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
| Share of House | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Jean Chrétien | 155 | -19 | 4,994,277 | 38.5% | -2.8 | |
| Reform | Preston Manning | 60 | +10 | 2,513,080 | 19.4% | +0.7 | |
| Bloc Québécois | Gilles Duceppe | 44 | -6 | 1,385,821 | 10.7% | -2.9 | |
| New Democratic | Alexa McDonough | 21 | +12 | 1,434,509 | 11.1% | +4.2 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Jean Charest | 20 | +18 | 2,446,705 | 18.8% | +2.8 |
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 | 628.8% | 224.0% | 124.7% | 634.3% | 10149.5% | 2636.7% | 332.9% | 028.4% | 444.8% | 437.9% | 243.1% | 022.0% | 15538.5% |
| Reform | 2543.1% | 2454.6% | 836.0% | 323.7% | 019.1% | 00.3% | 013.1% | 09.7% | 01.5% | 02.5% | 011.7% | 025.3% | 6019.4% |
| Bloc Québécois | 4437.9% | 4410.7% | |||||||||||
| New Democratic | 318.2% | 05.7% | 530.9% | 423.2% | 010.7% | 02.0% | 218.4% | 630.4% | 015.1% | 022.0% | 020.9% | 128.9% | 2111.0% |
| Progressive Conservative | 06.2% | 014.4% | 07.8% | 117.8% | 118.8% | 522.2% | 535.0% | 530.8% | 038.3% | 336.8% | 016.7% | 013.9% | 2018.8% |
| Other | 00.6% | 00.2% | 00.1% | 00.3% | 10.6% | 00.4% | 00.4% | 00.5% | 07.6% | 08.9% | 10.5% | ||
| Total seats | 34 | 26 | 14 | 14 | 103 | 75 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 301 |