1988 Canadian Federal Election
Free trade electionNovember 21, 1988 · Mulroney & the great collapse · 295 seats, 148 for a majority
The free trade election: John Turner vowed to tear up the Canada–US Free Trade Agreement and Brian Mulroney staked his government on it. Mulroney's 169 seats ratified the deal, though a majority of voters backed parties opposed to it.
Prime Minister before
Brian Mulroney
Progressive Conservative
Prime Minister (continued)
Brian Mulroney
Progressive Conservative
Government formed
Progressive Conservative
majority government
Turnout
75.3%
The result
| Share of House | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | Brian Mulroney | 169 | -34 | 5,667,543 | 43.0% | -7.0 | |
| Liberal | John Turner | 83 | +45 | 4,205,072 | 31.9% | +3.9 | |
| New Democratic | Ed Broadbent | 43 | +11 | 2,685,263 | 20.4% | +1.6 |
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 | 1235.3% | 2551.8% | 436.4% | 736.9% | 4638.2% | 6352.7% | 540.4% | 540.9% | 041.5% | 242.2% | 026.4% | 035.3% | 16943.0% |
| Liberal | 120.4% | 013.7% | 018.2% | 536.5% | 4338.9% | 1230.3% | 545.4% | 646.5% | 449.9% | 545.0% | 241.4% | 011.3% | 8331.9% |
| New Democratic | 1937.0% | 117.4% | 1044.2% | 221.3% | 1020.1% | 014.4% | 09.3% | 011.4% | 07.5% | 012.4% | 028.3% | 151.4% | 4320.4% |
| Total seats | 32 | 26 | 14 | 14 | 99 | 75 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 295 |