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Canadian federal election, 1872



         


Elections and parties in
Canada


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.










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Vote Breakdown by Party


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)


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Province-by-Province results. Seats and Popular Vote

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


Preceded by:
1867 Canadian election

Canadian federal elections

Followed by:
1874 Canadian election

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