1874 Canadian Federal Election
January 22, 1874 · Macdonald's Canada · 206 seats, 104 for a majority
Alexander Mackenzie's Liberals, in office three months after the Pacific Scandal toppled Macdonald, won a decisive mandate in the first election held on a single day with secret ballots.
Prime Minister before
Alexander Mackenzie
Liberal
Prime Minister (continued)
Alexander Mackenzie
Liberal
Government formed
Liberal
majority government
Turnout
69.6%
The result
| Share of House | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Alexander Mackenzie | 129 | +35 | 128,455 | 39.5% | +4.8 | |
| Conservative | John A. Macdonald | 65 | -35 | 97,925 | 30.1% | -8.6 |
12 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.
Elections before 1874 were held over several weeks of open (non-secret) voting, and many seats went uncontested, so vote totals understate real support.
The result by province & territory
Seats won and vote share in each province and territory. Blank cells mean the party did not contest the province; the results table splits allied labels (Liberal-Conservatives, farmers' candidates, independents) that the headline figures group together.
| Liberal | 334.1% | 147.0% | 6139.6% | 3434.8% | 1047.1% | 1538.1% | 556.8% | 12939.5% |
| Conservative | 14.5% | 113.8% | 1519.5% | 1717.6% | 26.8% | 217.8% | 117.5% | 3917.7% |
| Liberal-Conservative | 116.9% | 1010.4% | 1214.9% | 18.6% | 219.2% | 015.4% | 2612.4% | |
| Conservative Labour | 00.9% | 00.5% | ||||||
| Unknown | 029.2% | 013.8% | 027.2% | 027.5% | 019.9% | 09.0% | 010.3% | —24.0% |
| Independent | 19.5% | 00.8% | 02.3% | 217.6% | 17.7% | 43.2% | ||
| Independent Liberal | 115.4% | 21.7% | 1 | 18.2% | 52.0% | |||
| Independent Conservative | 115.9% | 22.9% | 30.7% | |||||
| Total seats | 6 | 4 | 88 | 65 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 206 |