Trudeaumania: three weeks after winning the Liberal leadership, Pierre Trudeau won the majority that had eluded Pearson, campaigning for a 'Just Society' against a Conservative Party still led by the man he would dominate, Robert Stanfield.
Prime Minister before
Pierre Trudeau
Liberal
Prime Minister (continued)
Pierre Trudeau
Liberal
Government formed
Liberal
majority government
Turnout
75.7%
The result
Liberal
Pierre Trudeau · +26 seats · 45.4%
154
seats
Progressive Conservative
Robert Stanfield · -22 seats · 31.4%
72
seats
New Democratic
Tommy Douglas · 0 seats · 17.0%
22
seats
Ralliement créditiste
Réal Caouette · +6 seats · 4.4%
14
seats
Social Credit
A.B. Patterson · -3 seats · 0.8%
0
seats
Share of House
Liberal
Pierre Trudeau
154
+26
3,686,801
45.4%
+5.2
Progressive Conservative
Robert Stanfield
72
-22
2,554,397
31.4%
-1.0
New Democratic
Tommy Douglas
22
0
1,378,263
17.0%
-0.9
Ralliement créditiste
Réal Caouette
14
+6
360,404
4.4%
-0.2
Social Credit
A.B. Patterson
0
-3
68,742
0.8%
-2.8
2 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.