2004 Canadian Federal Election
June 28, 2004 · The modern battleground · 308 seats, 155 for a majority
Paul Martin, freshly installed as Prime Minister, was reduced to a minority as the sponsorship scandal broke and the newly merged Conservative Party under Harper fought its first campaign, ending the era of the divided right.
Prime Minister before
Paul Martin
Liberal
Prime Minister (continued)
Paul Martin
Liberal
Government formed
Liberal
minority government
Turnout
60.9%
The result
| Share of House | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Paul Martin | 135 | -33 | 4,982,220 | 36.7% | -4.1 | |
| Conservative | Stephen Harper | 99 | +27 | 4,019,498 | 29.6% | -8.1 | |
| Bloc Québécois | Gilles Duceppe | 54 | +21 | 1,680,109 | 12.4% | +1.7 | |
| New Democratic | Jack Layton | 19 | +5 | 2,127,403 | 15.7% | +7.2 |
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 | 828.6% | 222.0% | 127.2% | 333.2% | 7544.7% | 2133.9% | 744.6% | 639.7% | 452.5% | 548.0% | 151.3% | 139.4% | 145.7% | 13536.7% |
| Conservative | 2236.3% | 2661.7% | 1341.8% | 739.1% | 2431.5% | 08.8% | 231.1% | 328.0% | 030.7% | 232.3% | 014.4% | 017.2% | 020.9% | 9929.6% |
| Bloc Québécois | 5448.9% | 5412.4% | ||||||||||||
| New Democratic | 526.6% | 09.5% | 023.4% | 423.5% | 718.1% | 04.6% | 120.6% | 228.4% | 012.5% | 017.5% | 015.2% | 039.1% | 025.7% | 1915.7% |
| No Affiliation | 11.0% | 0 | 0 | 10.1% | ||||||||||
| Total seats | 36 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 106 | 75 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 308 |