1984 Canadian Federal Election
September 4, 1984 · Mulroney & the great collapse · 282 seats, 142 for a majority
Brian Mulroney's 211 seats remain the most ever won by a Canadian party, a sweep of every province including 58 of Quebec's 75 seats, ending two decades of Liberal dominance. John Turner had been Prime Minister for 79 days.
Prime Minister before
John Turner
Liberal
Prime Minister after
Brian Mulroney
Progressive Conservative
Government formed
Progressive Conservative
majority government
Turnout
75.3%
The result
| Share of House | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | Brian Mulroney | 211 | +111 | 6,278,818 | 50.0% | +17.6 | |
| Liberal | John Turner | 40 | -95 | 3,516,486 | 28.0% | -16.3 | |
| New Democratic | Ed Broadbent | 30 | -1 | 2,359,915 | 18.8% | -1.0 |
1 further seat 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.
| Progressive Conservative | 1946.6% | 2168.8% | 941.7% | 943.2% | 6747.6% | 5850.2% | 953.6% | 950.7% | 352.0% | 457.6% | 241.3% | 156.8% | 21150.0% |
| Liberal | 116.4% | 012.7% | 018.2% | 121.8% | 1429.8% | 1735.4% | 131.9% | 233.6% | 141.0% | 336.4% | 026.9% | 021.7% | 4028.0% |
| New Democratic | 835.1% | 014.1% | 538.4% | 427.2% | 1320.8% | 08.8% | 014.1% | 015.2% | 06.5% | 05.8% | 028.2% | 016.1% | 3018.8% |
| No affiliation | 0<0.1% | 00.2% | 10.8% | 0<0.1% | 00.4% | 10.3% | |||||||
| Total seats | 28 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 95 | 75 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 282 |