Canadian General Election 1887

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 %

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

43.13

40.15

7.26

4.96

4.48

Lib

Cons

Lib-Kon

Independent

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 1882

 % p

 15th

 10

   5

   0

  -5

-10

-15

-20

-25

+12.03

+12.32

-5.30

+2.08

-21.14

Lib

Cons

Lib-Kon

Independent

Otherwise.

80

26th

3

10

96

80 26th 3 10 96 

A total of 215 seats

• Lib : 80
• Lib-Kon : 26
• Otherwise: 3
• Independent: 10
• Cons : 96

The sixth Canadian general election (Engl. 6th Canadian General Election , French. 6e élection fédérale canadienne ) was held on 22 February 1887. 215 deputies were elected the Canadian House of Commons (Engl. House of Commons , fr. Chambre des Communes ).

The vote

The Conservative Party of Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald and its affiliated Liberal-Conservatives could result maintained its majority for the third time. The Liberal Party , led by Edward Blake , recorded individual seat wins as it did five years earlier, but again failed to bring about a change of government. For the first time, the residents of the Northwest Territories , which at that time also included the present-day provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan and parts of Manitoba , were eligible to vote .

The turnout was 70.1%.

Results

Overall result

Overview of the provinces and territories

John Macdonald

Edward Blake

Political party		Chairman	candidates data	Seats 1882	Seats 1887	+/-	be right	Share of voters	+/-
	Conservative Party	John Macdonald	172	094	096	+ 02	291,138	40.15%	+ 12.32%
	Liberal Conservative Party 1		031	039	026th	- 13	52,667	7.26%	- 5.30%
	Liberal Party	Edward Blake	184	073	080	+ 07	312,736	43.13%	+ 12.03%
	Independent liberals		009	002	06th	+ 04	15,695	2.16%	+ 1.05%
	Independent Conservatives		008th	001	03	+ 02	11,345	1.56%	+ 1.39%
	Independent		010	001	01		8,984	1.24%	- 0.35%
	Nationalist Conservatives		002	001	02	+ 01	3,522	0.49%	+ 0.28%
	Nationalists		006th		01	+ 01	4,784	0.66%	+ 0.66%
	not known		18th				24,172	3.33%	- 22.08%
total			440	211	215	+ 04	0725.043	100.0%

¹ The Liberal Conservatives and the Conservatives formed a parliamentary group in the House of Commons

Acclamations

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

• British Columbia: 1 Conservative
• Manitoba: 1 Liberal Conservative
• Québec: 1 Conservatives, 3 Liberals

Result by provinces and territories

Political party			BC	NW	MB	ON	QC	NB	NS	PE	total
	Conservative Party	Seats	4th	4th	2	45	23	8th	10		96
		Percentage ownership %	62.3	53.3	32.9	43.4	35.6	39.4	41.3	39.0	40.2
	Liberal Conservative Party	Seats	2		1	9	8th	2	4th		26th
		Percentage ownership %	22.1		17.4	5.7	9.2	6.0	10.7	7.5	7.3
	Liberal Party	Seats			2	37	24	5	7th	5	80
		Percentage ownership %	15.6	34.5	44.6	46.9	41.7	40.9	41.9	41.8	43.1
	Independent liberals	Seats				1	3	1		1	6th
		Percentage ownership %			5.2	0.8	3.7	3.8		11.7	2.2
	Independent Conservatives	Seats					3				3
		Percentage ownership %	18.6	12.2		0.3	5.7		0.4		1.6
	Independent	Seats					1				1
		Percentage ownership %				<0.05	1.3	3.4	5.8		1.2
	Nationalist Conservatives	Seats					2				2
		Percentage ownership %					2.4				0.5
	Nationalists	Seats					1				1
		Percentage ownership %					3.3				0.7
	not known	Percentage ownership %				3.1	6.1	6.5	0.2		3.3
Total seats			6th	4th	5	92	65	16	21st	6th	215

See also

• Elections in Canada

Web links

• Elections Canada (Electoral Authority)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Voter Turnout at Federal Elections and Referendums. Elections Canada, February 18, 2013, accessed July 4, 2015 .