Canadian general election 1984

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50
40
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20th
10
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50.03
28.02
18.81
3.13
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Gains and losses
compared to 1980
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 18th
 16
 14th
 12
 10
   8th
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
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+17.58
-16.32
-0.96
-0.29
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30th
40
211
1
30th 40 211 1 
A total of 282 seats
  • NDP : 30
  • Lib : 40
  • PC : 211
  • Otherwise: 1

The 1984 Canadian General Election was the 33rd election of the Lower House and took place on September 4, 1984. 282 deputies were elected the Canadian House of Commons (Engl. House of Commons , fr. Chambre des Communes ). The Progressive Conservative Party , led by Brian Mulroney , garnered more than half of the votes and won with the largest absolute majority of seats any party in Canada has ever won. The Liberal Party of Prime Minister John Turner, however, suffered the worst defeat of a ruling party to date.

The vote

Canada had been ruled almost continuously by the Liberal Party since 1963 . Pierre Trudeau - Prime Minister from 1968 to 1979 and since 1980 - had resigned in June 1984 when opinion polls showed that with him at the helm the Liberals would almost certainly lose the election. He was followed by former Attorney General John Turner , who returned to politics after a nine-year hiatus. Contrary to the usual practice up to now, he decided not to persuade an inexperienced MP from a “safe constituency” to resign and to take over the vacant seat in a by-election . Just ten days after taking office, he called a new election.

The Liberals' election campaign was poorly organized and unable to offset the massive unpopularity caused by exposure to clientelism and corruption . As one of his last official acts, Trudeau had filled over 200 well-paid posts (senators, judges, directors of state companies) with loyal party members. These appointments sparked outrage across the political spectrum. Turner could easily have canceled these appointments, but made 70 other appointments himself. Brian Mulroney , the leader of the opposition Progressive Conservative Party , confronted Turner with this fact during the televised debates and thereby put him in great distress.

Turner's inability to overcome pent-up anger against Trudeau, as well as his own mistakes, resulted in a debacle for the Liberals. They lost over a third of their previous voters and had to accept the loss of 107 seats compared to 1980. The result was particularly dramatic in the previous stronghold of Québec , where they dropped from 74 to just 14 seats. Turner made it into parliament, but eleven ministers were voted out.

In contrast to his predecessors, Mulroney addressed not only the social conservatives in western Canada and the economic wing in Ontario and the Atlantic provinces . He also managed to win over the nationalist voters in Québec by promising comprehensive constitutional reforms that would take better account of the particular situation of Francophone Canadians . The progressive conservatives achieved the best results in all provinces and territories; they garnered more than half of all voters and won the election with the largest absolute majority of seats in Canadian history .

The turnout was 75.3%.

Results

Overall result

Overview of the provinces and territories
Brian Mulroney
Ed Broadbent
Political party Chairman candidates
data 		Seats
1979 		upon
dissolution 		Seats
1984 		+/- be right Share of
voters 		+/-
  Progressive-Conservative Party Brian Mulroney 282 103 100 211 + 108 6,278,818 50.03% + 17.58%
  Liberal Party John Turner 282 147 135 040 - 107 3,516,486 28.02% - 16.32%
  New Democratic Party Ed Broadbent 282 032 031 030th - 002nd 2,539,915 18.81% - 0.96%
  Not affiliated to a party 1 020th 001 + 001 39,298 0.31% + 0.28%
  Parti Rhinoceros Cornelius I. 088 99.178 0.79% - 0.22%
  Parti nationaliste du Québec 2 074 85,865 0.68% + 0.55%
  Confederation of Regions Elmer Knutson 055 65,655 0.52% + 0.52%
  Green party Trevor Hancock 060 26,921 0.21% + 0.21%
  Libertarian party Victor Levis 072 23,514 0.19% + 0.06%
  Independent 065 001 22,067 0.18% + 0.05%
  Social Credit Party Ken Sweigard 051 16,659 0.13% - 1.57%
  Communist Party William Kashtan 051 7,479 0.06% + 0.01%
  Commonwealth Party Gilles Gervais 066 7.007 0.06% + 0.06%
  vacant 015th 7.007 0.06% + 0.06%
total 1,449 282 282 282 12,548,862 100.0%

1 Tony Roman was elected as a "coalition candidate" in the constituency of York North. He beat the progressive-conservative incumbent John Gamble, whose far-right views had deterred many of his former constituents.
2 compared to the result of the Union populaire in the 1980 election

Result by provinces and territories

Political party BC FROM SK MB ON QC NB NS PE NL NW YK total
Progressive-Conservative Party Seats 19th 21st 9 9 67 58 9 9 3 4th 2 1 211
Percentage ownership % 46.6 68.8 41.7 43.2 47.6 50.2 53.6 50.7 52.0 57.6 41.3 56.8 50.0
Liberal Party Seats 1 1 14th 17th 1 2 1 3 40
Percentage ownership % 16.4 12.7 18.2 21.8 29.8 35.4 31.9 33.6 41.0 36.4 26.9 21.7 28.0
New Democratic Party Seats 8th 5 4th 13 30th
Percentage ownership % 35.1 14.1 38.4 27.2 20.8 8.8 14.1 15.2 6.5 5.8 28.2 16.1 18.8
Not partisan Seats 1 1
Percentage ownership % <0.1 0.2 0.8 <0.1 0.4 0.3
Parti Rhinoceros Percentage ownership % 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.1 2.4 0.3 1.1 0.8
Parti nationaliste du Québec Percentage ownership % 2.5 0.7
Confederation of Regions Percentage ownership % 0.2 2.2 1.3 6.7 0.5
Green party Percentage ownership % 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.2
Libertarian party Percentage ownership % 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 4.4 0.2
Independent Percentage ownership % 0.1 0.5 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 3.5 0.2
Social Credit Party Percentage ownership % 0.2 0.6 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1
Communist Party Percentage ownership % 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Commonwealth Party Percentage ownership % 0.2 <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