1891 Canadian Federal Election

The old flag, the old policy

March 5, 1891 · Macdonald's Canada · 215 seats, 108 for a majority

'The old flag, the old policy, the old leader': Macdonald's last campaign, fought against Liberal 'unrestricted reciprocity' with the loyalty cry, won him a fifth majority. He died three months later.

Prime Minister before

John A. Macdonald

Conservative

Prime Minister (continued)

John A. Macdonald

Conservative

Government formed

Conservative

majority government

Turnout

64.4%

The result

Conservative
John A. Macdonald · -5 seats · 48.6%
117
seats
Liberal
Wilfrid Laurier · +10 seats · 45.2%
90
seats

8 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 5 (71.6%)NT 4 (81.0%)MB 1 (12.6%)ON 39 (42.2%)QC 24 (45.4%)NB 10 (48.9%)NS 12 (41.9%)PE 2 (48.5%)
97
seats
Liberal-Conservative
BC 1MB 3 (40.5%)ON 7 (5.3%)QC 3 (3.0%)NB 2 (3.7%)NS 4 (10.8%)
20
seats
Liberal
BC 0 (28.4%)NT 0 (19.0%)MB 1 (46.9%)ON 44 (49.1%)QC 33 (45.9%)NB 4 (41.3%)NS 5 (43.6%)PE 3 (41.0%)
90
seats
Independent Conservative
ON 1 (1.3%)QC 2 (5.9%)
3
seats
Independent
ON 1 (0.7%)QC 1 (1.2%)NB 0 (3.2%)
2
seats
Nationalist
QC 1
1
seats
Independent Liberal
NB 0 (2.9%)PE 1 (10.5%)
1
seats
Nationalist Conservative
QC 1 (0.7%)
1
seats
Total seats
215