1980 Canadian Federal Election
February 18, 1980 · The Trudeau years · 282 seats, 142 for a majority
Joe Clark's government fell on its first budget after nine months, and Pierre Trudeau, who had announced his retirement weeks earlier, returned with a majority. The Liberals won nothing west of Manitoba, and Trudeau's National Energy Program would deepen the alienation.
Prime Minister before
Joe Clark
Progressive Conservative
Prime Minister after
Pierre Trudeau
Liberal
Government formed
Liberal
majority government
Turnout
69.3%
The result
Liberal
Pierre Trudeau · +33 seats · 44.3%
147
seats
Progressive Conservative
Joe Clark · -33 seats · 32.5%
103
seats
New Democratic
Ed Broadbent · +5 seats · 19.8%
32
seats
Social Credit
Fabien Roy · -5 seats · 1.7%
0
seats
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
BC 0 (22.2%)AB 0 (22.2%)SK 0 (24.3%)MB 2 (28.0%)ON 52 (41.9%)QC 74 (68.2%)NB 7 (50.1%)NS 5 (39.9%)PE 2 (46.8%)NL 5 (47.0%)NT 0 (35.8%)YT 0 (39.6%)
147
seats
Progressive Conservative
BC 16 (41.5%)AB 21 (64.9%)SK 7 (38.9%)MB 5 (37.7%)ON 38 (35.5%)QC 1 (12.6%)NB 3 (32.5%)NS 6 (38.7%)PE 2 (46.3%)NL 2 (36.0%)NT 1 (24.7%)YT 1 (40.6%)
103
seats
New Democratic
BC 12 (35.3%)AB 0 (10.3%)SK 7 (36.3%)MB 7 (33.5%)ON 5 (21.8%)QC 0 (9.1%)NB 0 (16.2%)NS 0 (20.9%)PE 0 (6.6%)NL 0 (16.7%)NT 1 (38.4%)YT 0 (19.8%)
32
seats
Total seats
282