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

Conservative
Stephen Harper · +26 seats · 36.3%
124
seats
Liberal
Paul Martin · -30 seats · 30.2%
103
seats
Bloc Québécois
Gilles Duceppe · -2 seats · 10.5%
51
seats
New Democratic
Jack Layton · +11 seats · 17.5%
29
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.

Conservative
BC 17 (37.3%)AB 28 (65.0%)SK 12 (48.9%)MB 8 (42.8%)ON 40 (35.1%)QC 10 (24.6%)NB 3 (35.7%)NS 3 (29.7%)PE 0 (33.4%)NL 3 (42.7%)NU 0 (29.6%)NT 0 (19.8%)YT 0 (23.7%)
124
seats
Liberal
BC 9 (27.6%)AB 0 (15.3%)SK 2 (22.4%)MB 3 (26.0%)ON 54 (39.9%)QC 13 (20.7%)NB 6 (39.2%)NS 6 (37.1%)PE 4 (52.5%)NL 4 (42.8%)NU 1 (39.1%)NT 0 (34.9%)YT 1 (48.5%)
103
seats
Bloc Québécois
QC 51 (42.1%)
51
seats
New Democrat
BC 10 (28.6%)AB 0 (11.6%)SK 0 (24.0%)MB 3 (25.4%)ON 12 (19.4%)QC 0 (7.5%)NB 1 (21.9%)NS 2 (29.8%)PE 0 (9.6%)NL 0 (13.6%)NU 0 (17.6%)NT 1 (42.1%)YT 0 (23.8%)
29
seats
Independent / No affiliation
QC 1 (0.9%)
1
seats
Total seats
308