Canadian federal election, 1874
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The Canadian federal election of 1874 was held on January 22, 1874, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons. Sir John A. Macdonald's Conservative government was defeated by the Liberal Party under their new leader Alexander Mackenzie.
Macdonald's government had been forced to resign on November 5, 1873 because of allegations of corruption relating to the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway (see the Pacific Scandal). The Liberals under Mackenzie formed an interim government two days later with an election called for January. The Tories were unable to recover from the scandal and lost the election as a result.
The election was the first to use secret ballots in Canada.
National results
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| Party | Party Leader | # of candidates | Seats | Popular Vote | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1872 | Elected | Change | # | % | Change | Liberal | Alexander Mackenzie | 140 | 95 | 129 | +35.8% | 128,455 | 39.49% | +4.77%
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row | Conservative | John A. Macdonald | 65 | 63 | 39 | -38.1% | 57,691 | 17.74% | -8.02%
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row | Liberal-Conservative1 | 38 | 36 | 26 | -27.8% | 40,234 | 12.37% | -0.53%
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row | Conservative Labour | 1 | 1 | - | -100% | 1,515 | 0.47% | +0.02% | Independents | 7 | 1 | 4 | +300% | 10,453 | 3.21% | +1.58% | Independent Liberal | 5 | 2 | 5 | +300% | 6,541 | 2.01% | +0.37% | Independent Conservative | 3 | 2 | 3 | +50% | 2,360 | 0.73% | +0.03% | Unknown | 104 | - | - | - | 78,008 | 23.98% | +1.78% | |||||
| Total | 355 | 200 | 206 | +3.0% | 325,247 | 100% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Notes:
1 Liberal-Conservatives sat with the Consevative caucus in the House of Commons.
Acclamations
The following Members of Parliament were elected by acclamation;
- Ontario: 1 Liberal-Conservative, 13 Liberals
- Quebec: 10 Conservatives, 4 Liberal-Conservatives, 15 Liberals
- New Brunswick: 1 Conservative, 3 Liberals, 1 Independent Liberal
- Nova Scotia: 5 Liberals
- Prince Edward Island: 2 Liberals
Results by province
| Party Name | BC | MB | ON | QU | NB | NS | PEI | Total | Liberal | Seats | 3 | 1 | 61 | 34 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 129 | Pop Vote | 34.1 | 47.0 | 39.6 | 34.8 | 47.1 | 38.1 | 56.8 | 39.5
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row | Conservative | Seats | 1 | 1 | 15 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 39
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row | Pop Vote | 4.5 | 13.8 | 19.5 | 17.6 | 6.8 | 17.8 | 17.5 | 17.7
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row | Liberal-Conservative | Seats | 1 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 2 | - | 26
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row | Pop Vote | 16.9 | 10.4 | 14.9 | 8.6 | 19.2 | 15.4 | 12.4
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row | Conservative Labour | Seats | - | -
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row | Pop Vote | 0.9 | 0.5 | Unknown | Seats | Pop Vote | 29.2 | 13.8 | 27.2 | 27.5 | 19.9 | 9.0 | 10.3 | 24.0 | Independent | Seats | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 4 | Pop Vote | 9.5 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 17.6 | 7.7 | 3.2 | Independent Liberal | Seats | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | Pop Vote | 15.4 | 1.7 | 8.2 | 2.0 | Independent Conservative | Seats | 1 | 2 | 3 | Pop Vote | 15.9 | 2.9 | 0.7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Total Seats | 6 | 4 | 88 | 65 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 206 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
For a list of candidates elected in the 1874 election, see 3rd Canadian parliament.
For changes between the 1874 and 1878 elections, see By-elections of the 3rd Canadian Parliament.