Canadian federal election, 1872

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The Canadian parliament after the 1872 election

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

National

2nd Parliament
Party Party Leader # of candidates Seats Popular Vote
1867 Elected Change # % Change

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Conservative Sir John A. Macdonald 92 71 63 -11.3% 82,024 25.76% +2.31%

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Liberal-Conservative1 48 29 36 +24.1% 41,076 12.90% +1.82%

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Liberal Edward Blake, Alexander Mackenzie
Antoine Dorion
111 62 95 +53.2% 110,556 34.72% +12.05%

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Independents 4 - 1   5,213 1.64% +1.25%

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Independent Conservative 3 - 2   2,220 0.70% +0.70%

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Independent Liberal 4 - 2   5,232 1.64% +0.98%

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Conservative Labour   1 - 1   1,422 0.45% +0.45%

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Unknown 104 - - - 70,704 22.20% -11.64%
Total 367 180 200 +11.1% 320,037 100%  
Source: http://www.parl.gc.ca

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

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Conservative Seats 1 1 26 26 2 7 63

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Pop Vote 4.5 29.7 25.9 31.5 8.4 23.5 25.8

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Liberal-Conservative Seats 3 1 12 11 3 6 36

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Pop Vote     11.9 10.5 17.8 19.8 12.9

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Liberal Seats 2 1 48 27 9 8 95

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Pop Vote 83.7 35.6 35.3 32.6 46.8 28.1 34.7

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Conservative Labour Seats     1       1

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Pop Vote     0.9       0.4

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Unknown Seats - - - - - - -

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Pop Vote 11.8 14.9 23.4 21.5 26.9 16.4 22.2

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Independent Seats     - - 1 - 1

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Pop Vote     0.8 1.7   6.1 1.6

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Independent Liberal Seats     1   1   2

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Pop Vote     1.7     6.1 1.6

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Independent Conservative Seats   1   1     2

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Pop Vote   19.8   2.2     0.7
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.

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