1968 Canadian Federal Election
June 25, 1968 · The Trudeau years · 264 seats, 133 for a majority
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
| 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.
| Liberal | 1641.8% | 435.7% | 227.1% | 541.5% | 6346.2% | 5653.6% | 544.4% | 138.0% | 045.0% | 142.8% | 163.8% | 047.0% | 15445.4% |
| Progressive Conservative | 018.9% | 1551.0% | 537.0% | 531.4% | 1732.0% | 421.4% | 549.7% | 1055.2% | 451.8% | 652.7% | 023.4% | 148.0% | 7231.4% |
| New Democratic | 732.6% | 09.4% | 635.7% | 325.0% | 620.6% | 07.5% | 04.9% | 06.7% | 03.2% | 04.4% | 012.8% | 05.0% | 2217.0% |
| Ralliement créditiste | 1416.4% | 00.7% | 144.4% | ||||||||||
| Independent | 00.1% | 00.2% | 00.2% | 00.3% | 10.6% | 00.6% | 00.2% | 10.4% | |||||
| Liberal-Labour | 10.3% | 10.1% | |||||||||||
| Total seats | 23 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 88 | 74 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 264 |