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

Progressive Conservative
Brian Mulroney · +111 seats · 50.0%
211
seats
Liberal
John Turner · -95 seats · 28.0%
40
seats
New Democratic
Ed Broadbent · -1 seats · 18.8%
30
seats

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
BC 19 (46.6%)AB 21 (68.8%)SK 9 (41.7%)MB 9 (43.2%)ON 67 (47.6%)QC 58 (50.2%)NB 9 (53.6%)NS 9 (50.7%)PE 3 (52.0%)NL 4 (57.6%)NT 2 (41.3%)YT 1 (56.8%)
211
seats
Liberal
BC 1 (16.4%)AB 0 (12.7%)SK 0 (18.2%)MB 1 (21.8%)ON 14 (29.8%)QC 17 (35.4%)NB 1 (31.9%)NS 2 (33.6%)PE 1 (41.0%)NL 3 (36.4%)NT 0 (26.9%)YT 0 (21.7%)
40
seats
New Democratic
BC 8 (35.1%)AB 0 (14.1%)SK 5 (38.4%)MB 4 (27.2%)ON 13 (20.8%)QC 0 (8.8%)NB 0 (14.1%)NS 0 (15.2%)PE 0 (6.5%)NL 0 (5.8%)NT 0 (28.2%)YT 0 (16.1%)
30
seats
No affiliation
BC 0 (<0.1%)AB 0 (0.2%)ON 1 (0.8%)QC 0 (<0.1%)PE 0 (0.4%)
1
seats
Total seats
282