1887 Canadian Federal Election

February 22, 1887 · Macdonald's Canada · 215 seats, 108 for a majority

Macdonald won a fourth term over new Liberal leader Edward Blake, weathering Quebec's fury at the hanging of Louis Riel and provincial-rights revolts in Ontario and Nova Scotia.

Prime Minister before

John A. Macdonald

Conservative

Prime Minister (continued)

John A. Macdonald

Conservative

Government formed

Conservative

majority government

Turnout

70.1%

The result

Conservative
John A. Macdonald · -10 seats · 47.4%
123
seats
Liberal
Edward Blake · +6 seats · 43.1%
79
seats

13 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 4 (62.3%)NT 4 (65.5%)MB 2 (32.9%)ON 45 (43.4%)QC 23 (35.6%)NB 8 (39.4%)NS 10 (41.3%)PE 0 (39.0%)
96
seats
Liberal-Conservative
BC 2 (22.1%)MB 2 (17.4%)ON 9 (5.7%)QC 8 (9.2%)NB 2 (6.0%)NS 4 (10.7%)PE 0 (7.5%)
27
seats
Liberal
BC 0 (15.6%)NT 0 (34.5%)MB 1 (44.6%)ON 37 (46.9%)QC 24 (41.7%)NB 5 (40.9%)NS 7 (41.9%)PE 5 (41.8%)
79
seats
Independent Liberal
MB 0 (5.2%)ON 1 (0.8%)QC 3 (3.7%)NB 1 (3.8%)PE 1 (11.7%)
6
seats
Independent Conservative
BC 0 (18.6%)NT 0 (12.2%)ON 0 (0.3%)QC 3 (5.7%)NS 0 (0.4%)
3
seats
Independent
ON 0 (<0.1%)QC 1 (1.3%)NB 0 (3.4%)NS 0 (5.8%)
1
seats
Nationalist Conservative
QC 2 (2.4%)
2
seats
Unknown
ON 0 (3.1%)QC 0 (6.1%)NB 0 (6.5%)NS 0 (0.2%)
0
seats
Nationalist
QC 1 (3.3%)
1
seats
Total seats
215