1878 Canadian Federal Election
September 17, 1878 · Macdonald's Canada · 206 seats, 104 for a majority
Macdonald completed his comeback from the Pacific Scandal, sweeping back to power on the National Policy of protective tariffs against Mackenzie's depression-worn free-trade government.
Prime Minister before
Alexander Mackenzie
Liberal
Prime Minister after
John A. Macdonald
Conservative
Government formed
Conservative
majority government
Turnout
69.1%
The result
| Share of House | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John A. Macdonald | 134 | +69 | 229,191 | 42.1% | +12.0 | |
| Liberal | Alexander Mackenzie | 63 | -66 | 180,074 | 33.0% | -6.5 |
9 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.
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.
| Conservative | 1 | 249.6% | 3725.5% | 3335.0% | 15.9% | 821.7% | 331.6% | 8526.3% |
| Liberal-Conservative | 239.6% | 1 | 2315.8% | 1213.2% | 314.3% | 622.7% | 212.0% | 4915.8% |
| Liberal | 2 | 2736.3% | 1721.7% | 948.2% | 734.9% | 137.2% | 6333.1% | |
| Independent | 112.2% | 11.5% | 11.6% | 213.1% | 04.3% | 52.7% | ||
| Independent Conservative | 150.4% | 10.7% | 20.2% | |||||
| Unknown | 048.2% | 019.9% | 027.4% | 014.8% | 014.7% | 019.3% | —20.9% | |
| Independent Liberal | 01.0% | 13.7% | 01.7% | 11.0% | ||||
| Nationalist Conservative | 10.3% | 0 | 10.1% | |||||
| Total seats | 6 | 4 | 88 | 65 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 206 |