PoliCan > Elections: Detailed election results (Canada)

Jurisdiction	Elections	Referendums
1	CA	1867	2025	1	45	45	11,727	263	11,464	0	647	1,014	366	648	0	145	3	31
The MMP simulator can be run on all the general elections in this jurisdiction. “Acc?” stands for missing data (namely races entered as having been won by acclamation when in fact the results are unknown), while “Minis.” shows the number of ministerial by-elections. A small handful of by-elections that did not really occur was added to this database to record when someone’s election was overturned and the seat was handed over to the challenger who had lost. The results for a few by-elections are missing for this jurisdiction. Up until the middle of the 20th century, unseating a member was commonplace and the mechanism to challenge someone’s election seems to have been very lax when viewed through presentist lens, as many by-elections were held merely because the challenger — often the government or the defeated incumbent — did not like the result. What’s more, newly appointed ministers had to resign and run in a ministerial by-election. Therefore, by-elections were far more frequent than they are today.
Capital city	Ottawa	Largest city	Toronto
Confederation	1 Jul 1867	Population (2025 est.)	41,528,680
Territorial integrity	31 Mar 1949	Area	9,984,670 km² (3,855,100 mi²)
General Elections (45) 1867, 1872, 1874, 1878, 1882, 1887, 1891, 1896, 1900, 1904, 1908, 1911, 1917, 1921, 1925, 1926, 1930, 1935, 1940, 1945, 1949, 1953, 1957, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1972, 1974, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2021, 2025	7 Aug 1867 (First) 28 Apr 2025 (Last) 15 Oct 2029 (Next)	Electoral systems	1867–1968: FPTP, PAL 1968–2025: FPTP
Partisan assembly	Yes
Last by-election	16 Dec 2024	Current government	LPC

Evolution:
Canada

Yr.	FPTP		PAL		IR-AV		STV		S
Yr.	R	S	R	S	R	S	R	S	S
1867	179	179	1	2	—	—	—	—	181
1871	187	187	2	4	—	—	—	—	191
1872	186	186	7	14	—	—	—	—	200
1873	186	186	10	20	—	—	—	—	206
1882	191	191	10	20	—	—	—	—	211
1887	195	195	10	20	—	—	—	—	215
1896	199	199	7	14	—	—	—	—	213
1904	208	208	3	6	—	—	—	—	214
1908	215	215	3	6	—	—	—	—	221
1917	225	225	5	10	—	—	—	—	235
1925	237	237	4	8	—	—	—	—	245
1935	241	241	2	4	—	—	—	—	245
1949	258	258	2	4	—	—	—	—	262
1953	261	261	2	4	—	—	—	—	265
1968	264	264	—	—	—	—	—	—	264
1979	282	282	—	—	—	—	—	—	282
1988	295	295	—	—	—	—	—	—	295
1997	301	301	—	—	—	—	—	—	301
2004	308	308	—	—	—	—	—	—	308
2015	338	338	—	—	—	—	—	—	338
2025	343	343	—	—	—	—	—	—	343

Governments:
Canada

Parl.	Year	Government
45	2025	LPC
44	2021	LPC
43	2019	LPC
42	2015	LPC
41	2011	CPC
40	2008	CPC
39	2006	CPC
38	2004	LPC
37	2000	LPC
36	1997	LPC
35	1993	LPC
34	1988	PCC
33	1984	PCC
32	1980	LPC
31	1979	PCC
30	1974	LPC
29	1972	LPC
28	1968	LPC
27	1965	LPC
26	1963	LPC
25	1962	PCC
24	1958	PCC
23	1957	PCC
22	1953	LPC
21	1949	LPC
20	1945	LPC
19	1940	LPC
18	1935	LPC
17	1930	LC
16	1926	LPC
15	1925	LPC
14	1921	LPC
13	1917	UNIO
12	1911	CONS
11	1908	LIB
10	1904	LIB
9	1900	LIB
8	1896	LIB
7	1891	CONS
6	1887	CONS
5	1882	CONS
4	1878	CONS
3	1874	LIB
2	1872	CONS
1	1867	CONS

Assembly
Limiter	Only: YT NT NU NW BC AB SK MB ON QC NB NS PE NL
Include	By-Elections Referendums Inclusions apply only on lists, not on statistics.
Display	Order (if "List of elected") No filter Nobody was the real winner Nobody was NOT the real winner Order (if "List of candidates")

Jurisdiction						Elections											Referendums
Juri.		Year		Assem.		General					By-Elections
		Year		Assem.		Elec	Races				Elec	Races
		Min	Max	Min	Max	Elec	N	Accl.	n	Acc?	Elec	N	Accl.	n	Acc?	Minis.	Q	Races
1	CA	1867	2025	1	45	45	11,727	263	11,464	0	647	1,014	366	648	0	145	3	31
The MMP simulator can be run on all the general elections in this jurisdiction. “Acc?” stands for missing data (namely races entered as having been won by acclamation when in fact the results are unknown), while “Minis.” shows the number of ministerial by-elections. A small handful of by-elections that did not really occur was added to this database to record when someone’s election was overturned and the seat was handed over to the challenger who had lost. The results for a few by-elections are missing for this jurisdiction. Up until the middle of the 20th century, unseating a member was commonplace and the mechanism to challenge someone’s election seems to have been very lax when viewed through presentist lens, as many by-elections were held merely because the challenger — often the government or the defeated incumbent — did not like the result. What’s more, newly appointed ministers had to resign and run in a ministerial by-election. Therefore, by-elections were far more frequent than they are today.
Capital city						Ottawa				Largest city				Toronto
Confederation						1 Jul 1867				Population (2025 est.)				41,528,680
Territorial integrity						31 Mar 1949				Area				9,984,670 km² (3,855,100 mi²)
General Elections (45) 1867, 1872, 1874, 1878, 1882, 1887, 1891, 1896, 1900, 1904, 1908, 1911, 1917, 1921, 1925, 1926, 1930, 1935, 1940, 1945, 1949, 1953, 1957, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1972, 1974, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2021, 2025						7 Aug 1867 (First) 28 Apr 2025 (Last) 15 Oct 2029 (Next)				Electoral systems				1867–1968: FPTP, PAL 1968–2025: FPTP
						7 Aug 1867 (First) 28 Apr 2025 (Last) 15 Oct 2029 (Next)				Partisan assembly				Yes
Last by-election						16 Dec 2024				Current government				LPC

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