1997 Canadian Federal Election
June 2, 1997 · Mulroney & the great collapse · 301 seats, 151 for a majority
Chrétien held his majority with 155 seats in a five-party House: Preston Manning's Reform became official opposition, the Bloc slipped, and the PCs and NDP recovered official party status.
Prime Minister before
Jean Chrétien
Liberal
Prime Minister (continued)
Jean Chrétien
Liberal
Government formed
Liberal
majority government
Turnout
67.0%
The result
Liberal
Jean Chrétien · -19 seats · 38.5%
155
seats
Reform
Preston Manning · +10 seats · 19.4%
60
seats
Bloc Québécois
Gilles Duceppe · -6 seats · 10.7%
44
seats
New Democratic
Alexa McDonough · +12 seats · 11.1%
21
seats
Progressive Conservative
Jean Charest · +18 seats · 18.8%
20
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.
Liberal
BC 6 (28.8%)AB 2 (24.0%)SK 1 (24.7%)MB 6 (34.3%)ON 101 (49.5%)QC 26 (36.7%)NB 3 (32.9%)NS 0 (28.4%)PE 4 (44.8%)NL 4 (37.9%)NT 2 (43.1%)YT 0 (22.0%)
155
seats
Reform
BC 25 (43.1%)AB 24 (54.6%)SK 8 (36.0%)MB 3 (23.7%)ON 0 (19.1%)QC 0 (0.3%)NB 0 (13.1%)NS 0 (9.7%)PE 0 (1.5%)NL 0 (2.5%)NT 0 (11.7%)YT 0 (25.3%)
60
seats
Bloc Québécois
QC 44 (37.9%)
44
seats
New Democratic
BC 3 (18.2%)AB 0 (5.7%)SK 5 (30.9%)MB 4 (23.2%)ON 0 (10.7%)QC 0 (2.0%)NB 2 (18.4%)NS 6 (30.4%)PE 0 (15.1%)NL 0 (22.0%)NT 0 (20.9%)YT 1 (28.9%)
21
seats
Progressive Conservative
BC 0 (6.2%)AB 0 (14.4%)SK 0 (7.8%)MB 1 (17.8%)ON 1 (18.8%)QC 5 (22.2%)NB 5 (35.0%)NS 5 (30.8%)PE 0 (38.3%)NL 3 (36.8%)NT 0 (16.7%)YT 0 (13.9%)
20
seats
Other
BC 0 (0.6%)AB 0 (0.2%)SK 0 (0.1%)MB 0 (0.3%)ON 1 (0.6%)QC 0 (0.4%)NS 0 (0.4%)NL 0 (0.5%)NT 0 (7.6%)YT 0 (8.9%)
1
seats
Total seats
301