1887_Canadian_federal_election

1887 Canadian federal election
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215 seats in the House of Commons; 108 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	70.1% (0.2pp)
	1887 Canadian electoral map
	The Canadian parliament after the 1887 election
Prime Minister before election; John A. Macdonald; Conservative	Prime Minister after election ; John A. Macdonald; Conservative

1887 Canadian federal election

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The 1887 Canadian federal election was held on February 22, 1887, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 6th Parliament of Canada.

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Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular vote
Party		Party leader	# of candidates	1882	Elected	Change	#	%	Change
	Conservative	John A. Macdonald	172	94	96	-7.4%	291,138	40.15%	+2.12pp
	Liberal-Conservative	John A. Macdonald	32	42	27	-35.7%	52,667	7.26%	-5.30pp
	Liberal	Edward Blake	183	73	79	+8.2%	312,736	43.13%	+12.03pp
	Independent Liberal		9	2	6	+150%	15,695	2.16%	+1.05pp
	Independent Conservative		8	1	3	+200%	11,345	1.56%	+1.39pp
	Independent		10	1	1	0%	8,984	1.24%	-0.35pp
	Nationalist Conservative		2	1	2	+100%	3,522	0.49%	+0.28pp
	Unknown		18	-			24,172	3.33%	-22.08pp
	Nationalist		6	*	1	*	4,784	0.66%	*
Total			440	213	215	-3.8%	725,043	100%	-
Sources: http://www.elections.ca -- History of Federal Ridings since 1867 Archived 2008-12-04 at the Wayback Machine

Party name			BC	NT	MB	ON	QC	NB	NS	PE	Total
	Conservative	Seats:	4	4	2	45	23	8	10	-	96
	Conservative	Popular vote (%):	62.3	65.5	32.9	43.4	35.6	39.4	41.3	39.0	40.2
	Liberal-Conservative	Seats:	2		2	9	8	2	4	-	27
	Liberal-Conservative	Vote (%):	22.1		17.4	5.7	9.2	6.0	10.7	7.5	7.3
	Liberal	Seats:	-	-	1	37	24	5	7	5	79
	Liberal	Vote (%):	15.6	34.5	44.6	46.9	41.7	40.9	41.9	41.8	43.1
	Independent Liberal	Seats:			-	1	3	1		1	6
	Independent Liberal	Vote (%):			5.2	0.8	3.7	3.8		11.7	2.2
	Independent Conservative	Seats:	-	-		-	3		-		3
	Independent Conservative	Vote (%):	18.6	12.2		0.3	5.7		0.4		1.6
	Independent	Seats:				-	1	-	-		1
	Independent	Vote (%):				xx	1.3	3.4	5.8		1.2
	Nationalist Conservative	Seats:					2				2
	Nationalist Conservative	Vote (%):					2.4				0.5
	Unknown	Seats:				-	-				0
	Unknown	Vote (%):				3.1	6.1	6.5	0.2		3.3
	Nationalist	Seats:					1				1
	Nationalist	Vote (%):					3.3				0.7
Total seats			6	4	5	92	65	16	21	6	215

1887 Canadian federal election