Canadian general election 1974

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 %
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
43.15
35.46
15.44
5.06
0.89
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to 1972
 % p
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
+4.73
+0.44
-2.39
-2.49
-0.29
Otherwise.
16
141
1
95
11
16 141 1 95 11 
A total of 264 seats
  • NDP : 16
  • Lib : 141
  • Independent: 1
  • PC : 95
  • SoCred : 11

The 30th Canadian General Election ( English 30th Canadian General Election , French 30e élection fédérale canadienne ) took place on 8 July 1974th 264 deputies were elected the Canadian House of Commons (Engl. House of Commons , fr. Chambre des Communes ). The Liberal Party of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau , who led a minority government for two years could increase their share of the vote and won an absolute majority of seats.

The vote

The main theme of the election campaign was the containment of high inflation . Opposition leader Robert Stanfield , leader of the Progressive Conservative Party , had proposed freezing prices and wages for 90 days. Trudeau saw this as an attack on the right of employers and workers to negotiate wages themselves and made the famous quote “Zap! You're frozen! ” (Zap! You're frozen!) Funny about it. Only a year later he introduced wage and price controls himself.

The election results split the country in two. The progressive conservatives were particularly strong in Western Canada , but the Liberals more than made up for this with their good results in Ontario and Québec . The New Democratic Party lost almost half of its seats, and the Social Credit Party also suffered losses.

The turnout was 71.0%.

Results

Overall result

Overview of the provinces and territories
Pierre Trudeau
David Lewis
Political party Chairman candidates
data 		Seats
1972 		upon
dissolution 		Seats
1974 		+/- be right Share of
voters 		+/-
  Liberal Party Pierre Trudeau 264 109 109 141 + 32 4,102,853 43.15% + 4.73%
  Progressive-Conservative Party Robert Stanfield 264 107 106 095 - 12 3,371,319 35.46% + 0.44%
  New Democratic Party David Lewis 262 031 031 016 - 15 1,467,748 15.44% - 2.39%
  Social Credit Party Real Caouette 152 015th 015th 011 - 04th 481.231 5.06% - 2.49%
  Independent 063 001 001 38,745 0.41% - 0.18%
  Marxist-Leninists Hardial Bains 104 16,261 0.17%
  Communist Party William Kashtan 069 12,100 0.13%
  Other parties 028 17,124 0.18% - 0.15%
  Not partisan 003 001 001 - 01 551 0.01% - 0.24%
  vacant 002
total 1,209 264 264 264 9,507,932 100.0%

Result by provinces and territories

Political party BC FROM SK MB ON QC NB NS PE NL NW YK total
Liberal Party Seats 8th 3 2 55 60 6th 2 1 4th 141
Percentage ownership % 33.8 24.8 30.7 27.4 45.1 54.1 47.2 40.7 46.2 46.7 24.7 33.5 43.2
Progressive-Conservative Party Seats 13 19th 8th 9 25th 3 3 8th 3 3 1 95
Percentage ownership % 41.9 61.2 36.4 47.7 35.1 21.2 33.0 47.5 49.1 43.6 33.2 47.1 35.5
New Democratic Party Seats 2 2 2 8th 1 1 16
Percentage ownership % 23.0 9.3 31.5 23.5 19.1 6.6 8.7 11.2 4.6 9.5 42.1 19.5 15.4
Social Credit Party Seats 11 11
Percentage ownership % 1.2 3.4 1.1 1.1 0.2 17.1 2.9 0.4 0.1 5.1
Independent Seats 1 1
Percentage ownership % 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 8.1 0.1 0.4
Marxist-Leninists Percentage ownership % 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 <0.1 0.1 0.2
Communist Party Percentage ownership % 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Other parties Percentage ownership % <0.1 1.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.2
Not partisan Percentage ownership % <0.1 <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