Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today

What can we expect (according to Philippe)?

by Maurice Y. Michaud (he/him)

Philippe J. Fournier
© Photo Philippe J. Fournier / Radio Canada — Fair use

I raise my hat to this man: Philippe Fournier! A teacher of physics and astrophysics at Cégep de Saint-Laurent in Montréal and media commentator on Canadian politics, Philippe created 338Canada in 2017 (and its French counterpart Qc125). Not himself a pollster, he has instead developed a sophisticated model that looks at and weighs the different polls on upcoming elections to determine the probability of which party will win in each riding. So far his accuracy rate has been amazing, sometimes calling some ridings in a way that no individual poll predicted. His only big miss of late has been the 2021 Nova Scotia general election, which everybody including himself was calling for a Liberal majority that turned out to be a Progressive Conservative majority. But that's only a blemish on an otherwise impressive record.

Unlike 338Canada, PoliCan makes absolutely no predictions on upcoming elections, as the purpose of this site is to consolidate permanent and easily searchable archives of all federal and provincial elections ever held in Canada since Confederation, as well as on the people who ran in those elections. However, in order to gather, verify, cross-reference and enter all that information, I must prepare well ahead of time so that once those elections have occurred, I can post that information online as quickly as possible. But I stress that all the credit for the predictions found on this page belongs to Philippe! At most, this is just a mirror of his site.

However, it then occurred to me... Given that I already have the structure in place for those upcoming elections, why not make that information available right away?

So here it is! But of course, to get the detailed riding-by-riding analyses, please go directly to the source. Plus it can take me some time to catch up with Philippe.

See Philippe's predictions for...
Election
The projected winning parties are based on data taken from 338canada.comOpens a new window according to the 9 March 2024 update.
Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative Party Nova Scotia New Democratic Party Nova Scotia Liberal Party Independent
15 July 2025
55 seats
PC NDP LIB IND
41 8 5 1
Net gains / Net losses
+8 +2 -10 0
— Majority = 28 seats
Not re-offering    Re-elected    Defeated
G = Gain
Ridings Incumbents Proj.
1. NS Annapolis························································
LIB
PC G
2. NS Antigonish·······················································
PC
PC
3. NS Argyle···························································
PC
PC
4. NS Bedford Basin····················································
LIB
LIB
5. NS Bedford South····················································
LIB
PC G
6. NS Cape Breton Centre-Whitney Pier··································
NDP
NDP
7. NS Cape Breton East·················································
PC
PC
8. NS Chester-St. Margaret's···········································
PC
PC
9. NS Clare····························································
LIB
PC G
10. NS Clayton Park West················································
LIB
LIB
11. NS Colchester North·················································
PC
PC
12. NS Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley···································
PC
PC
13. NS Cole Harbour·····················································
LIB
PC G
14. NS Cole Harbour-Darmouth············································
LIB
PC G
15. NS Cumberland North·················································
IND
IND
16. NS Cumberland South·················································
PC
PC
17. NS Dartmouth East···················································
PC
PC
18. NS Dartmouth North··················································
NDP
NDP
19. NS Dartmouth South··················································
NDP
NDP
20. NS Digby-Annapolis··················································
PC
PC
21. NS Eastern Passage··················································
PC
PC
22. NS Eastern Shore····················································
PC
PC
23. NS Fairview-Clayton Park············································
LIB
NDP G
24. NS Glace Bay-Dominion···············································
PC
PC
25. NS Guysborough-Tracadie·············································
PC
PC
26. NS Halifax Armdale··················································
LIB
NDP G
27. NS Halifax Atlantic·················································
PC
LIB G
28. NS Halifax Chebucto·················································
NDP
NDP
29. NS Halifax Citadel-Sable Island·····································
NDP
NDP
30. NS Halifax Needham··················································
NDP
NDP
31. NS Hammonds Plains-Lucasville·······································
LIB
PC G
32. NS Hants East·······················································
PC
PC
33. NS Hants West·······················································
PC
PC
34. NS Inverness························································
PC
PC
35. NS Kings North······················································
PC
PC
36. NS Kings South······················································
LIB
PC G
37. NS Kings West·······················································
PC
PC
38. NS Lunenburg························································
PC
PC
39. NS Lunenburg West···················································
PC
PC
40. NS Northside-Westmount··············································
LIB
PC G
41. NS Pictou Centre····················································
PC
PC
42. NS Pictou East······················································
PC
PC
43. NS Pictou West······················································
PC
PC
44. NS Preston··························································
PC
PC
45. NS Queens···························································
PC
PC
46. NS Richmond·························································
PC
PC
47. NS Sackville-Cobequid···············································
PC
PC
48. NS Sackville-Uniacke················································
PC
PC
49. NS Shelburne························································
PC
PC
50. NS Sydney-Membertou·················································
LIB
LIB
51. NS Timberlea-Prospect···············································
LIB
LIB
52. NS Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River··························
PC
PC
53. NS Victoria-The Lakes···············································
PC
PC
54. NS Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank··································
PC
PC
55. NS Yarmouth·························································
LIB
PC G


© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca (Maurice Y. Michaud) & 338Canada.com / Qc125.com (Philippe J. Fournier)
Pub.:  6 Jul 2024 19:15
Rev.: 17 Aug 2024 13:50 (but data presented dynamically)