Canadian general election 1968

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 %
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
45.37
31.43
16.96
4.43
0.85
0.96
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to 1965
 % p
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
+5.19
-0.98
-0.95
-0.23
-2.81
-0.22
Otherwise.
22nd
1
154
1
72
14th
22nd 1 154 1 72 14th 
A total of 264 seats
  • NDP : 22
  • Otherwise: 1
  • Lib : 154
  • Independent: 1
  • PC : 72
  • RCred : 14

The 28th Canadian General Election ( English 28th Canadian General Election , French 28e élection fédérale canadienne ) took place on June 25 1968th 264 were elected deputies of the Canadian House of Commons (Engl. House of Commons , fr. Chambre des Communes ). The Liberal Party, with its new chairman Pierre Trudeau , succeeded in gaining an absolute majority.

The vote

The Liberal election campaign was aimed entirely at the charismatic Pierre Trudeau, who in April 1968 surprisingly won the election of party chairman and succeeded Lester Pearson . With its non-conformist style, it corresponded completely to the zeitgeist of the 1968 movement and triggered a media hype that was jokingly called "Trudeaumania". Trudeau promised to expand the social works and thereby create a "just society".

Robert Stanfield has been at the forefront of the progressive conservatives since 1967 . The former Prime Minister of the Province of Nova Scotia , however, faced a deep split in the party that had emerged after the forced resignation of John Diefenbaker . The New Democratic Party , led by Tommy Douglas , did not achieve the breakthrough it had hoped for and remained limited to the left political spectrum. The Social Credit Party lost all seats, while the Ralliement créditiste , a French-Canadian split, rose to become the second largest party in the province of Québec .

For the first time, there was a televised debate with the leaders of the major parties before the election. For the last time, several provinces lost individual seats after a reorganization of the constituencies and for the only time the total number of seats decreased (264 compared to 265). Subsequent constitutional amendments made such a case much less likely in the future.

The turnout was 75.7%.

Results

Overall result

Overview of the provinces and territories
Pierre Trudeau
Tommy Douglas
Real Caouette
Political party Chairman candidates
data 		Seats in
1965 		upon
dissolution 		Seats
1968 		+/- be right Share of
voters 		+/-
  Liberal Party Pierre Trudeau 262 131 128 154 + 23 3,686,801 45.37% + 5.19%
  Progressive-Conservative Party Robert Stanfield 263 097 094 072 - 25 2,554,397 31.43% - 0.98%
  New Democratic Party Tommy Douglas 263 021st 022nd 022nd + 01 1,378,263 16.96% - 0.95%
  Ralliement créditiste Real Caouette 072 009 008th 014th + 05 360.404 4.43% - 0.23%
  Independent 029 001 002 001 36,543 0.45% - 0.23%
  Liberal Labor 1 001 001 + 01 10.144 0.12% + 0.12%
  Social Credit Party AB Patterson 032 005 004th - 05th 68,742 0.85% - 2.81%
  Independent liberals 011 16,785 0.21% - 0.01%
  Parti Rhinoceros Cornelius I. 002 5,802 0.07% + 0.07%
  Communist Party William Kashtan 014th 4,465 0.05% - 0.01%
  Independent progressive conservatives 005 001 - 01 2,762 0.03% - 0.14%
  Démocratisation économique 005 2,651 0.03% + 0.03%
  Franc Lib 001 2.141 0.03% + 0.03%
  Independent Conservatives 001 632 0.01%
  reform 001 420 0.01% + 0.01%
  conservative 001 339 <0.01% + <0.01%
  Esprit social 001 311 <0.01% + <0.01%
  Socialist Labor Party 001 202 <0.01%
  Republican Party 001 175 <0.01%
  New Canada 001 148 <0.01%
  Parti socialiste national 001 89 <0.01%
  vacant 007th
total 967 265 265 264 - 01 8,126,768 100.0%

1 the Liberal Labor MP joined the Liberal Group

Result by provinces and territories

Political party BC FROM SK MB ON QC NB NS PE NL NW YK total
Liberal Party Seats 16 4th 2 5 63 56 5 1 1 1 154
Percentage ownership % 41.8 35.7 27.1 41.5 46.2 53.6 44.4 38.0 45.0 42.8 63.8 47.0 45.4
Progressive-Conservative Party Seats 15th 5 5 17th 4th 5 10 4th 6th 1 72
Percentage ownership % 18.9 51.0 37.0 31.4 32.0 21.1 49.7 55.2 51.8 52.7 23.4 48.0 31.4
New Democratic Party Seats 7th 6th 3 6th 22nd
Percentage ownership % 32.6 9.4 35.7 25.0 20.6 7.5 4.9 6.7 3.2 4.4 12.8 5.0 17.0
Ralliement créditiste Seats 14th 14th
Percentage ownership % 16.4 0.7 4.4
Independent Seats 1 1
Percentage ownership % 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.2 0.4
Liberal Labor Seats 1 1
Percentage ownership % 0.3 0.1
Social Credit Party proportion of 6.4% 1.9% 1.5% <0.1% 0.1% 0.8%
Independent liberals Percentage ownership % 1.5 0.1 0.2 0.2
Parti Rhinoceros Percentage ownership % 0.3 0.1
Communist Party Percentage ownership % 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 <0.1 0.1
Independent progressive conservatives Percentage ownership % 0.2 <0.1 <0.1 0.1 0.1 <0.1
Démocratisation économique Percentage ownership % 0.1 <0.1
Franc Lib Percentage ownership % 0.1 <0.1
Independent Conservatives Percentage ownership % 0.2 <0.1
reform Percentage ownership % 0.1 <0.1
conservative Percentage ownership % <0.1 <0.1
Esprit social Percentage ownership % <0.1 <0.1
Socialist Labor Party Percentage ownership % <0.1 <0.1
Republican Party Percentage ownership % 0.1 <0.1
New Canada Percentage ownership % <0.1 <0.1
Parti socialiste national Percentage ownership % <0.1 <0.1
Totally sit 23 19th 13 13 88 74 10 11 4th 7th 1 1 264

Web links

Individual evidence

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

See also