2006 Canadian Federal Election
January 23, 2006 · The modern battleground · 308 seats, 155 for a majority
Stephen Harper's Conservatives ended twelve years of Liberal rule with a minority of 124 seats, the sponsorship scandal having done for Paul Martin's government within two years of his taking office.
Prime Minister before
Paul Martin
Liberal
Prime Minister after
Stephen Harper
Conservative
Government formed
Conservative
minority government
Turnout
64.7%
The result
| Share of House | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Stephen Harper | 124 | +26 | 5,374,071 | 36.3% | +6.6 | |
| Liberal | Paul Martin | 103 | -30 | 4,479,415 | 30.2% | -6.5 | |
| Bloc Québécois | Gilles Duceppe | 51 | -2 | 1,553,201 | 10.5% | -1.9 | |
| New Democratic | Jack Layton | 29 | +11 | 2,589,597 | 17.5% | +1.8 |
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.
| Conservative | 1737.3% | 2865.0% | 1248.9% | 842.8% | 4035.1% | 1024.6% | 335.7% | 329.7% | 033.4% | 342.7% | 029.6% | 019.8% | 023.7% | 12436.2% |
| Liberal | 927.6% | 015.3% | 222.4% | 326.0% | 5439.9% | 1320.7% | 639.2% | 637.1% | 452.5% | 442.8% | 139.1% | 034.9% | 148.5% | 10330.2% |
| Bloc Québécois | 5142.1% | 5110.5% | ||||||||||||
| New Democrat | 1028.6% | 011.6% | 024.0% | 325.4% | 1219.4% | 07.5% | 121.9% | 229.8% | 09.6% | 013.6% | 017.6% | 142.1% | 023.8% | 2917.5% |
| Independent / No affiliation | 10.9% | 10.1% | ||||||||||||
| Total seats | 36 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 106 | 75 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 308 |