Canadian federal election, 1988
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The Canadian federal election of 1988 was held November 21, 1988, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons. It was an election largely fought on a single issue: the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement.
Incumbent Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, leader of the Progressive Conservative Party, had signed the agreement. The Liberal Party, led by John Napier Turner, was opposed to the agreement, as was the New Democratic Party led by Ed Broadbent.
The Conservatives went into the election suffering from a number of scandals. Despite winning a large majority only four years before, they looked vulnerable at the outset. Infighting among the Liberals and vote splitting between the NDP and Liberals led to a second Conservative majority government, however.
The Liberals returned as the official opposition, but the lackluster campaign cost Turner his job as Liberal leader. He was replaced by Jean Chrétien in 1990.
The 1988 election was the most successful for the New Democratic Party. The party dominated in British Columbia and Saskatchewan, and also won significant support in Ontario.
The election was the last for Canada's Social Credit movement: the party won no seats, and insignificant portion of the popular vote.
The newly founded Reform Party also contested the election, but was considered little more than a fringe group, and did not win any seats.
76% of eligible voters cast a ballot.
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National results
For a complete list of MPs elected in the 1988 election see 34th Canadian parliament.
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| 1984 | Dissolution | Elected | % Change | # | % | Change
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row | Progressive Conservative | Brian Mulroney | 295 | 211 | 203 | 169 | -19.9% | 5,667,543 | 43.02% | -7.02% | Liberal | John Turner | 294 | 40 | 38 | 83 | +107.5% | 4,205,072 | 31.92% | +3.89% | New Democratic | Ed Broadbent | 295 | 32 | 32 | 43 | +34.4% | 2,685,263 | 20.38% | +1.57% | Reform | Preston Manning | 72 | * | * | - | * | 275,767 | 2.09% | *
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Christian Heritage/row | Christian Heritage | Ed Vanwoudenberg | 63 | * | * | - | * | 102,533 | 0.78% | * | Rhinoceros | Cornelius the First | 74 | - | - | - | - | 52,173 | 0.40% | -0.39% | Green | 68 | - | - | - | - | 47,228 | 0.36% | +0.14% | Confederation of Regions | 51 | - | - | - | - | 41,342 | 0.31% | -0.68% | Libertarian | Dennis Corrigan | 88 | - | - | - | - | 33,135 | 0.25% | +0.06% | Commonwealth | Gilles Gervais | 58 | - | - | - | - | 7,467 | 0.06% | -0.21% | Communist | George Hewison | 51 | - | - | - | - | 7,066 | 0.05% | -0.01% | Social Credit | Harvey Lainson | 9 | - | - | - | - | 3,407 | 0.03% | -0.11% | Independent | 55 | - | 4 | - | - | 22,982 | 0.17% | -0.01% | No affiliation | 100 | - | - | - | 24,516 | 0.19% | -0.12% | |||||
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| Total | 1,573 | 282 | 282 | 295 | +4.61% | 13,175,494 | 100% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Note:
"% change" refers to change from previous election
Results by province
| Party Name | BC | AB | SK | MB | ON | QC | NB | NS | PE | NL | NT | YK | Total
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row | Progressive Conservative | Seats: | 12 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 46 | 63 | 5 | 5 | - | 2 | - | - | 169
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row | Popular Vote: | 35.3 | 51.8 | 36.4 | 36.9 | 38.2 | 52.7 | 40.4 | 40.9 | 41.5 | 42.2 | 26.4 | 35.3 | 43.0 | Liberal | Seats: | 1 | - | - | 5 | 43 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | - | 83 | Vote: | 20.4 | 13.7 | 18.2 | 36.5 | 38.9 | 30.3 | 45.4 | 46.5 | 49.9 | 45.0 | 41.4 | 11.3 | 31.9 | New Democratic | Seats: | 19 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 43 | Vote: | 37.0 | 17.4 | 44.2 | 21.3 | 20.1 | 14.4 | 9.3 | 11.4 | 7.5 | 12.4 | 28.3 | 51.4 | 20.38 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Total seats | 32 | 26 | 14 | 14 | 99 | 75 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 295 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parties that won no seats: | Reform | Vote: | 4.8 | 15.4 | 3.3 | 2.1
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Christian Heritage/row | Christian Heritage | Vote: | 1.1 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 0.8 | Rhinoceros | Vote: | 1.2 | 0.4 | Green | Vote: | 0.4 | Confederation of Regions | Vote: | 4.3 | 0.3 | Libertarian | Vote: | 0.3 | Commonwealth | Vote: | 0.2 | 0.1 | Communist | Vote: | 0.1 | Social Credit | Vote: | xx | Other | Vote: | 0.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
xx - less than 0.05% of the popular vote
Note: Parties that captured less than 1 percent of the vote in a province are not recorded.
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Notes
- Number of Parties: 11
- First appearance: Christian Heritage Party, Reform Party
- Final appearance: Confederation of Regions Party, Rhinoceros Party, Social Credit Party
- Final appearance before hiatus: Communist Party (returned in 2000)
La Porte, SK
10 closest ridings
1. London-Middlesex, ON: Terry Clifford (PC) def. Garnet Bloomfield (Lib) by 8 votes
2. Northumberland, ON: Christine Stewart (Lib) def. Reg Jewell (PC) by 28 votes
3. Hamilton Mountain, ON: Beth Phinney (Lib) def. Marion Dewar (NDP) by 73 votes
4. York North, ON: Maurizio Bevilacqua (Lib) def. Michael O'Brien (PC) by 77 votes
5. Rosedale, ON: David MacDonald (PC) def. Bill Graham (Lib) by 80 votes
6. London East, ON: Joe Fontana (Lib) def. Jim Jepson (PC) by 102 votes
7. Haldimand-Norfolk, ON: Bob Speller (Lib) def. Bud Bradley (PC) by 209 votes
8. Hillsborough, PEI: George Proud (Lib) def. Tom McMillan (PC) by 259 votes
9. Cariboo-Chilcotin, BC: Dave Worthy (PC) def. Jack Langford (NDP) by 269 votes
10. Vancouver Centre, BC: Kim Campbell (PC) def. Johanna Den Hertog (Lib) by 269 votes