Canadian General Election 1872

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 %
40
30th
20th
10
0
34.72
25.76
12.90
3.98
22.65
Independent
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to 1867
 % p
 14th
 12
 10
   8th
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
  -8th
-10
-12
-14
-16
-18
-20
+12.05
+2.31
+1.82
+2.94
-19.11
Independent
Otherwise.
95
1
5
36
63
95 1 5 36 63 
A total of 200 seats
  • Lib : 95
  • Otherwise: 1
  • Independent: 5
  • Lib-Kon : 36
  • Cons : 63

The 2nd Canadian general election (Engl. 2nd Canadian General Election , French. 2e élection fédérale canadienne ) took place from 20 July to 12 October 1872. 200 Members of the elected Canadian House of Commons (Engl. House of Commons , fr. Chambre des Communes ). The Conservative Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald could defend their seat majority just with the support of independent MP and continued to provide the government.

The vote

Edward Blake , who held a seat in both the Canadian House of Commons and the Ontario Legislative Assembly , resigned as Prime Minister of the Province of Ontario after dual mandates at the federal and provincial levels had been abolished. Had the Liberal Party been victorious, Blake would have assumed the office of Prime Minister of Canada . The party had no official chairman until 1873, when Alexander Mackenzie was elected to this office. Blake was sick most of the campaign and it was Mackenzie who was campaigning in Ontario (but not in the other provinces).

The general election of 1872 was the first to be held in the new provinces of British Columbia and Manitoba . Shortly after joining the Canadian Confederation (1870 and 1872), separate elections were held in both provinces to enable adequate representation there before the end of the legislative period.

The turnout was 70.3%.

Results

Overall result

Overview of the provinces
John Macdonald
Edward Blake
Political party Chairman candidates
data 		Seats
1867 		Seats
1872 		+/- be right Share of
voters 		+/-
  Conservative Party John Macdonald 092 071 063 - 08 82.024 25.76% + 2.31%
  Liberal Conservative Party 1 048 029 036 + 07 41,076 12.90% + 1.82%
  Liberal Party Edward Blake 2 111 062 095 + 33 110,556 34.72% + 12.05%
  Independent 004th 001 + 01 5,213 1.64% + 1.25%
  Independent Conservatives 003 002 + 02 2,220 0.70% + 0.70%
  Independent liberals 004th 002 + 02 5,232 1.64% + 0.98%
  Conservative Labor 001 001 + 01 1,422 0.45% + 0.45%
  not known 104 70,704 22.20% - 11.64%
  Anti-Confederation Party 018th - 18th
total 367 180 200 + 20 0320.037 100.0%

1 The Liberal Conservatives together with the Conservatives formed a parliamentary group in the House of Commons.
2 Edward Blake was only unofficially the party leader

Acclamations

52 MPs were elected by acclamation due to a lack of opposing candidates :

  • British Columbia: 3 Liberal Conservatives
  • Manitoba: 1 Liberal Conservative
  • Ontario: 3 Conservatives, 3 Liberal Conservatives, 10 Liberals
  • Québec: 9 Conservatives, 5 Liberal Conservatives, 5 Liberals
  • New Brunswick: 6 Liberals
  • Nova Scotia: 1 Conservative, 4 Liberal Conservatives, 2 Liberals

Result by provinces

Political party BC MB ON QC NB NS total
Conservative Party Seats 1 1 26th 26th 2 7th 63
Percentage ownership % 4.5 29.7 25.9 31.5 8.4 23.5 25.8
Liberal Conservative Party Seats 3 1 12 11 3 6th 36
Percentage ownership % 11.9 10.5 17.8 19.8 12.9
Liberal Party Seats 2 1 48 27 9 8th 95
Percentage ownership % 83.7 35.6 35.3 32.6 46.8 28.1 34.7
Conservative Labor Seats 1 1
Percentage ownership % 0.9 0.4
Independent Seats 1 1
Percentage ownership % 0.8 1.7 6.1 1.6
Independent liberals Seats 1 1 2
Percentage ownership % 1.7 6.1 1.6
Independent Conservatives Seats 1 1 2
Percentage ownership % 19.8 2.2 0.7
not known Percentage ownership % 11.8 14.9 23.4 21.5 26.9 16.4 22.2
Total seats 6th 4th 88 65 16 21st 200

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Voter Turnout at Federal Elections and Referendums. Elections Canada, February 18, 2013, accessed July 3, 2015 .

See also