Canadian federal election, 1974
Elections and parties in
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The 1974 Canadian federal election was held on July 8. The governing Liberal Party won its first majority government since 1968, and gave Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau his third term. The Conservatives, led by Robert Stanfield, did well in the Atlantic provinces, and in the West, but the Liberal support in Ontario and Quebec ensured a majority Liberal govenrment.
Results
National
| Party
| Party Leader
| # of candidates
| Seats
| Popular Vote
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| Before
| After
| % Change
| #
| %
| Change
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| Liberal
| | 264
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| 141
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| 4,102,853
| 43.15%
| 4.73%
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| Progressive Conservative
| <center> Robert Stanfield
| 264
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| 95
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| 3,371,319
| 35.46%
| 0.44%
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| New Democratic
| <center> Ed Broadbent
| 262
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| 95
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| 1,467,748
| 15.44%
| -2.40%
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| Social Credit
| <center> Real Caouette
| 152
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| 11
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| 481,231
| 5.06%
| -2.49%
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| Marxist-Leninist
| <center> Hardial Bains
| 104
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| 0
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| 16,261
| 0.17%
| -0.05%
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| Communist
| <center> William Kashtan
| 69
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| 0
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| 12,100
| 0.13%
| n.a.
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| Independent
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| 94
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| 1
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| 56,420
| 0.59%
| -0.57%
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| Total
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| 1,209
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| 264
| <center>
| 9,507,932
| 100.00%
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| Sources: http://www.elections.ca
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n.a. = not applicable - the party was not recognized in the previous election.
Province by Province breakdown
| Party Name
| BC
| AB
| SK
| MB
| ON
| QC
| NB
| NS
| PE
| NL
| NT
| YK
| Total
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| Liberal
| Seats:
| 8
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| 3
| 2
| 55
| 60
| 6
| 2
| 1
| 4
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| 141
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| Popular Vote (%):
| 24.8
| 33.3
| 30.7
| 27.4
| 45.1
| 54.1
| 47.2
| 40.7
| 46.2
| 46.7
| 24.7
| 33.5
| 43.2
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| Progressive Conservative
| Seats:
| 13
| 19
| 8
| 9
| 25
| 3
| 3
| 8
| 3
| 3
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| 1
| 95
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| Vote:
| 41.9
| 61.2
| 36.4
| 47.7
| 35.1
| 21.2
| 33.0
| 47.5
| 49.1
| 43.6
| 33.2
| 47.1
| 35.4
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| New Democratic
| Seats:
| 2
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| 2
| 2
| 8
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| 1
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| 1
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| 16
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| Vote:
| 23.0
| 9.3
| 31.5
| 23.5
| 19.1
| 6.6
| 8.7
| 11.2
| 4.6
| 9.5
| 42.1
| 19.5
| 15.4
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| Social Credit
| Seats:
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| 11
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| 11
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| Vote:
| 1.2
| 3.4
| 1.1
| 1.1
| 0.2
| 17.1
| 2.9
| 0.4
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| 0.1
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| 5.1
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| Other
| Seats:
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| 1
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| 1
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| Vote:
| 0.5
| 1.5
| 0.2
| 0.4
| 0.5
| 1.0
| 8.1
| 0.1
| 0.1
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| 0.9
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Source:
Notes
