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2006 Canadian federal election

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308 seats in the House of Commons
155 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout64.7% (Increase3.8pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Stephen Harper Paul Martin
Party Conservative Liberal
Leader since March 20, 2004 November 14, 2003
Leader's seat Calgary Southwest LaSalle—Émard
Last election 99 seats, 29.63% 135 seats, 36.73%
Seats before 98 133
Seats won 124 103
Seat change Increase26 Decrease30
Popular vote 5,374,071 4,479,415
Percentage 36.27% 30.23%
Swing Increase6.64pp Decrease6.50pp

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Gilles Duceppe Jack Layton
Party Bloc Québécois New Democratic
Leader since March 15, 1997 January 24, 2003
Leader's seat Laurier—
Sainte-Marie
Toronto—Danforth
Last election 54 seats, 12.39% 19 seats, 15.68%
Seats before 53 18
Seats won 51 29
Seat change Decrease2 Increase11
Popular vote 1,553,201 2,589,597
Percentage 10.48%[i] 17.48%
Swing Decrease1.91pp Increase1.80pp


The Canadian parliament after the 2006 election

Prime Minister before election

Paul Martin
Liberal

Prime Minister after election

Stephen Harper
Conservative

The 2006 Canadian federal election was held on January 23, 2006, to elect members to the House of Commons of Canada of the 39th Parliament of Canada.

New details of the sponsorship scandal were released through the Gomery Commission, and the three opposition parties aimed to bring down Liberal Prime Minister Paul Martin's minority government, contending that it was corrupt. On November 28, 2005, Martin's government was defeated on a motion of non-confidence. The day later, Martin met with Governor General Michaëlle Jean to dissolve parliament, triggering an unusual winter election.

The Conservative Party, that was formed in 2003 from the merger of the Progressive Conservative Party and the Canadian Alliance, scored its first-ever victory as they won the greatest number of seats in the House of Commons, winning 124 out of 308, up from 99 seats in 2004. Due to the emerging details of the sponsorship scandal, as well as a unified right-of-centre party, the Tories led by Stephen Harper went on to end over 12 years of Liberal rule. Harper formed the smallest minority government in Canadian history (in terms of proportion of seats), becoming prime minister. The New Democratic Party experienced a modest boost in support whereas the Bloc Québécois' seat count nearly stayed the same.

Cause of the election

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This unusual winter general election was caused by a motion of no confidence passed by the House of Commons on November 28, 2005, with Canada's three opposition parties contending that the Liberal government of Prime Minister Paul Martin was corrupt.[1] The following morning Martin met with Governor General Michaëlle Jean, who then dissolved parliament,[2] summoned the next parliament,[3] and ordered the issuance of writs of election.[4] The last set January 23, 2006, as election day and February 13 as the date for return of the writs. The campaign was almost eight weeks in length, the longest in two decades, in order to allow time for the Christmas and New Year holidays.

Recent political events, most notably testimony to the Gomery Commission investigating the sponsorship scandal, significantly weakened the Liberals (who, under Martin, had formed the first Liberal minority government since the Trudeau era) by allegations of criminal corruption in the party. The first Gomery report, released November 1, 2005, had found a "culture of entitlement" to exist within the Government. Although the next election was not legally required until 2009, the opposition had enough votes to force the dissolution of Parliament earlier. While Prime Minister Martin had committed in April 2005 to dissolve Parliament within a month of the tabling of the second Gomery Report (which was released on schedule on February 1, 2006), all three opposition parties—the Conservatives, Bloc Québécois, and New Democratic Party (NDP)—and three of the four independents decided that the issue at hand was how to correct the Liberal corruption, and the motion of non-confidence passed 171–133.

Parties

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Election signs for the Conservatives, Liberals and NDP in the snow in Ottawa South, characterizing Canada's mid-winter election

Most observers believed only the Liberals and the Conservatives were capable of forming a government in this election, although Canadian political history is not without examples of wholly unexpected outcomes, such as Ontario's provincial election in 1990. However, with the exception of the Unionist government of 1917 (which combined members of both the Conservatives and the Liberals), at the Federal stage, only Liberals or Conservatives have formed government. With the end of the campaign at hand, pollsters and pundits placed the Conservatives ahead of the Liberals.

Prime Minister Paul Martin's Liberals hoped to recapture their majority, and this appeared likely at one point during the campaign; but it would have required holding back Bloc pressure in Quebec plus picking up some new seats there while also gaining seats in English Canada, most likely in rural Ontario and southwestern British Columbia. Towards the end of the campaign, even high-profile Liberals were beginning to concede defeat, and the best the Liberals could have achieved was a razor-thin minority.

Stephen Harper's Conservatives succeeded in bringing their new party into power in Canada. While continuing weaknesses in Quebec and urban areas rightfully prompted most observers to consider a Conservative majority government to be mathematically difficult to achieve, early on, Harper's stated goal was to achieve one nonetheless. Though the Conservatives were ahead of the Liberals in Quebec, they remained far behind the Bloc Québécois, and additional gains in rural and suburban Ontario would have been necessary to meet Stephen Harper's goal. The polls had remained pretty well static over the course of December, with the real shift coming in the first few days of the New Year. That is when the Conservatives took the lead and kept it for the rest of the campaign.

Harper started off the first month of the campaign with a policy-per-day strategy, which included a GST reduction and a child-care allowance. The Liberals opted to hold any major announcements until after the Christmas holidays; as a result, Harper dominated media coverage for the first weeks of the campaign and was able to define his platform and insulate it from expected Liberal attacks. On December 27, 2005, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police announced it was investigating allegations that Liberal Finance Minister Ralph Goodale's office had engaged in insider trading before making an important announcement on the taxation of income trusts. The RCMP indicated that they had no evidence of wrongdoing or criminal activity from any party associated with the investigation, including Goodale. However, the story dominated news coverage for the following week and prevented the Liberals from making their key policy announcements, allowing the Conservatives to refocus their previous attacks about corruption within the Liberal party. The Conservatives soon found themselves leading in the polls. By early January, they made a major breakthrough in Quebec, pushing the Liberals to second place.

As their lead solidified, media coverage of the Conservatives was much more positive, while Liberals found themselves increasingly criticized for running a poor campaign and making numerous gaffes.[5]

The NDP has claimed that last minute tactical voting cost them several seats last time, as left-of-centre voters moved to the Liberals so that they could prevent a Harper-led government. Jack Layton avoided stating his party's goal was to win the election outright, instead calling for enough New Democrats to be elected to hold the balance of power in a Liberal or Conservative minority government. Political commentators have long argued that the NDP's main medium-term goal is to serve as junior partners to the Liberals in Canada's first-ever true coalition government. NDP leader Jack Layton was concerned last time over people voting Liberal so that they could avoid a Conservative government. Over the course of the last week of the campaign, Jack Layton called on Liberal voters disgusted with the corruption to "lend" their votes to the NDP to elect more NDP members to the House and hold the Conservatives to a minority.

The Bloc Québécois had a very successful result in the 2004 election, with the Liberals reduced to the core areas of federalist support in portions of Montreal and the Outaouais. Oddly enough, this meant that there were comparatively few winnable Bloc seats left—perhaps eight or so—for the party to target. With provincial allies the Parti Québécois widely tipped to regain power in 2007, a large sovereigntist contingent in the House could play a major role in reopening the matter of Quebec independence. The Bloc Québécois only runs candidates in the province of Quebec. However, Gilles Duceppe's dream of winning 50%+ of the popular vote was dashed when the polls broke after the New Year, and the Conservatives became a real threat to that vision in Quebec.

In addition to the four sitting parties, the Green Party of Canada ran candidates in all 308 federal ridings for the second consecutive election. Though the Greens had been an official party since the 1984 election, this campaign was the first in which they had stable financial support with which to campaign. After a breakthrough in the 2004 election, they exceeded the minimum 2% of the popular vote to receive federal funding. Supporters and sympathisers criticize that the party were not invited to the nationally televised debates even with its official status. The party has occasionally polled as high as 19% in British Columbia and 11% nationwide. Critics of the Green Party contend that, by drawing away left-of-centre votes, the Green Party actually assists the Conservative Party in some ridings. The Greens deny this.[6]

Other parties are listed in the table of results above.

Events during the 38th Parliament

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An early election seemed likely because the 2004 federal election, held on June 28, 2004, resulted in the election of a Liberal minority government. In the past, minority governments have had an average lifespan of a year and a half. Some people considered the 38th parliament to be particularly unstable. It involved four parties, and only very implausible ideological combinations (e.g., Liberals + Conservatives; Liberals + BQ; Conservatives + BQ + NDP) could actually command a majority of the seats, a necessity if a government is to retain power. From its earliest moments, there was some threat of the government falling as even the Speech from the Throne almost resulted in a non-confidence vote.

Brinkmanship in the spring of 2005

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The Liberal government came close to falling when testimony from the Gomery Commission caused public opinion to move sharply against the government. The Bloc Québécois were eager from the beginning to have an early election. The Conservatives announced they had also lost confidence in the government's moral authority. Thus, during much of spring 2005, there was a widespread belief that the Liberals would lose a confidence vote, prompting an election taking place in the spring or summer of 2005.

In a televised speech on April 21, Martin promised to request a dissolution of Parliament and begin an election campaign within 30 days of the Gomery Commission's final report. The release date of that report would later solidify as February 1, 2006; Martin then clarified that he intended to schedule the election call so as to have the polling day in April 2006.

Later that week, the NDP, who had initially opposed the budget, opted to endorse Martin's proposal for a later election. The Liberals agreed to take corporate tax cuts out of the budget on April 26 in exchange for NDP support on votes of confidence, but even with NDP support the Liberals still fell three votes short of a majority. However, a surprise defection of former Conservative leadership candidate Belinda Stronach to the Liberal party on May 17 changed the balance of power in the House. Independents Chuck Cadman and Carolyn Parrish provided the last two votes needed for the Liberals to win the budget vote.

The deal turned out to be rather unnecessary, as the Conservatives opted to ensure the government's survival on the motion of confidence surrounding the original budget, expressing support to the tax cuts and defence spending therein. When Parliament voted on second reading and referral of the budget and the amendment on May 19, the previous events kept the government alive. The original budget bill, C-43, passed easily, as expected, but the amendment bill, C-48, resulted in an equality of votes, and the Speaker of the House broke the tie to continue the parliament. The government never got as close to falling after that date. Third reading of Bill C-48 was held late at night on an unexpected day, and several Conservatives being absent, the motion passed easily, guaranteeing there would be no election in the near future.

Aftermath of the first Gomery report

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On November 1, John Gomery released his interim report, and the scandal returned to prominence. Liberal support again fell, with some polls registering an immediate ten percent drop. The Conservatives and Bloc thus resumed their push for an election before Martin's April date. The NDP stated that their support was contingent on the Liberals agreeing to move against the private provision of healthcare. The Liberals and NDP failed to come to an agreement, however, and the NDP joined the two other opposition parties in demanding an election.

However, the Liberals had intentionally scheduled the mandatory "opposition days" (where a specified opposition party controls the agenda) on November 15 (Conservative), November 17 (Bloc Québécois) and November 24 (NDP). These days meant that any election would come over the Christmas season, an unpopular idea. Following negotiations between the opposition parties, they instead issued an ultimatum to the Prime Minister to call an election immediately after the Christmas holidays or face an immediate non-confidence vote which would prompt a holiday-spanning campaign.

To that end, the NDP introduced a parliamentary motion demanding that the government drop the writ in January 2006 for a February 13 election date; however, only the prime minister has the authority to advise the Governor General on an election date, the government was therefore not bound by the NDP's motion. Martin had indicated that he remained committed to his April 2006 date, and would disregard the motion, which the opposition parties managed to pass, as expected, on November 21 by a vote of 167–129.

The three opposition leaders had agreed to delay the tabling of the no-confidence motion until the 24th, to ensure that a conference between the government and aboriginal leaders scheduled on the 24th would not be disrupted by the campaign. Parliamentary procedure dictated that the vote be deferred until the 28th. Even if the opposition had not put forward the non-confidence motion, the government was still expected to fall—there was to have been a vote on supplementary budget estimates on December 8, and if it had been defeated, loss of Supply would have toppled the Liberals.

Conservative leader Stephen Harper, the leader of the Opposition, introduced a motion of no confidence on November 24, which NDP leader Jack Layton seconded. The motion was voted upon and passed in the evening of November 28, with all present MPs from the NDP, Bloc Québécois, and Conservatives and 3 Independents (Bev Desjarlais, David Kilgour and Pat O'Brien), voting with a combined strength of 171 votes for the motion and 132 Liberals and one Independent (Carolyn Parrish) voting against. One Bloc Québécois MP was absent from the vote. It is the fifth time a Canadian government has lost the confidence of Parliament, but the first time this has happened on a straight motion of no confidence. The four previous instances have been due to loss of supply or votes of censure.

Martin visited Governor General Michaëlle Jean the following morning, where he formally advised her to dissolve Parliament and schedule an election for January 23. In accordance with Canadian constitutional practice, she consented (such a request has only been turned down once in Canadian history), officially beginning an election campaign that had been simmering for months.

Early on in the campaign, polls showed the Liberals with a solid 5–10 point lead over the Conservatives, and poised to form a strong minority government at worst. Around Christmas, after reports of an RCMP investigation into allegations of insider trading within the Finance department, this situation changed dramatically, leading to the opposition parties to consistently attack the Liberals on corruption. Almost at the same time, the Boxing Day shooting, an unusually violent gun fight between rival gangs on December 26 in downtown Toronto (resulting in the death of 15-year-old Jane Creba, an innocent bystander), may have swayed some Ontario voters to support the more hardline CPC policies on crime. The Conservatives enjoyed a fairly significant lead in polls leading up to the election, but the gap narrowed in the last few days.

Issues

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Several issues—some long-standing (notably fiscal imbalance, the gun registry, abortion, and Quebec sovereigntism), others recently brought forth by media coverage (including redressing the Chinese Canadian community for long-standing wrongs that forced both parties to back-track on their position in the national and ethnic media, particularly in key British Columbia and Alberta ridings), or court decisions (the sponsorship scandal, same-sex marriages, income trusts, or Canada–United States relations)—took the fore in debate among the parties and also influenced aspects of the parties' electoral platforms.

Elections Canada later investigated improper election spending by the Conservative Party, which became widely known as the In and Out scandal. In 2011, charges against senior Conservatives were dropped in a plea deal that saw the party and its fundraising arm plead guilty and receive the maximum possible fines, totaling $52,000.[7]

Opinion polls

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Compiled polling/vote chart showing levels of party support over the course of the election campaign. Note the shift from the Liberals to the Conservatives, during late December and early January.

Prior to and during the election campaign, opinion polling showed variable support for the governing Liberals and opposition Conservatives. In November 2005, the first report by Justice John Gomery was released to the public; subsequently, poll numbers for the Liberals again dropped. Just days later, polling showed the Liberals were already bouncing back; upon the election call, the Liberals held a small lead over the Conservatives and maintained this for much of December. Renewed accusations of corruption and impropriety at the end of 2005 – amid Royal Canadian Mounted Police criminal probes of possible government leaks regarding income trust tax changes and advertising sponsorships – led to an upswing of Conservative support again and gave them a lead over the Liberals, portending a change in government. Ultimately this scandal was linked to a blackberry exchange to a banking official by Liberal candidate Scott Brison. Polling figures for the NDP increased slightly, while Bloc figures experienced a slight dip; figures for the Green Party did not change appreciably throughout the campaign.

Exit poll

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An exit poll was carried out by Ipsos Reid polling firm. The poll overestimated the NDP's support and underestimated the Liberal's support. Here is a results breakdown by demographics:[8]

2006 vote by demographic subgroup (Ipsos Reid Exit Polling)
Demographic subgroup LPC CPC NDP GPC BQ Other % of voters
Total vote 26 36 21 5 12 1 100
Ideological self-placement
Liberals 54 9 25 6 6 1 30
Moderates 17 31 24 6 19 1 51
Conservatives 3 88 4 2 2 1 20
Gender
Men 25 38 18 5 12 1 49
Women 26 33 23 5 11 1 51
Immigrant
Born in Canada 25 36 21 5 13 1 89
Born in another country 34 36 21 6 2 1 11
Marital status
Single 26 25 24 7 17 1 21
Married 26 44 18 4 7 1 52
Domestic Partnership 21 26 24 6 21 1 13
Widowed 28 38 24 3 7 1 3
Divorced 26 30 23 5 14 1 7
Separated 26 32 24 6 10 1 3
Don't know/Won't say 23 22 29 6 18 2 1
Religious identity
Catholic 24 30 15 4 25 1 36
Protestant or Other Christian 26 48 20 4 0 1 37
Muslim 49 15 28 1 5 1 1
Jewish 52 25 15 5 1 1 1
Hindu 43 30 21 5 1 0 0
Sikh 39 16 40 5 4 0 0
Other religion 26 26 33 5 0 1 5
None 25 26 28 8 12 1 19
Don't know/Refused 29 27 26 8 8 2 1
Religious service attendance
More than once a week 18 63 11 3 2 2 5
Once a week 25 51 15 4 3 1 10
A few times a month 30 41 20 4 4 1 6
Once a month 29 36 23 6 6 1 2
A few times a year 29 35 19 4 12 1 16
At least once a year 24 31 19 5 21 1 12
Not at all 25 31 13 6 14 1 48
Don't know/refused 25 31 26 5 10 3 1
Age
18–34 years old 22 29 25 7 17 1 27
35–54 years old 25 37 20 5 11 1 41
55 and older 29 41 17 3 8 1 31
Age by gender
Men 18–34 years old 23 30 23 7 16 1 14
Men 35–54 years old 25 39 18 6 12 1 21
Men 55 and older 26 45 16 4 8 1 14
Women 18–34 years old 21 27 26 7 18 1 13
Women 35–54 years old 25 34 23 5 11 1 21
Women 55 and older 32 36 21 3 8 1 17
Sexual orientation
LGBT 36 8 33 6 17 0 4
Non-LGBT 25 37 20 5 12 1 95
Don't know/Refused 23 24 21 11 10 3 1
First time voter
First time voter 24 29 27 7 12 1 5
Everyone else 26 36 20 5 12 1 95
Education
Primary school or less 27 39 14 2 14 4 0
Some High school 23 38 19 4 14 1 5
High school 22 40 20 4 13 1 16
Some CC/CEGEP/Trades school 23 38 21 5 11 1 17
CC/CEGEP/Trades school 23 37 20 5 12 1 20
Some University 27 32 21 6 13 1 13
University undergraduate degree 29 30 21 7 12 1 18
University graduate degree 33 30 20 6 9 1 10
Don't know/Won't say 26 36 21 5 12 1 0
Smoking
Smoker 23 32 24 5 15 1 22
Non-smoker 26 37 20 5 11 1 17
Employment
Employed full-time 25 35 20 5 13 1 42
Employed part-time 24 35 23 5 11 1 9
Self-employed 27 39 17 6 9 1 10
Homemaker 22 43 20 4 9 1 5
Student 25 20 29 8 17 1 7
Retired 30 41 17 3 9 1 17
Currently unemployed 23 30 25 7 13 2 4
Other 25 30 30 5 9 1 3
Household income
Under $10K 23 26 28 7 14 1 3
$10K to $15K 21 25 30 6 17 1 3
$15K to $20K 24 28 27 6 14 1 3
$20K to $25K 22 30 26 5 15 1 4
$25K to $30K 23 34 22 6 14 2 5
$30K to $35K 22 32 24 5 15 1 6
$35K to $40K 24 34 22 4 14 1 6
$40K to $45K 24 33 21 5 15 1 7
$45K to $55K 24 35 22 4 13 1 10
$55K to $60K 24 38 19 5 13 1 6
$60K to $70K 25 38 21 4 11 1 9
$70K to $80K 27 39 19 4 10 1 9
$80K to $100K 26 39 18 6 10 1 11
$100K to $120K 30 38 17 6 8 1 7
$120K to $150K 32 41 14 6 6 1 5
$150K or more 32 43 14 6 4 1 4
Union membership
Union 22 31 25 5 16 1 32
Non-union 27 38 19 5 10 1 68
Home ownership
Own 26 40 18 5 9 1 68
Rent 24 26 23 5 18 1 28
Neither 22 23 23 6 24 2 3
Region
British Columbia and Yukon 25 37 31 5 n/a 1 13
Alberta, NWT and Nunavut 14 65 14 7 n/a 1 10
Saskatchewan and Manitoba 22 44 28 5 n/a 2 7
Ontario 35 36 23 6 n/a 1 38
Quebec 15 23 10 4 47 1 25
Atlantic Canada 36 30 29 4 n/a 1 8
CMA
Greater Vancouver 30 33 30 5 n/a 1 5
Greater Calgary 14 66 11 9 n/a 0 3
Greater Edmonton 16 60 17 6 n/a 0 3
Greater Toronto Area 40 33 20 6 n/a 1 12
National Capital Region 27 40 19 7 7 1 5
Greater Montreal 20 17 11 5 47 1 12
Rest of Canada 24 37 23 5 10 1 58
Community size
1 Million plus 31 25 19 5 19 1 27
500K to 1M 20 46 18 6 8 1 18
100K to 500K 30 31 28 5 6 0 14
10K to 100K 24 38 22 5 10 1 21
1.5K to 10K 22 41 19 5 11 2 15
Under 1.5K 19 43 18 5 13 1 4
Factor most influencing choice of vote
The local candidate 33 33 19 4 8 3 21
The party leader 27 37 21 1 13 0 17
The party's stances on the issues 23 36 21 7 13 1 61
Issue regarded as most important
Healthcare 27 23 33 3 13 1 15
Corruption 3 61 12 3 19 1 19
Economy 49 27 10 2 11 1 14
Environment 8 3 24 47 17 1 5
Reducing taxes 17 59 12 2 9 1 7
Social programs 27 13 45 2 12 1 11
Abortion and/or gay marriage 33 36 19 3 7 2 10
Jobs 24 27 16 2 23 1 4
National Unity 51 27 16 2 2 1 7
US-Canada relationship 14 71 6 3 4 1 1
Crime 15 66 12 4 2 1 5
Immigration 29 45 18 4 4 0 1
The Atlantic Accord 52 26 14 1 6 0 0
Abortion position
Legal in all cases 29 24 24 6 16 1 40
Legal in most cases 26 36 20 5 12 1 37
Illegal in most cases 17 58 15 4 5 1 13
Illegal in all cases 17 65 11 2 2 3 4
Don't know 25 42 20 5 6 2 6
Gun ownership
Yes 20 46 18 5 9 1 17
No 27 33 21 5 12 1 82
Refused 18 49 18 9 5 2 1

Candidates

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The election involved the same 308 electoral districts as in 2004, except in New Brunswick, where the boundary between Acadie—Bathurst and Miramichi was ruled to be illegal. Many of the candidates were also the same: fewer incumbents chose to leave than if they had served a full term, and the parties have generally blocked challenges to sitting MPs for the duration of the minority government, although there had been some exceptions.

Gender breakdown of candidates

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An ongoing issue in Canadian politics is the imbalance between the genders in selection by political parties of candidates. Although in the past some parties, particularly the New Democrats, have focused on the necessity of having equal gender representation in Parliament, no major party has ever nominated as many or more women than men in a given election. In 2006, the New Democrats had the highest percentage of female candidates (35.1%) of any party aside from the Animal Alliance, which only had one candidate, its leader, Liz White. The proportion of female New Democrats elected was greater than the proportion nominated, indicating female New Democrats were nominated in winnable ridings. 12.3% of Conservative candidates and 25.6% of Liberal candidates were female.

Campaign slogans

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The parties' campaign slogans for the 2006 election:

English slogan French slogan Literal English translation
Conservative Stand up for Canada Changeons pour vrai Let's change for real / for truth (pun)
Liberal Choose your Canada Un Canada à votre image A Canada in your image
NDP Getting results for people Des réalisations concrètes pour les gens Solid results for people
BQ Thankfully, the Bloc is here! Heureusement, ici, c'est le Bloc! Fortunately, the Bloc is here!
Green We can Oui, nous pouvons Yes, we can

Endorsements

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Target ridings

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Incumbent MPs who did not run for re-election

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Liberals

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Independents

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Conservatives

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New Democrats

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Bloquistes

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Electoral district changes

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The following name changes were made to the electoral districts after the 2004 election:

Renaming of districts
Province 2004 election Post-election changes[9]
AB Athabasca Fort McMurray—Athabasca
Calgary North Centre Calgary Centre-North
Calgary South Centre Calgary Centre
Edmonton—Beaumont Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont
Westlock—St. Paul Battle River
BC Dewdney—Alouette Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission
Kamloops—Thompson Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo
Kelowna Kelowna—Lake Country
North Okanagan—Shuswap Okanagan—Shuswap
Southern Interior British Columbia Southern Interior
West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country
MB Charleswood—St. James Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia
Dauphin—Swan River Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette
NB Fundy Fundy Royal
St. Croix—Belleisle New Brunswick Southwest
NL Bonavista—Exploits Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor
St. John's North St. John's East
St. John's South St. John's South—Mount Pearl
NS North Nova Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley
ON Carleton—Lanark Carleton—Mississippi Mills
Clarington—Scugog—Uxbridge Durham
Grey—Bruce—Owen Sound Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound
Kitchener—Conestoga Kitchener—Wilmot—Wellesley—Woolwich
Middlesex—Kent—Lambton Lambton—Kent—Middlesex
QC Argenteuil—Mirabel Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel
Beauport Beauport—Limoilou
Charlesbourg Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles
Charlevoix—Montmorency Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord
Laurier Laurier—Sainte-Marie
Longueuil Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher
Matapédia—Matane Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia
Nunavik—Eeyou Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou
Portneuf Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier
Richelieu Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour
Rimouski—Témiscouata Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques
Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup
Roberval Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean
SK Churchill River Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River

In 2005, further changes were made:

  • Battle River and Kitchener—Wilmot—Wellesley—Woolwich reverted to their prior names, following passage of two private member's bills.[10][11]
  • A minor boundary adjustment was made between Acadie—Bathurst and Miramichi.[12]

Results

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The election was held on January 23, 2006. The first polls closed at 7:00 p.m. ET (0000 UTC); Elections Canada started to publish preliminary results on its website at 10:00 p.m. ET as the last polls closed. Harper was reelected in Calgary Southwest, which he has held since 2002, ensuring that he had a seat in the new parliament. Shortly after midnight (ET) that night, incumbent Prime Minister Paul Martin conceded defeat, and announced that he would resign as leader of the Liberal Party. At 9:30 a.m. on January 24, Martin informed Governor General Michaëlle Jean that he would not form a government and intended to resign as Prime Minister. Later that day, at 6:45 p.m., Jean invited Harper to form a government. Martin formally resigned and Harper was formally appointed and sworn in as Prime Minister on February 6.[13]

Choosing not to take on the office of Leader of the Opposition, the first defeated Prime Minister who had retained his seat not to do so, Martin stepped down as parliamentary leader of his party on February 1, and the Liberal caucus appointed Bill Graham, MP for Toronto Centre and outgoing Defence Minister, as his interim successor. It was announced a month later that there would be a Liberal leadership convention later in the year, during which Stéphane Dion won the leadership of the Liberal Party. Martin continued to sit as a Member of Parliament representing LaSalle—Émard, the Montreal-area riding he had held since 1988, until his retirement in 2008.

Overall results

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The elections resulted in a Conservative minority government with 124 seats in parliament with a Liberal opposition and a strengthened NDP. In his speech following the loss, Martin stated he would not lead the Liberal Party of Canada in another election. Preliminary results indicated that 64.9% of registered voters cast a ballot, a notable increase over 2004's 60.9%.[14]

The NDP won new seats in British Columbia and Ontario as their overall popular vote increased 2% from 2004. The Bloc managed to win almost as many seats as in 2004 despite losing a significant percentage of the vote. Most of the Conservatives' gains were in rural Ontario and Quebec as they took a net loss in the west, but won back the only remaining Liberal seat in Alberta. The popular vote of the Conservatives and Liberals were almost the mirror image of 2004, though the Conservatives were not able to translate this into as many seats as the Liberals did in 2004.

A judicial recount was automatically scheduled in the Parry Sound-Muskoka riding, where early results showed Conservative Tony Clement only 21 votes ahead of Liberal Andy Mitchell, because the difference of votes cast between the two leading candidates was less than 0.1%. Clement was confirmed as the winner by 28 votes.[15]

Conservative candidate Jeremy Harrison, narrowly defeated by Liberal Gary Merasty in the Saskatchewan riding of Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River by 72 votes, alleged electoral fraud but decided not to pursue the matter. A judicial recount was ordered in the riding,[16] which certified Gary Merasty the winner by a reduced margin of 68 votes.[17]

Elections to the 39th Canadian Parliament (2006)[18][19][20]
Party Leader Candidates Votes Seats
# ± % Change (pp) 2004 2006 ± G L
Conservative Stephen Harper 308 5,374,071 1,354,573Increase 36.27 6.64 6.64
 
99
124 / 308
25Increase 32 7
Liberal Paul Martin 308 4,479,415 502,805Decrease 30.23 -6.50
 
135
103 / 308
32Decrease 5 37
New Democratic Jack Layton 308 2,589,597 462,194Increase 17.48 1.79 1.79
 
19
29 / 308
10Increase 11 1
Bloc Québécois Gilles Duceppe 75 1,553,201 126,908Decrease 10.48 -1.90
 
54
51 / 308
3Decrease 6 9
Green Jim Harris 308 664,068 81,821Increase 4.48 0.19 0.19
 
Independent 90 81,860 16,996Increase 0.55 0.07 0.07
 
1
1 / 308
Steady 1 1
Christian Heritage Ron Gray 45 28,152 12,183Decrease 0.19 -0.11
Progressive Canadian Tracy Parsons 25 14,151 3,279Increase 0.10 0.02
Marijuana Blair Longley 23 9,171 24,105Decrease 0.06 -0.18
Marxist–Leninist Sandra L. Smith 69 8,980 284Increase 0.06
Canadian Action Connie Fogal 34 6,102 2,705Decrease 0.04 -0.02
Communist Miguel Figueroa 21 3,022 1,404Decrease 0.02 -0.01
Libertarian Jean-Serge Brisson 10 3,002 1,053Increase 0.02 0.01
First Peoples National Barbara Wardlaw 5 1,201 1,201Increase 0.01 New
Western Block Doug Christie 4 1,094 1,094Increase 0.01 New
Animal Alliance Liz White 1 72 72Increase New
Total 1,634 14,817,159 100.00%
Rejected ballots 91,544 27,324Decrease
Turnout 14,908,703 1,344,001Increase 64.67% 4.30Increase
Registered voters 23,054,615 587,994Increase

Synopsis of results

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Results by riding — 2006 Canadian federal election[18][19][20]
Riding 2004 Winning party Turnout
[a 1]
Votes[a 2]
Party Votes Share Margin
#
Margin
%
Con Lib NDP BQ Green Ind Other Total
 
AB Calgary Centre Con Con 30,213 55.41% 19,749 36.22% 62.02% 30,213 10,464 7,227 6,372 250 54,526
AB Calgary Centre-North Con Con 31,174 56.00% 21,833 39.22% 63.80% 31,174 7,628 9,341 6,573 383 568 55,667
AB Calgary East Con Con 26,766 67.10% 21,356 53.54% 50.45% 26,766 5,410 4,338 2,954 422 39,890
AB Calgary Northeast Con Con 27,169 64.86% 17,928 42.80% 52.13% 27,169 9,241 3,284 1,833 364 41,891
AB Calgary—Nose Hill Con Con 37,815 68.49% 28,372 51.38% 63.83% 37,815 9,443 4,385 3,573 55,216
AB Calgary Southeast Con Con 44,987 75.18% 38,794 64.83% 67.08% 44,987 6,193 4,584 4,076 59,840
AB Calgary Southwest Con Con 41,549 72.36% 34,996 60.95% 66.57% 41,549 6,553 4,628 4,407 279 57,416
AB Calgary West Con Con 38,020 58.71% 23,692 36.58% 69.95% 38,020 14,328 5,370 6,653 390 64,761
AB Crowfoot Con Con 43,210 82.56% 39,335 75.15% 64.81% 43,210 2,908 3,875 2,347 52,340
AB Edmonton Centre Lib Con 25,805 44.85% 3,609 6.27% 62.55% 25,805 22,196 6,187 3,021 204 117 57,530
AB Edmonton East Con Con 25,086 50.13% 11,998 23.98% 55.28% 25,086 13,088 9,243 2,623 50,040
AB Edmonton—Leduc Con Con 33,764 60.53% 22,908 41.07% 66.80% 33,764 10,856 7,685 3,479 55,784
AB Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont Lib Con 27,191 58.62% 17,382 37.47% 61.88% 27,191 9,809 6,749 2,073 477 85 46,384
AB Edmonton—St. Albert Con Con 34,997 59.69% 23,104 39.41% 63.60% 34,997 11,893 8,218 3,520 58,628
AB Edmonton—Sherwood Park Con Con 34,740 63.97% 26,939 49.61% 64.53% 34,740 7,801 7,773 3,992 54,306
AB Edmonton—Spruce Grove Con Con 38,826 66.83% 29,050 50.00% 63.45% 38,826 9,776 6,091 3,404 58,097
AB Edmonton—Strathcona Con Con 22,009 41.71% 4,856 9.20% 68.23% 22,009 9,391 17,153 3,139 1,078 52,770
AB Fort McMurray—Athabasca Con Con 20,400 64.66% 15,737 49.88% 48.32% 20,400 4,663 4,602 1,547 337 31,549
AB Lethbridge Con Con 35,061 67.30% 27,926 53.61% 62.68% 35,061 5,859 7,135 1,846 735 1,458 52,094
AB Macleod Con Con 37,534 75.45% 32,938 66.21% 65.65% 37,534 4,596 3,251 3,075 1,055 235 49,746
AB Medicine Hat Con Con 35,670 79.71% 31,933 71.36% 56.32% 35,670 3,737 3,598 1,746 44,751
AB Peace River Con Con 27,785 56.97% 17,903 36.71% 54.73% 27,785 4,573 5,427 1,102 9,882 48,769
AB Red Deer Con Con 38,375 75.75% 33,341 65.81% 58.73% 38,375 4,636 5,034 2,618 50,663
AB Vegreville—Wainwright Con Con 37,954 74.17% 33,227 64.93% 64.57% 37,954 3,873 4,727 3,822 795 51,171
AB Westlock—St. Paul Con Con 29,698 68.22% 23,167 53.22% 60.44% 29,698 6,531 4,368 2,136 797 43,530
AB Wetaskiwin Con Con 35,776 75.15% 31,335 65.82% 62.86% 35,776 4,371 4,441 3,016 47,604
AB Wild Rose Con Con 39,487 72.17% 33,558 61.33% 66.69% 39,487 5,331 3,968 5,929 54,715
AB Yellowhead Con Con 30,640 71.19% 25,928 60.24% 60.19% 30,640 4,066 4,712 2,856 765 43,039
BC Abbotsford Con Con 29,825 63.27% 21,821 46.29% 60.33% 29,825 5,976 8,004 2,740 593 47,138
BC British Columbia Southern Interior Con NDP 22,742 48.96% 13,359 28.76% 65.27% 8,948 9,383 22,742 5,258 123 46,454
BC Burnaby—Douglas NDP NDP 17,323 35.57% 1,244 2.55% 62.26% 13,467 16,079 17,323 1,694 138 48,701
BC Burnaby—New Westminster NDP NDP 17,391 38.79% 3,971 8.86% 60.09% 12,364 13,420 17,391 1,654 44,829
BC Cariboo—Prince George Con Con 19,624 44.94% 9,115 20.87% 59.18% 19,624 10,509 10,129 2,416 988 43,666
BC Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon Con Con 26,842 55.99% 16,827 35.10% 62.83% 26,842 8,106 10,015 1,929 1,049 47,941
BC Delta—Richmond East Con Con 23,595 48.44% 8,068 16.56% 64.13% 23,595 15,527 7,176 2,414 48,712
BC Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca Lib Lib 20,761 34.93% 2,166 3.64% 68.08% 16,327 20,761 18,595 3,385 361 59,429
BC Fleetwood—Port Kells Con Con 14,577 33.47% 828 1.90% 59.44% 14,577 13,749[a 3] 10,961 1,059 3,202 43,548
BC Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo Con Con 20,948 39.27% 4,531 8.50% 63.02% 20,948 13,454 16,417 2,518 53,337
BC Kelowna—Lake Country Con Con 28,174 49.17% 13,367 23.33% 63.40% 28,174 14,807 9,538 4,562 223 57,304
BC Kootenay—Columbia Con Con 22,181 54.36% 11,621 28.48% 64.39% 22,181 5,443 10,560 2,490 132 40,806
BC Langley Con Con 28,577 52.57% 16,024 29.48% 66.08% 28,577 12,553 9,993 3,023 211 54,357
BC Nanaimo—Alberni Con Con 26,102 41.36% 5,767 9.14% 68.77% 26,102 12,023 20,335 3,379 920 343 63,102
BC Nanaimo—Cowichan NDP NDP 28,558 46.77% 8,943 14.65% 66.63% 19,615 9,352 28,558 3,107 425 61,057
BC New Westminster—Coquitlam Con NDP 19,427 38.32% 2,933 5.79% 65.29% 16,494 11,931[a 4] 19,427 1,496 1,297 54 50,699
BC Newton—North Delta Con Lib 15,006 34.25% 1,000 2.28% 63.09% 13,416 15,006 14,006 853 425 112 43,818
BC North Vancouver Lib Lib 25,357 42.35% 3,336 5.57% 69.89% 22,021 25,357 7,903 4,483 112 59,876
BC Okanagan—Coquihalla Con Con 25,278 50.24% 13,703 27.23% 62.83% 25,278 11,575 9,660 3,802 50,315
BC Okanagan—Shuswap Con Con 24,448 44.86% 9,897 18.16% 64.35% 24,448 12,330 14,551 2,215 784 172 54,500
BC Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission Con Con 20,946 40.19% 2,721 5.22% 64.14% 20,946 10,556 18,225 1,694 277 422 52,120
BC Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam Con Con 19,961 41.12% 6,827 14.06% 63.19% 19,961 13,134 11,196 1,623 2,317 309 48,540
BC Prince George—Peace River Con Con 22,412 59.89% 16,035 42.85% 53.35% 22,412 5,889 6,377 2,394 351 37,423
BC Richmond Lib Lib 18,712 42.83% 1,808 4.14% 56.28% 16,904 18,712 6,106 1,967 43,689
BC Saanich—Gulf Islands Con Con 24,416 37.15% 6,971 10.61% 73.24% 24,416 17,144 17,445 6,533 183 65,721
BC Skeena—Bulkley Valley NDP NDP 18,496 48.33% 5,866 15.33% 63.13% 12,630 4,845 18,496 1,064 1,235 38,270
BC South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale Con Con 26,383 46.68% 9,047 16.01% 69.79% 26,383 17,336 9,525 2,980 293 56,517
BC Surrey North Ind NDP 16,307 45.69% 6,443 18.05% 55.23% 9,864 6,991 16,307[a 5] 961 932 632 35,687
BC Vancouver Centre Lib Lib 25,013 43.80% 8,639 15.13% 62.06% 11,684 25,013 16,374 3,340 693 57,104
BC Vancouver East NDP NDP 23,927 56.57% 14,020 33.15% 55.42% 5,631 9,907 23,927 2,536 293 42,294
BC Vancouver Island North Con NDP 23,552 41.73% 616 1.09% 67.19% 22,936 7,239 23,552 2,715 56,442
BC Vancouver Kingsway Lib Lib 20,062 43.45% 4,592 9.95% 58.74% 8,679 20,062 15,470 1,307 650 46,168
BC Vancouver Quadra Lib Lib 28,655 49.14% 11,811 20.25% 67.56% 16,844 28,655 9,379 2,974 263 199 58,314
BC Vancouver South Lib Lib 20,991 48.05% 9,135 20.91% 56.35% 11,856 20,991 9,205 1,435 202 43,689
BC Victoria Lib NDP 23,839 38.46% 6,783 10.94% 70.99% 15,249 17,056 23,839 5,036 282 519 61,981
BC West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country Con Lib 23,867 37.51% 976 1.53% 68.32% 22,891 23,867 12,766 3,966 145 63,635
MB Brandon—Souris Con Con 20,247 54.43% 12,719 34.19% 60.32% 20,247 6,696 7,528 1,707 611 410 37,199
MB Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia Con Con 20,791 46.98% 4,692 10.60% 69.39% 20,791 16,099 5,669 1,700 44,259
MB Churchill NDP Lib 10,157 40.68% 3,064 12.27% 53.63% 2,886 10,157 7,093 401 4,429[a 6] 24,966
MB Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette Con Con 20,084 59.08% 13,863 40.78% 62.01% 20,084 6,171 6,221 1,246 273 33,995
MB Elmwood—Transcona NDP NDP 16,967 50.85% 6,247 18.72% 58.20% 10,720 4,108 16,967 1,211 363 33,369
MB Kildonan—St. Paul Con Con 17,524 43.13% 3,927 9.67% 65.99% 17,524 13,597 8,193 1,101 213 40,628
MB Portage—Lisgar Con Con 25,719 69.78% 21,520 58.39% 61.66% 25,719 4,199 4,072 1,880 987 36,857
MB Provencher Con Con 25,199 65.68% 19,122 49.84% 63.78% 25,199 6,077 5,259 1,830 38,365
MB Saint Boniface Lib Lib 16,417 38.59% 1,524 3.58% 66.67% 14,893 16,417 9,311 1,640 285 42,546
MB Selkirk—Interlake Con Con 21,661 48.99% 5,303 11.99% 66.59% 21,661 4,436 16,358 1,283 277 204 44,219
MB Winnipeg Centre NDP NDP 13,805 48.43% 6,865 24.08% 49.03% 5,554 6,940 13,805 2,010 199 28,508
MB Winnipeg North NDP NDP 15,582 57.18% 9,830 36.07% 50.57% 4,810 5,752 15,582 779 330 27,253
MB Winnipeg South Lib Con 17,328 41.42% 111 0.27% 69.41% 17,328 17,217 5,743 1,289 259 41,836
MB Winnipeg South Centre Lib Lib 16,296 39.25% 3,219 7.75% 69.49% 13,077 16,296 9,055 1,848 246 1,000 41,522
NB Acadie—Bathurst NDP NDP 25,195 49.90% 9,691 19.19% 75.46% 8,513 15,504 25,195 699 581 50,492
NB Beauséjour Lib Lib 22,012 47.55% 7,093 15.32% 75.22% 14,919 22,012 7,717 1,290 357 46,295
NB Fredericton Lib Lib 19,649 41.80% 3,357 7.14% 67.99% 16,292 19,649 9,988 884 198 47,011
NB Fundy Royal Con Con 17,630 48.31% 7,651 20.97% 67.86% 17,630 9,979 7,696 1,189 36,494
NB Madawaska—Restigouche Lib Lib 13,734 38.02% 885 2.45% 69.47% 12,849[a 7] 13,734 8,322 1,220 36,125
NB Miramichi Lib Lib 13,960 42.27% 2,710 8.21% 73.72% 11,250 13,960 5,587 587 1,640[a 8] 33,024
NB Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe Lib Lib 22,918 47.71% 8,454 17.60% 66.87% 14,464 22,918 9,095 1,409 150 48,036
NB New Brunswick Southwest Con Con 18,155 54.80% 9,278 28.00% 66.79% 18,155 8,877 5,178 922 33,132
NB Saint John Lib Lib 17,202 42.92% 1,449 3.62% 61.39% 15,753 17,202 6,267 858 40,080
NB Tobique—Mactaquac Lib Con 15,894 43.78% 336 0.93% 67.75% 15,894 15,558 4,172 679 36,303
NL Avalon Lib Con 19,132 51.55% 4,814 12.97% 59.61% 19,132[a 9] 14,318 3,365 297 37,112
NL Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor Lib Lib 19,866 52.04% 4,490 11.76% 54.20% 15,376 19,866 2,668 265 38,175
NL Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte Lib Lib 17,208 52.90% 7,071 21.74% 54.82% 10,137 17,208 4,847 339 32,531
NL Labrador Lib Lib 5,768 50.53% 1,240 10.86% 57.99% 4,528 5,768 1,037 82 11,415
NL Random—Burin—St. George's Lib Lib 13,652 45.49% 1,420 4.73% 52.09% 12,232 13,652 3,702 426 30,012
NL St. John's East Con Con 19,110 46.56% 4,765 11.61% 60.50% 19,110 14,345 7,190 402 41,047
NL St. John's South—Mount Pearl Con Con 16,644 44.69% 4,349 11.68% 57.90% 16,644 12,295 8,073 235 37,247
NS Cape Breton—Canso Lib Lib 21,424 53.19% 11,684 29.01% 66.52% 9,740 21,424 8,111 1,006 40,281
NS Central Nova Con Con 17,134 40.66% 3,273 7.77% 69.17% 17,134 10,349 13,861 671 124 42,139
NS Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley Con Con 22,439 52.04% 12,140 28.16% 61.85% 22,439 10,299 8,944 910 524 43,116
NS Dartmouth—Cole Harbour Lib Lib 19,027 42.32% 4,415 9.82% 62.44% 10,259 19,027 14,612 1,005 56 44,959
NS Halifax NDP NDP 23,420 46.88% 7,983 15.98% 65.25% 8,993 15,437 23,420 1,948 164 49,962
NS Halifax West Lib Lib 21,818 49.36% 11,020 24.93% 63.05% 10,184 21,818 10,798 1,406 44,206
NS Kings—Hants Lib Lib 19,491 45.56% 5,719 13.37% 65.19% 13,772 19,491 8,138 947 436 42,784
NS Sackville—Eastern Shore NDP NDP 22,848 52.95% 12,927 29.96% 62.44% 9,450 9,921 22,848 933 43,152
NS South Shore—St. Margaret's Con Con 15,108 36.85% 3,419 8.34% 60.56% 15,108 11,629 11,689 1,198 1,376 41,000
NS Sydney—Victoria Lib Lib 20,277 49.88% 8,690 21.37% 63.30% 7,455 20,277 11,587 1,336 40,655
NS West Nova Lib Lib 17,734 39.24% 512 1.13% 63.68% 17,222[a 10] 17,734 8,512 1,040 682 45,190
ON Ajax—Pickering Lib Lib 25,636 49.38% 8,644 16.65% 67.64% 16,992 25,636 6,655 2,199 435 51,917
ON Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing Lib Lib 14,652 38.18% 1,408 3.67% 63.99% 8,957 14,652 13,244 1,025 164 338 38,380
ON Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale Lib Con 24,530 39.10% 2,874 4.58% 74.80% 24,530 21,656 13,376 2,767 303 112 62,744
ON Barrie Lib Con 23,999 41.88% 1,543 2.69% 65.35% 23,999 22,456 6,978 3,875 57,308
ON Beaches—East York Lib Lib 20,678 40.39% 2,778 5.43% 70.51% 9,238 20,678 17,900[a 11] 3,106 274 51,196
ON Bramalea—Gore—Malton Lib Lib 25,348 50.68% 8,981 17.96% 59.61% 16,367 25,348 6,343 1,721 233 50,012
ON Brampton—Springdale Lib Lib 22,294 47.34% 7,802 16.57% 61.15% 14,492 22,294 8,345 1,853 110 47,094
ON Brampton West Lib Lib 27,988 49.12% 7,643 13.41% 59.13% 20,345 27,988 6,310 2,340 56,983
ON Brant Lib Lib 22,077 36.95% 582 0.97% 65.30% 21,495 22,077 12,713 2,729 213 526 59,753
ON Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound Con Con 25,133 48.18% 10,755 20.62% 67.88% 25,133 14,378 5,918 6,735 52,164
ON Burlington Lib Con 28,030 43.11% 2,599 4.00% 72.96% 28,030 25,431 8,090 3,471 65,022
ON Cambridge Con Con 25,337 43.85% 5,918 10.24% 64.97% 25,337 19,419 9,794 3,017 217 57,784
ON Carleton—Mississippi Mills Con Con 39,004 56.19% 22,644 32.62% 75.60% 39,004 16,360 8,677 4,544 834 69,419
ON Chatham-Kent—Essex Lib Con 20,820 42.81% 5,616 11.55% 65.27% 20,820 15,204 10,875 1,737 48,636
ON Davenport Lib Lib 20,172 51.87% 7,491 19.26% 60.58% 4,202 20,172 12,681 1,440 397 38,892
ON Don Valley East Lib Lib 23,441 54.00% 10,780 24.83% 63.79% 12,661 23,441 5,597 1,714 43,413
ON Don Valley West Lib Lib 28,709 53.36% 10,801 20.08% 68.50% 17,908 28,709 4,902 1,906 377 53,802
ON Dufferin—Caledon Con Con 23,641 47.94% 8,864 17.97% 64.94% 23,641 14,777 5,983 4,912 49,313
ON Durham Con Con 27,087 47.02% 9,797 17.01% 69.26% 27,087 17,290 9,946 2,676 612 57,611
ON Eglinton—Lawrence Lib Lib 26,044 52.89% 11,147 22.64% 67.61% 14,897 26,044 5,660 2,520 123 49,244
ON Elgin—Middlesex—London Con Con 23,416 45.62% 9,899 19.29% 66.19% 23,416 13,517 9,873 2,873 1,648 51,327
ON Essex Con Con 23,125 40.40% 3,615 6.32% 66.37% 23,125 19,510 12,993 1,507 108 57,243
ON Etobicoke Centre Lib Lib 29,509 52.44% 10,807 19.21% 71.95% 18,702 29,509 5,426 2,111 519 56,267
ON Etobicoke—Lakeshore Lib Lib 24,337 43.63% 4,724 8.47% 69.04% 19,613 24,337 8,685 2,853 290 55,778
ON Etobicoke North Lib Lib 22,195 61.62% 14,146 39.27% 59.04% 8,049 22,195 3,820 950 273 731 36,018
ON Glengarry—Prescott—Russell Lib Con 22,990 41.56% 203 0.37% 71.33% 22,990 22,787 7,049 2,494 55,320
ON Guelph Lib Lib 23,662 38.39% 5,320 8.63% 70.76% 18,342 23,662 13,561 5,376 694 61,635
ON Haldimand—Norfolk Con Con 25,885 48.33% 7,522 14.04% 67.74% 25,885 18,363 6,858 1,894 559 53,559
ON Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock Con Con 29,427 49.00% 12,161 20.25% 67.57% 29,427 17,266 10,340 3,017 60,050
ON Halton Lib Con 30,577 44.18% 1,897 2.74% 70.31% 30,577 28,680 6,114 3,843 69,214
ON Hamilton Centre NDP NDP 24,503 51.29% 13,279 27.79% 59.21% 9,696 11,224 24,503 2,022 332 47,777
ON Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Lib NDP 19,346 36.03% 466 0.87% 63.03% 13,581 18,880 19,346 1,573 316 53,696
ON Hamilton Mountain Lib NDP 21,970 37.43% 3,266 5.56% 67.27% 15,915 18,704 21,970 1,517 590 58,696
ON Huron—Bruce Lib Lib 21,260 39.84% 971 1.82% 70.18% 20,289 21,260 8,696 1,829 270 1,019 53,363
ON Kenora Lib Lib 9,937 36.52% 1,503 5.52% 63.48% 8,434 9,937 8,149 692 27,212
ON Kingston and the Islands Lib Lib 28,548 45.86% 12,318 19.79% 65.97% 16,230 28,548 11,946 5,006 296 222 62,248
ON Kitchener Centre Lib Lib 21,714 43.26% 5,583 11.12% 64.70% 16,131 21,714 9,253 2,822 274 50,194
ON Kitchener—Conestoga Lib Con 20,615 41.22% 1,369 2.74% 64.65% 20,615 19,246 7,445 2,706 50,012
ON Kitchener—Waterloo Lib Lib 31,136 46.85% 12,319 18.54% 70.39% 18,817 31,136 11,889 4,298 173 144 66,457
ON Lambton—Kent—Middlesex Lib Con 25,170 46.36% 8,335 15.35% 69.10% 25,170 16,835 9,330 2,156 797 54,288
ON Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Con Con 30,367 51.07% 15,658 26.33% 67.67% 30,367 14,709 9,604 3,115 1,665 59,460
ON Leeds—Grenville Con Con 28,447 54.65% 15,786 30.33% 70.51% 28,447 12,661 7,945 3,003 52,056
ON London—Fanshawe Lib NDP 16,067 34.51% 868 1.86% 62.23% 13,495 15,199 16,067[a 12] 1,803 46,564
ON London North Centre Lib Lib 24,109 40.12% 6,141 10.22% 66.14% 17,968 24,109 14,271 3,300 443 60,091
ON London West Lib Lib 23,019 37.70% 1,329 2.18% 70.57% 21,690 23,019 13,056 2,900 387 61,052
ON Markham—Unionville Lib Lib 32,769 61.89% 18,616 35.16% 61.74% 14,153 32,769 4,257 1,146 297 321 52,943
ON Mississauga—Brampton South Lib Lib 27,370 53.94% 11,765 23.19% 60.01% 15,605 27,370 5,521 1,927 319 50,742
ON Mississauga East—Cooksville Lib Lib 23,530 51.65% 9,204 20.20% 58.34% 14,326 23,530 5,180 1,393 496 631 45,556
ON Mississauga—Erindale Lib Lib 26,852 44.81% 3,328 5.55% 65.50% 23,524 26,852 6,644 2,613 289 59,922
ON Mississauga South Lib Lib 23,018 44.17% 2,130 4.09% 68.31% 20,888 23,018 5,607 2,393 203 52,109
ON Mississauga—Streetsville Lib Lib 23,913 45.95% 5,792 11.13% 64.16% 18,121 23,913 6,929 2,334 747 52,044
ON Nepean—Carleton Con Con 39,512 54.97% 19,401 26.99% 75.76% 39,512 20,111 8,274 3,976 71,873
ON Newmarket—Aurora Con Lib 27,176 46.21% 4,800 8.16% 72.17% 22,376 27,176 5,639 2,813 808 58,812
ON Niagara Falls Con Con 23,485 40.36% 3,393 5.83% 63.22% 23,485 20,092 12,209 2,402 58,188
ON Niagara West—Glanbrook Con Con 27,351 47.38% 9,639 16.70% 72.35% 27,351 17,712 9,251 2,284 1,132 57,730
ON Nickel Belt Lib Lib 19,775 43.31% 2,107 4.61% 66.32% 5,732 19,775 17,668 975 1,507 45,657
ON Nipissing—Timiskaming Lib Lib 21,393 44.69% 4,882 10.20% 67.59% 16,511 21,393 8,268 1,698 47,870
ON Northumberland—Quinte West Lib Con 25,833 41.21% 3,267 5.21% 67.43% 25,833 22,566 11,334 2,946 62,679
ON Oak Ridges—Markham Lib Lib 35,083 47.06% 6,400 8.58% 66.89% 28,683 35,083 7,367 3,423 74,556
ON Oakville Lib Lib 25,892 43.35% 744 1.25% 73.95% 25,148[a 13] 25,892 5,815 2,872 59,727
ON Oshawa Con Con 20,657 38.61% 2,752 5.14% 63.87% 20,657 12,831 17,905 2,019 91 53,503
ON Ottawa Centre NDP NDP 24,609 36.94% 5,141 7.72% 72.80% 15,105 19,468 24,609 6,765 121 558 66,626
ON Ottawa—Orléans Lib Con 25,455 41.06% 1,231 1.99% 75.07% 25,455 24,224 9,354 2,377 578 61,988
ON Ottawa South Lib Lib 27,158 44.15% 4,130 6.71% 71.71% 23,028 27,158 8,138 2,913 273 61,510
ON Ottawa—Vanier Lib Lib 23,567 42.31% 7,597 13.64% 68.45% 15,970 23,567 12,145 3,675 338 55,695
ON Ottawa West—Nepean Lib Con 25,607 43.07% 5,357 9.01% 71.38% 25,607[a 14] 20,250 9,626 2,941 905 121 59,450
ON Oxford Con Con 23,140 46.55% 9,179 18.46% 67.14% 23,140 13,961 8,639 1,566 2,409 49,715
ON Parkdale—High Park Lib NDP 20,790 40.41% 2,301 4.47% 70.33% 8,777 18,489 20,790 2,840 119 435 51,450
ON Parry Sound-Muskoka Lib Con 18,513 40.10% 28 0.06% 67.54% 18,513[a 15] 18,485 5,472 3,701 46,171
ON Perth Wellington Con Con 22,004 46.14% 9,703 20.34% 65.87% 22,004 12,301 8,876 3,117 1,396 47,694
ON Peterborough Lib Con 22,774 35.90% 2,242 3.53% 69.66% 22,774 20,532 16,286 3,205 179 455 63,431
ON Pickering—Scarborough East Lib Lib 27,719 52.68% 11,026 20.96% 69.28% 16,693 27,719 6,090 1,869 176 70 52,617
ON Prince Edward—Hastings Con Con 27,787 48.67% 9,753 17.08% 65.62% 27,787 18,034 8,474 2,386 416 57,097
ON Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke Con Con 29,923 57.69% 17,391 33.53% 69.24% 29,923 12,532 6,509 1,605 1,304 51,873
ON Richmond Hill Lib Lib 27,837 53.58% 11,273 21.70% 61.74% 16,564 27,837 5,176 2,379 51,956
ON St. Catharines Lib Con 21,669 37.47% 246 0.43% 68.30% 21,669 21,423 11,848 2,305 582 57,827
ON St. Paul's Lib Lib 29,295 50.26% 14,274 24.49% 72.17% 15,021 29,295 11,189 2,785 58,290
ON Sarnia—Lambton Lib Con 21,841 40.98% 4,192 7.87% 67.87% 21,841 17,649 10,673 1,712 316 1,108 53,299
ON Sault Ste. Marie NDP NDP 17,979 38.88% 2,154 4.66% 67.75% 11,099 15,825 17,979 1,056 284 46,243
ON Scarborough—Agincourt Lib Lib 28,065 62.59% 17,381 38.76% 61.74% 10,684 28,065 4,969 1,120 44,838
ON Scarborough Centre Lib Lib 23,332 55.38% 11,810 28.03% 62.11% 11,522 23,332 5,884 1,396 42,134
ON Scarborough-Guildwood Lib Lib 21,877 53.26% 10,087 24.56% 62.38% 11,790 21,877 5,847 1,235 232 98 41,079
ON Scarborough—Rouge River Lib Lib 30,285 65.62% 20,853 45.18% 56.97% 9,432 30,285 4,972 754 467 243 46,153
ON Scarborough Southwest Lib Lib 19,930 47.83% 9,913 23.79% 62.37% 10,017 19,930 9,626 1,827 147 120 41,667
ON Simcoe—Grey Con Con 30,135 49.76% 11,446 18.90% 67.60% 30,135 18,689 6,784 3,372 1,585 60,565
ON Simcoe North Lib Con 23,266 40.43% 1,188 2.06% 66.94% 23,266 22,078 8,132 3,451 617 57,544
ON Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry Con Con 28,014 54.73% 14,108 27.56% 67.86% 28,014 13,906 6,892 1,713 663 51,188
ON Sudbury Lib Lib 19,809 41.57% 4,584 9.62% 65.99% 10,332 19,809 15,225 1,301 54 929 47,650
ON Thornhill Lib Lib 29,934 53.10% 10,929 19.39% 63.75% 19,005 29,934 4,405 1,934 1,094 56,372
ON Thunder Bay—Rainy River Lib Lib 13,520 35.13% 658 1.71% 61.12% 10,485 13,520 12,862 1,193 424 38,484
ON Thunder Bay—Superior North Lib Lib 14,009 36.01% 408 1.05% 62.51% 8,578 14,009 13,601 2,231 486 38,905
ON Timmins-James Bay NDP NDP 19,195 50.58% 6,192 16.32% 62.40% 5,173 13,003 19,195 578 37,949
ON Toronto Centre Lib Lib 30,874 52.23% 16,838 28.48% 66.53% 10,763 30,874 14,036 3,080 101 258 59,112
ON Toronto—Danforth NDP NDP 24,412 48.42% 7,156 14.19% 67.67% 4,992 17,256 24,412 3,583 172 50,415
ON Trinity—Spadina Lib NDP 28,748 46.03% 3,681 5.89% 70.87% 5,625 25,067 28,748 2,398 612 62,450
ON Vaughan Lib Lib 36,968 59.72% 20,844 33.67% 64.01% 16,124 36,968 5,114 3,004 688 61,898
ON Welland Lib Lib 20,267 35.53% 2,775 4.86% 67.06% 16,678 20,267 17,492 1,960 652 57,049
ON Wellington—Halton Hills Con Con 27,907 50.67% 11,842 21.50% 71.05% 27,907 16,065 6,785 3,362 355 606 55,080
ON Whitby—Oshawa Lib Con 29,294 43.86% 3,412 5.11% 70.60% 29,294[a 16] 25,882 8,716 2,407 491 66,790
ON Willowdale Lib Lib 30,623 55.23% 14,369 25.92% 62.77% 16,254 30,623 6,297 2,268 55,442
ON Windsor—Tecumseh NDP NDP 22,646 44.63% 9,233 18.19% 60.21% 12,851 13,413 22,646 1,644 193 50,747
ON Windsor West NDP NDP 23,608 49.49% 11,498 24.10% 57.29% 9,592 12,110 23,608 1,444 224 722 47,700
ON York Centre Lib Lib 22,468 52.66% 9,640 22.59% 61.06% 12,828 22,468 5,813 1,560 42,669
ON York—Simcoe Con Con 25,685 47.93% 9,229 17.22% 64.24% 25,685 16,456 7,139 3,719 595 53,594
ON York South—Weston Lib Lib 22,871 57.06% 14,346 35.79% 59.99% 6,991 22,871 8,525 1,506 189 40,082
ON York West Lib Lib 21,418 63.78% 15,174 45.19% 57.90% 6,244 21,418 4,724 1,002 192 33,580
PE Cardigan Lib Lib 11,542 56.21% 4,619 22.50% 75.33% 6,923 11,542 1,535 533 20,533
PE Charlottetown Lib Lib 9,586 50.16% 3,062 16.02% 70.75% 6,524 9,586 2,126 586 290 19,112
PE Egmont Lib Lib 10,288 53.17% 4,297 22.21% 71.72% 5,991 10,288 1,847 1,005 219 19,350
PE Malpeque Lib Lib 9,779 50.48% 3,071 15.85% 75.10% 6,708 9,779 1,983 901 19,371
QC Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou BQ BQ 13,928 46.57% 7,228 24.17% 53.82% 6,261 6,700 1,810 13,928 1,210 29,909
QC Abitibi—Témiscamingue BQ BQ 24,637 52.34% 14,003 29.75% 60.02% 10,634 6,501 4,022 24,637 1,279 47,073
QC Ahuntsic Lib BQ 19,428 38.91% 834 1.67% 67.26% 6,119 18,594 3,948 19,428 1,836 49,925
QC Alfred-Pellan BQ BQ 23,193 42.97% 8,298 15.37% 68.18% 10,210 14,895 3,838 23,193 1,842 53,978
QC Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel BQ BQ 27,855 52.13% 15,394 28.81% 62.66% 12,461 7,171 3,466 27,855 2,480 53,433
QC Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour BQ BQ 27,742 55.92% 16,154 32.56% 66.86% 11,588 6,438 2,248 27,742 1,595 49,611
QC Beauce Lib Con 36,915 67.02% 25,918 47.06% 67.62% 36,915 4,364 1,405 10,997 1,397 55,078
QC Beauharnois—Salaberry BQ BQ 26,190 47.53% 11,581 21.02% 66.40% 14,609 8,272 4,163 26,190 1,864 55,098
QC Beauport—Limoilou BQ Con 19,409 39.54% 820 1.67% 59.67% 19,409 4,929 3,917 18,589 2,005 234 49,083
QC Berthier—Maskinongé BQ BQ 26,191 48.50% 9,233 17.10% 63.96% 16,958 5,605 3,319 26,191 1,925 53,998
QC Bourassa Lib Lib 18,705 43.41% 4,928 11.44% 59.68% 6,830 18,705 2,237 13,777 1,370 173 43,092
QC Brome—Missisquoi Lib BQ 18,596 38.33% 5,027 10.36% 66.24% 9,874 13,569 2,839 18,596 1,721 1,921 48,520
QC Brossard—La Prairie Lib BQ 21,433 37.17% 1,243 2.16% 67.06% 9,749 20,190 4,301 21,433 1,883 110 57,666
QC Chambly—Borduas BQ BQ 33,703 54.70% 21,000 34.08% 70.41% 12,703 6,933 5,167 33,703 3,113 61,619
QC Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles BQ Con 20,406 41.04% 1,372 2.76% 65.19% 20,406 4,364 3,084 19,034 1,262 1,567 49,717
QC Châteauguay—Saint-Constant BQ BQ 28,274 51.38% 17,055 30.99% 67.95% 11,219 10,295 2,865 28,274 2,375 55,028
QC Chicoutimi—Le Fjord BQ BQ 19,226 38.49% 4,645 9.30% 64.72% 12,350 14,581 2,571 19,226 1,226 49,954
QC Compton—Stanstead BQ BQ 21,316 42.77% 9,185 18.43% 66.64% 12,131 11,126 3,099 21,316 2,171 49,843
QC Drummond BQ BQ 22,575 49.69% 12,441 27.38% 64.41% 10,134 7,437 2,870 22,575 2,418 45,434
QC Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine BQ BQ 17,678 42.69% 4,331 10.46% 61.15% 13,347 7,977 1,225 17,678 1,183 41,410
QC Gatineau Lib BQ 21,093 39.25% 4,267 7.94% 64.88% 9,014 16,826 5,354 21,093 1,456 53,743
QC Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia BQ BQ 15,721 46.04% 5,564 16.30% 58.13% 10,157 4,463 2,116 15,721 910 778 34,145
QC Hochelaga BQ BQ 25,570 55.58% 17,638 38.34% 58.31% 5,617 7,932 4,101 25,570 2,235 552 46,007
QC Honoré-Mercier Lib Lib 19,622 38.23% 1,743 3.40% 64.87% 8,952 19,622 3,191 17,879 1,502 183 51,329
QC Hull—Aylmer Lib Lib 17,576 32.67% 1,788 3.32% 64.25% 9,284 17,576 8,334 15,788 2,687 125 53,794
QC Jeanne-Le Ber Lib BQ 20,213 40.22% 3,095 6.16% 58.93% 5,951 17,118 4,621 20,213 2,357 50,260
QC Joliette BQ BQ 28,630 54.12% 14,438 27.29% 63.77% 14,192 5,245 2,745 28,630 2,086 52,898
QC Jonquière—Alma BQ Con 27,262 52.09% 6,693 12.79% 67.52% 27,262 1,550 2,028 20,569 928 52,337
QC La Pointe-de-l'Île BQ BQ 29,368 60.46% 21,966 45.22% 62.32% 7,402 6,855 3,407 29,368 1,544 48,576
QC Lac-Saint-Louis Lib Lib 25,588 48.17% 11,424 21.50% 66.30% 14,164 25,588 5,702 4,064 3,605 53,123
QC LaSalle—Émard Lib Lib 22,751 48.41% 9,250 19.68% 62.10% 5,994 22,751 2,805 13,501 1,512 281 152 46,996
QC Laurentides—Labelle BQ BQ 28,217 53.82% 17,551 33.48% 61.42% 10,666 7,616 3,382 28,217 2,543 52,424
QC Laurier—Sainte-Marie BQ BQ 26,773 54.69% 18,608 38.01% 61.26% 3,124 6,095 8,165 26,773 4,064 157 575 48,953
QC Laval BQ BQ 22,032 44.35% 9,334 18.79% 62.58% 9,236 12,698 4,047 22,032 1,666 49,679
QC Laval—Les Îles Lib Lib 20,849 39.32% 3,312 6.25% 63.47% 9,055 20,849 3,817 17,537 1,557 211 53,026
QC Lévis—Bellechasse BQ Con 25,940 46.40% 9,717 17.38% 65.92% 25,940 4,581 2,590 16,223 2,293 4,275 55,902
QC Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher BQ BQ 27,425 55.20% 18,094 36.42% 65.78% 9,331 6,260 4,273 27,425 1,995 397 49,681
QC Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière BQ Con 28,236 54.34% 12,834 24.70% 68.36% 28,236 2,820 3,529 15,402 1,978 51,965
QC Louis-Hébert BQ Con 20,332 34.47% 231 0.39% 71.85% 20,332 8,852 5,351 20,101 2,517 1,712 116 58,981
QC Louis-Saint-Laurent BQ Con 28,606 57.68% 16,609 33.49% 64.01% 28,606 3,180 2,848 11,997 1,468 1,498 49,597
QC Manicouagan BQ BQ 18,601 51.10% 11,691 32.12% 57.00% 6,910 5,214 4,657 18,601 824 195 36,401
QC Marc-Aurèle-Fortin BQ BQ 27,638 51.00% 16,540 30.52% 68.43% 11,098 8,407 4,313 27,638 2,733 54,189
QC Mégantic—L'Érable BQ Con 23,550 49.85% 8,140 17.23% 68.64% 23,550 4,912 1,836 15,410 1,534 47,242
QC Montcalm BQ BQ 34,975 62.28% 24,157 43.02% 63.59% 10,818 4,645 3,766 34,975 1,954 56,158
QC Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup BQ BQ 24,117 52.44% 12,588 27.37% 59.53% 11,529 6,466 2,107 24,117 1,768 45,987
QC Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord BQ BQ 22,169 49.11% 7,610 16.86% 61.53% 14,559 3,989 2,896 22,169 1,527 45,140
QC Mount Royal Lib Lib 24,248 65.55% 17,627 47.65% 52.81% 6,621 24,248 2,479 2,112 1,423 106 36,989
QC Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine Lib Lib 20,235 43.85% 10,850 23.51% 60.86% 8,048 20,235 5,455 9,385 2,754 270 46,147
QC Outremont Lib Lib 14,282 35.18% 2,504 6.17% 60.78% 5,168 14,282 6,984 11,778[a 17] 1,957 242 182 40,593
QC Papineau Lib BQ 17,775 40.75% 990 2.27% 61.10% 3,630 16,785 3,358 17,775 1,572 502 43,622
QC Pierrefonds—Dollard Lib Lib 24,388 51.12% 13,375 28.04% 59.89% 11,013 24,388 3,664 5,901 2,645 96 47,707
QC Pontiac Lib Con 16,069 33.68% 2,371 4.97% 61.76% 16,069[a 18] 11,561 4,759 13,698 1,512 107 47,706
QC Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier BQ Ind 20,158 39.84% 7,064 13.96% 69.43% 11,472 2,489 1,956 13,094 1,431 20,158 50,600
QC Québec BQ BQ 20,845 41.53% 5,902 11.76% 63.04% 14,943 5,743 4,629 20,845 2,372 813 845 50,190
QC Repentigny BQ BQ 34,958 62.42% 24,834 44.34% 67.46% 10,124 4,847 4,337 34,958 1,742 56,008
QC Richmond—Arthabaska BQ BQ 24,466 47.89% 8,001 15.66% 65.95% 16,465 5,294 2,507 24,466 2,355 51,087
QC Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques BQ BQ 19,804 46.38% 10,323 24.18% 63.76% 9,481 8,254 4,186 19,804 973 42,698
QC Rivière-des-Mille-Îles BQ BQ 26,272 53.90% 16,099 33.03% 67.55% 10,173 6,239 3,418 26,272 2,643 48,745
QC Rivière-du-Nord BQ BQ 27,789 59.08% 18,020 38.31% 60.44% 9,769 4,365 3,393 27,789 1,722 47,038
QC Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean BQ BQ 17,586 45.20% 3,123 8.03% 62.15% 14,463 3,014 2,151 17,586 1,689 38,903
QC Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie BQ BQ 29,336 55.99% 21,077 40.23% 64.02% 4,873 8,259 6,051 29,336 3,457 419 52,395
QC Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert BQ BQ 26,509 50.29% 16,058 30.46% 68.01% 10,451 8,643 4,359 26,509 2,364 387 52,713
QC Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot BQ BQ 27,838 56.02% 15,515 31.22% 66.39% 12,323 4,884 2,723 27,838 1,925 49,693
QC Saint-Jean BQ BQ 28,070 53.98% 16,554 31.83% 66.18% 11,516 6,426 3,622 28,070 2,371 52,005
QC Saint-Lambert BQ BQ 20,949 45.30% 10,172 22.00% 62.31% 9,097 10,777 3,404 20,949 1,819 196 46,242
QC Saint-Laurent—Cartierville Lib Lib 25,412 59.85% 19,220 45.27% 55.32% 5,590 25,412 3,279 6,192 1,810 177 42,460
QC Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel Lib Lib 23,705 57.17% 15,933 38.43% 57.00% 5,975 23,705 2,831 7,772 961 219 41,463
QC Saint-Maurice—Champlain BQ BQ 21,532 44.34% 5,504 11.33% 61.95% 16,028 5,612 3,684 21,532 1,705 48,561
QC Shefford BQ BQ 22,159 43.09% 9,425 18.33% 66.75% 12,734 12,043 2,431 22,159 2,061 51,428
QC Sherbrooke BQ BQ 27,112 52.20% 16,349 31.48% 64.14% 10,763 6,863 4,646 27,112 2,238 315 51,937
QC Terrebonne—Blainville BQ BQ 30,197 59.17% 19,985 39.16% 66.59% 10,212 4,576 3,829 30,197 2,216 51,030
QC Trois-Rivières BQ BQ 22,331 45.87% 6,908 14.19% 64.14% 15,423 5,268 3,774 22,331 1,513 371 48,680
QC Vaudreuil-Soulanges BQ BQ 26,925 43.08% 9,151 14.64% 70.74% 11,888 17,774 3,468 26,925 2,450 62,505
QC Verchères—Les Patriotes BQ BQ 30,250 57.43% 18,771 35.64% 72.13% 11,479 4,602 4,293 30,250 2,047 52,671
QC Westmount—Ville-Marie Lib Lib 18,884 45.68% 11,589 28.03% 53.69% 7,295 18,884 6,356 5,191 3,451 163 41,340
SK Battlefords—Lloydminster Con Con 16,491 53.96% 11,662 38.16% 60.33% 16,491 3,901 4,829 637 4,396 306 30,560
SK Blackstrap Con Con 19,430 47.99% 7,054 17.42% 68.94% 19,430 6,841 12,376 1,334 412 94 40,487
SK Cypress Hills—Grasslands Con Con 20,035 66.48% 14,959 49.64% 66.53% 20,035 3,885 5,076 1,141 30,137
SK Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River Con Lib 10,191 41.37% 67 0.27% 58.43% 10,124 10,191 3,787 534 24,636
SK Palliser Con Con 14,906 42.99% 3,446 9.94% 68.69% 14,906 7,006 11,460 1,182 121 34,675
SK Prince Albert Con Con 17,271 54.44% 9,709 30.60% 61.09% 17,271 6,149 7,562 744 31,726
SK Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre Con Con 14,176 42.15% 4,709 14.00% 68.45% 14,176 8,956 9,467 1,035 33,634
SK Regina—Qu'Appelle Con Con 12,753 41.21% 2,712 8.76% 63.72% 12,753 7,134 10,041 1,016 30,944
SK Saskatoon—Humboldt Con Con 18,285 49.07% 7,310 19.62% 67.27% 18,285 6,281 10,975 1,382 342 37,265
SK Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar Con Con 13,331 45.54% 1,919 6.56% 59.72% 13,331 3,536 11,412 738 258 29,275
SK Saskatoon—Wanuskewin Con Con 17,753 49.39% 9,098 25.31% 66.31% 17,753 8,655 7,939 1,292 307 35,946
SK Souris—Moose Mountain Con Con 19,282 62.82% 13,601 44.31% 65.28% 19,282 5,681 4,284 1,448 30,695
SK Wascana Lib Lib 20,666 51.78% 8,676 21.74% 69.85% 11,990 20,666 5,880 1,378 39,914
SK Yorkton—Melville Con Con 20,736 63.47% 14,571 44.60% 64.32% 20,736 4,558 6,165 923 287 32,669
Terr Nunavut Lib Lib 3,673 39.98% 1,003 10.92% 54.14% 2,670 3,673 1,576 544 724 9,187
Terr Western Arctic Lib NDP 6,802 42.16% 1,159 7.18% 56.22% 3,200 5,643 6,802 338 149 16,132
Terr Yukon Lib Lib 6,847 48.52% 3,481 24.67% 66.10% 3,341 6,847 3,366 559 14,113
  1. ^ including spoilt ballots
  2. ^ minor political parties receiving less than 1% of the national popular vote are aggregated under "Other"; independent candidates are aggregated separately
  3. ^ Brenda Locke was a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.
  4. ^ Joyce Murray was previously a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
  5. ^ Penny Priddy was previously a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
  6. ^ Bev Desjarlais, the incumbent elected under the NDP banner, received 4,283 votes.
  7. ^ Jean-Pierre Ouellet was a member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick.
  8. ^ Danny Gay was a member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick.
  9. ^ Fabian Manning was previously a member of the Newfoundland House of Assembly
  10. ^ Greg Kerr was a member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly.
  11. ^ Marilyn Churley was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
  12. ^ Irene Mathyssen was previously a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
  13. ^ Terence Young was previously a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
  14. ^ John Baird was previously a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and a provincial Cabinet minister.
  15. ^ Tony Clement was previously a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and a provincial Cabinet minister.
  16. ^ Jim Flaherty was previously a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and a provincial Cabinet minister
  17. ^ Jacques Léonard was previously a member of the National Assembly of Quebec and a provincial Cabinet minister.
  18. ^ Lawrence Cannon was previously a member of the National Assembly of Quebec and a provincial Cabinet minister.
  = went to a judicial recount
  = Open seat
  = turnout is above national average
  = Incumbent had switched allegiance
  = Previously incumbent in another riding
  = Not incumbent; was previously elected to the House
  = Incumbency arose from by-election gain
  = other incumbents defeated
  = changed allegiance immediately after election
  = Multiple candidates

Summary analysis

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Party candidates in 2nd place[20]
Party in 1st place Party in 2nd place Total
Con Lib NDP BQ Grn Ind
Conservative 79 33 10 1 1 124
Liberal 75 19 9 103
New Democratic 6 23 29
Bloc Québécois 36 14 1 51
Independent 1 1
Total 117 116 53 20 1 1 308
Candidates ranked 1st to 5th place, by party[20]
Parties 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
 Conservative 124 117 63 3 1
 Liberal 103 116 84 5
 Bloc Québécois 51 20 1 3
 New Democratic 29 53 156 68 2
 Independent 1 1 2 4 44
 Green 1 2 221 79
 Christian Heritage 2 33
 Progressive Canadian 1 19
 Marijuana 1 11
 Marxist–Leninist 13
 Canadian Action 12
 Communist 9
 Libertarian 5
 First Peoples National 3
 Western Block 3
Resulting composition of the 40th Canadian Parliament
Source Party
Con Lib NDP Bloc Ind Total
Seats retained Incumbents returned 86 96 17 41 1 241
Open seats held 6 3 1 4 14
Seats changing hands Incumbents defeated 23 1 6 6 36
Open seats gained 9 2 5 16
Incumbent changing allegiance 1 1
Total 124 103 29 51 1 308

Results by province

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Party name BC AB SK MB ON QC NB NS PE NL NU NT YT Total
  Conservative Seats: 17[1] 28 12 8 40 10 3 3 - 3 - - - 124
  Vote: 37.3 65.0 48.9 42.8 35.1 24.6 35.7 29.7 33.4 42.7 29.6 19.8 23.7 36.2
  Liberal Seats: 9[2] - 2 3 54 13 6 6 4 4 1 - 1 103
  Vote: 27.6 15.3 22.4 26.0 39.9 20.7 39.2 37.1 52.5 42.8 39.1 34.9 48.5 30.2
  Bloc Québécois Seats:           51               51
  Vote:           42.1               10.5
  New Democrat Seats: 10 - - 3 12 - 1 2 - - - 1 - 29
  Vote: 28.6 11.6 24.0 25.4 19.4 7.5 21.9 29.8 9.6 13.6 17.6 42.1 23.8 17.5
Green Vote: 5.3 6.5 3.2 3.9 4.7 4.0 2.4 2.6 3.9 0.9 5.9 2.1 4.0 4.5
  Independent / No affiliation Seats: 1[3]         1
  Vote:     0.9               0.1
  Total seats: 36 28 14 14 106 75 10 11 4 7 1 1 1 308

Notes

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^ David Emerson, elected on January 23 as a Liberal in the British Columbia riding of Vancouver Kingsway, changed parties on February 6 to join the Conservatives before the new Parliament had taken office. He is reflected here as a Liberal.

^ André Arthur was elected as an independent candidate in the Quebec riding of Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier.

10 closest ridings

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  1. Parry Sound-Muskoka, ON: Tony Clement (Cons) def. Andy Mitchell (Lib) by 28 votes
  2. Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River, SK: Gary Merasty (Lib) def. Jeremy Harrison (Cons) by 73 votes
  3. Winnipeg South, MB: Rod Bruinooge (Cons) def. Reg Alcock (Lib) by 111 votes
  4. Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, ON: Pierre Lemieux (Cons) def. René Berthiaume (Lib) by 203 votes
  5. Louis-Hébert, QC: Luc Harvey (Cons) def. Roger Clavet (BQ) by 231 votes
  6. St. Catharines, ON: Rick Dykstra (Cons) def. Walt Lastewka (Lib) by 244 votes
  7. Tobique—Mactaquac, NB: Mike Allen (Cons) def. Andy Savoy (Lib) by 336 votes
  8. Thunder Bay—Superior North, ON: Joe Comuzzi (Lib) def. Bruce Hyer (NDP) by 408 votes
  9. West Nova, NS: Robert Thibault (Lib) def. Greg Kerr (Cons) by 511 votes
  10. Brant, ON: Lloyd St. Amand (Lib) def. Phil McColeman (Cons) by 582 votes

Results by electoral district

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See also

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Articles on parties' candidates in this election:

References

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  10. ^ An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Kitchener — Wilmot — Wellesley — Woolwich, S.C. 2005, c. 4
  11. ^ An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Battle River, S.C. 2005, c. 5
  12. ^ An Act to change the boundaries of the Acadie–Bathurst and Miramichi electoral districts, S.C. 2005, c. 6
  13. ^ "Date for the Swearing-in of the Honourable Stephen Harper as the 22nd Prime Minister and of his Cabinet". wayback.archive-it.org. Archived from the original on December 3, 2007. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
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  15. ^ "Elections Canada – Judicial Recounts". Enr.elections.ca. Retrieved February 2, 2012.
  16. ^ "Seat was 'stolen,' defeated MP says". Archived from the original on May 27, 2007. Retrieved September 23, 2013.
  17. ^ "Liberals hold on to Saskatchewan riding after judicial recount". CBC News. February 10, 2006. Archived from the original on May 23, 2007.
  18. ^ a b Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada on the 39th General Election of January 23, 2006 (PDF). Ottawa: Elections Canada. 2006. ISBN 0-662-49240-4. ISSN 0846-6351.
  19. ^ a b "Table 11: Voting results by electoral district". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
  20. ^ a b c d "Table 12: List of candidates by electoral district and individual results". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
  1. ^ Only contested seats in Quebec.

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Humour

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