1980 Canadian General Election

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 %
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
44.34
32.45
19.77
1.70
1.73
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to 1979
 % p
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
+4.23
-3.44
+1.89
-2.91
+0.22
Otherwise.
32
147
103
32 147 103 
A total of 282 seats

The 32nd Canadian General Election (English 32nd Canadian General Election , French 32e élection fédérale canadienne ) was held on February 18 1980th 282 MPs of the Canadian House of Commons (English House of Commons , French Chambre des Communes ) were elected. The election had become necessary because Joe Clark's progressive-conservative minority government had failed due to a vote of no confidence . The Liberal Party , led by Pierre Trudeau , was able to win an absolute majority and, after a little more than eight months of interruption, re-established the government.

The vote

Since the May 1979 election , Prime Minister Joe Clark had been criticized for his inexperience. In order to be able to form a stable government, he would have had to rely on the support of the six MPs of the Social Credit Party , but he refused to cooperate. When Treasury Secretary John Crosbie presented a budget that, contrary to election promises, provided for an increase in gasoline taxes, Bob Rae of the New Democratic Party (NDP) brought in a no-confidence vote , which was accepted by 139 votes to 133.

Pierre Trudeau had announced his resignation as party leader of the Liberals after the last election. In the meantime, however, no successor had been elected, which is why he withdrew his announcement. Trudeau led the Liberals to victory. However, the election result clearly separated the country: More than half of the Liberal MPs came from Québec (where they had won 74 out of 75 constituencies), while the party was almost completely absent in Western Canada . The opposite was true for the progressive conservatives: great successes in the west were matched by a few seats in the east.

The NDP achieved its best result so far. In contrast, the Social Credit Party, whose abstention from the vote of no confidence had made the early election necessary, lost all remaining seats and subsequently sank into complete insignificance. The electoral success of the fun party Parti Rhinocéros caused a sensation , which received over 1% of the vote (in Québec even 3%).

The turnout was 69.3%.

Results

Overall result

Overview of the provinces and territories
Pierre Trudeau
Political party Chairman candidates
data 		Seats
1974 		upon
dissolution 		Seats
1979 		+/- be right Share of
voters 		+/-
  Liberal Party Pierre Trudeau 282 114 114 147 + 33 4,855,425 44.34% + 4.23%
  Progressive-Conservative Party Joe Clark 282 136 136 103 - 33 3,552,994 32.45% - 3.44%
  New Democratic Party Ed Broadbent 280 026th 027 032 + 06 2,165,087 19.77% + 1.89%
  Social Credit Party Fabien Roy 081 006th 005 - 06 185.486 1.70% - 2.91%
  Parti Rhinoceros Cornelius I. 121 110,597 1.01% + 0.46%
  Marxist-Leninists Hardial Bains 177 14,728 0.13% + 0.01%
  Libertarian party 058 14,656 0.13% - 0.01%
  Union populaire 054 14,474 0.13% - 0.04%
  Independent 055 14,472 0.13% - 0.14%
  Other parties 041 12,532 0.11% - 0.08%
  Communist Party William Kashtan 052 6,022 0.06% - 0.02%
  Not partisan 014th 3,063 0.03% + 0.03%
total 1,497 282 282 282 10,949,536 100.0%

Result by provinces and territories

Political party BC FROM SK MB ON QC NB NS PE NL NW YK total
Liberal Party Seats 2 52 74 7th 5 2 5 147
Percentage ownership % 22.2 22.2 24.2 28.0 41.9 68.2 50.1 39.9 46.8 47.0 35.8 39.6 44.3
Progressive-Conservative Party Seats 16 21st 7th 5 38 1 3 6th 2 2 1 1 103
Percentage ownership % 41.5 64.9 38.9 37.7 35.5 12.6 32.5 38.7 46.3 36.0 24.7 40.6 32.4
New Democratic Party Seats 12 7th 7th 5 1 32
Percentage ownership % 35.3 10.3 36.3 33.5 21.8 9.1 16.2 20.9 6.6 16.7 38.4 19.8 19.8
Social Credit Party Percentage ownership % 0.1 1.0 <0.1 <0.1 5.9 1.7
Parti Rhinoceros Percentage ownership % 0.4 0.7 0.1 0.4 0.2 3.0 0.5 0.2 1.1 1.0
Marxist-Leninists Percentage ownership % 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 <0.1 <0.1 <0.1 0.1 0.1
Libertarian party Percentage ownership % <0.1 0.3 0.1 <0.1 0.1
Union populaire Percentage ownership % 0.5 0.1
Independent Percentage ownership % 0.3 0.3 0.1 <0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.1
Other parties Percentage ownership % <0.1 0.5 0.2 0.1 <0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1
Communist Party Percentage ownership % 0.1 0.1 <0.1 0.1 0.1 <0.1 0.1
Not partisan Percentage ownership % <0.1 0.1 0.1 <0.1
Totally sit 28 21st 14th 14th 95 75 10 11 4th 7th 2 1 282

Web links

Individual evidence

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

See also