Canadian federal election, 1872
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The Canadian federal election of 1872 was held on July 20, 1872, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons. Sir John A. Macdonald's Conservatives remained in power, defeating the Liberals.
Edward Blake, who had a seat in both the Canadian House of Commons and the Ontario legislature, resigned as Premier of Ontario in order to run in the 1872 federal election as dual mandates had been abolished. Had the Liberals won the election, he likely would have been offered the position of Prime Minister of Canada. The party had no formal leader as such until 1873 when Alexander Mackenzie was given the title after Blake declined due to ill health. Blake was ill during much of the 1872 campaign, and it was Mackenzie who essentially led the Liberal campaign in Ontario, though not outside of the province.
Results
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| Party | Party Leader | # of candidates | Seats | Popular Vote | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1867 | Elected | Change | # | % | Change
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row | Conservative | Sir John A. Macdonald | 92 | 71 | 63 | -11.3% | 82,024 | 25.76% | +2.31%
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row | Liberal-Conservative1 | 48 | 29 | 36 | +24.1% | 41,076 | 12.90% | +1.82% | Liberal | Edward Blake, Alexander Mackenzie Antoine Dorion | 111 | 62 | 95 | +53.2% | 110,556 | 34.72% | +12.05% | Independents | 4 | - | 1 | 5,213 | 1.64% | +1.25% | Independent Conservative | 3 | - | 2 | 2,220 | 0.70% | +0.70% | Independent Liberal | 4 | - | 2 | 5,232 | 1.64% | +0.98%
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row | Conservative Labour | 1 | - | 1 | 1,422 | 0.45% | +0.45% | Unknown | 104 | - | - | - | 70,704 | 22.20% | -11.64% | |||||||||
| Total | 367 | 180 | 200 | +11.1% | 320,037 | 100% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Note:
1 Liberal-Conservatives sat with the Conservative Party in the House of Commons.
Acclamations
The following MPs were acclaimed:
- British Columbia: 3 Liberal-Conservatives
- Manitoba: 1 Liberal-Conservative
- Ontario: 3 Conservatives, 3 Liberal-Conservatives, 10 Liberals
- Quebec: 9 Conservatives, 5 Liberal-Conservatives, 5 Liberals
- New Brunswick: 6 Liberals
- Nova Scotia: 1 Conservative, 4 Liberal-Conservatives, 2 Liberals
Results by province
| Party Name | BC | Manitoba | Ontario | Quebec | NB | NS | Total
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row | Conservative | Seats | 1 | 1 | 26 | 26 | 2 | 7 | 63
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row | Pop Vote | 4.5 | 29.7 | 25.9 | 31.5 | 8.4 | 23.5 | 25.8
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row | Liberal-Conservative | Seats | 3 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 36
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row | Pop Vote | 11.9 | 10.5 | 17.8 | 19.8 | 12.9 | Liberal | Seats | 2 | 1 | 48 | 27 | 9 | 8 | 95 | Pop Vote | 83.7 | 35.6 | 35.3 | 32.6 | 46.8 | 28.1 | 34.7
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row | Conservative Labour | Seats | 1 | 1
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row | Pop Vote | 0.9 | 0.4 | Unknown | Seats | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Pop Vote | 11.8 | 14.9 | 23.4 | 21.5 | 26.9 | 16.4 | 22.2 | Independent | Seats | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | Pop Vote | 0.8 | 1.7 | 6.1 | 1.6 | Independent Liberal | Seats | 1 | 1 | 2 | Pop Vote | 1.7 | 6.1 | 1.6 | Independent Conservative | Seats | 1 | 1 | 2 | Pop Vote | 19.8 | 2.2 | 0.7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Total Seats | 6 | 4 | 88 | 65 | 16 | 21 | 200 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
For a list of candidates elected in the 1872 election, including by-elections held before 1874, see 2nd Canadian parliament.