1882 Canadian Federal Election
June 20, 1882 · Macdonald's Canada · 211 seats, 106 for a majority
Macdonald's third majority, the National Policy tariffs in full operation and the Canadian Pacific Railway under construction.
Prime Minister before
John A. Macdonald
Conservative
Prime Minister (continued)
John A. Macdonald
Conservative
Government formed
Conservative
majority government
Turnout
70.3%
The result
Conservative
John A. Macdonald · -1 seats · 40.4%
133
seats
Liberal
Edward Blake · +10 seats · 31.1%
73
seats
5 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
BC 3 (38.4%)MB 2 (13.6%)ON 39 (27.0%)QC 38 (37.7%)NB 4 (25.6%)NS 8 (23.0%)PE 0 (17.1%)
94
seats
Liberal-Conservative
BC 3 (15.8%)MB 1 (38.9%)ON 13 (9.1%)QC 12 (10.4%)NB 3 (7.1%)NS 5 (25.8%)PE 2 (25.4%)
39
seats
Liberal
BC 0 (10.6%)MB 2 (25.3%)ON 40 (31.9%)QC 12 (21.5%)NB 7 (36.8%)NS 8 (38.7%)PE 4 (40.7%)
73
seats
Independent
ON 0 (1.7%)QC 0 (0.8%)NB 1 (0.4%)NS 0 (4.8%)
1
seats
Nationalist Conservative
QC 1 (1.0%)
1
seats
Independent Liberal
ON 0 (0.7%)QC 1 (1.5%)NB 1 (6.2%)
2
seats
Independent Conservative
QC 1 (0.9%)
1
seats
Total seats
211