 7 | 63 |
| Pop Vote | 4.5% | 29.7% | 26.6% | 31.5% | 8.4% | 23.5% | 26.1% |
| Liberal-Conservative Seats | 3 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 36 |
| Pop Vote | 11.8% | 10.5% | 17.8% | 19.8% | 12.8% | ||
| Liberal Seats | 2 | 1 | 48 | 27 | 9 | 8 | 95 |
| Pop Vote | 83.7% | 35.6% | 35.0% | 32.6% | 46.8% | 28.1% | 34.5% |
| Conservative Labour | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Pop Vote | 0.9% | 0.4% | |||||
| Unknown Seats | |||||||
| Unknown Pop Vote | 11.8% | 14.9% | 23.2% | 21.5% | 26.9% | 16.4% | 22.1% |
| Independent Seats | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Independent Pop Vote | 0.8% | 1.7% | 6.1% | 1.6% | |||
| Independent Liberal Seats | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Independent Liberal Pop Vote | 1.7% | 6.1% | 1.6% | ||||
| Independent Conservative Seats | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Independent Conservative Pop Vote | 19.8% | 2.2% | 0.7% | ||||
| Party Name | BC | Man | Ont | Que | NB | NS | Canada/Total |
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