1993 Canadian Federal Election

The PC collapse

October 25, 1993 · Mulroney & the great collapse · 295 seats, 148 for a majority

The most dramatic result in Canadian history: Kim Campbell's Progressive Conservatives fell from 156 seats to 2, the Bloc Québécois became official opposition in its first election, Reform swept the West, and Jean Chrétien's Liberals took a majority of 177.

Prime Minister before

Kim Campbell

Progressive Conservative

Prime Minister after

Jean Chrétien

Liberal

Government formed

Liberal

majority government

Turnout

69.6%

The result


Liberal	Jean Chrétien	177	+96	5,647,952	41.2%	+9.3
Bloc Québécois	Lucien Bouchard	54	+44	1,846,024	13.5%	—
Reform	Preston Manning	52	+51	2,559,245	18.7%	+16.6
New Democratic	Audrey McLaughlin	9	-35	939,575	6.9%	-13.5
Progressive Conservative	Kim Campbell	2	-154	2,186,422	16.0%	-27.0

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.


Liberal	628.1%	425.1%	532.1%	1245.0%	9852.9%	1933.0%	956.0%	1152.0%	460.1%	767.3%	265.4%	023.2%	17741.3%
Bloc Québécois						5449.3%							5413.5%
Reform	2436.4%	2252.3%	427.2%	122.4%	120.1%		08.5%	013.3%	01.0%	01.0%	08.4%	013.1%	5218.7%
New Democratic	215.5%	04.1%	526.6%	116.7%	06.0%	01.5%	04.9%	06.8%	05.2%	03.5%	07.7%	143.4%	96.9%
Progressive Conservative	013.5%	014.6%	011.3%	011.9%	017.6%	113.5%	127.9%	023.5%	032.0%	026.7%	016.2%	017.7%	216.0%
Other	00.3%	00.4%	01.0%	00.1%	00.8%	11.1%	01.3%	02.1%					10.8%
Total seats	32	26	14	14	99	75	10	11	4	7	2	1	295