2006 Canadian federal election
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The 2006 Canadian federal election was held on January 23, 2006, to elect members to the House of Commons of Canada of the 39th Parliament of Canada.
New details of the sponsorship scandal were released through the Gomery Commission, and the three opposition parties aimed to bring down Liberal Prime Minister Paul Martin's minority government, contending that it was corrupt. On November 28, 2005, Martin's government was defeated on a motion of non-confidence. The day later, Martin met with Governor General Michaëlle Jean to dissolve parliament, triggering an unusual winter election.
The Conservative Party, that was formed in 2003 from the merger of the Progressive Conservative Party and the Canadian Alliance, scored its first-ever victory as they won the greatest number of seats in the House of Commons, winning 124 out of 308, up from 99 seats in 2004. Due to the emerging details of the sponsorship scandal, as well as a unified right-of-centre party, the Tories led by Stephen Harper went on to end over 12 years of Liberal rule. Harper formed the smallest minority government in Canadian history (in terms of proportion of seats), becoming prime minister. The New Democratic Party experienced a modest boost in support whereas the Bloc Québécois' seat count nearly stayed the same.
Cause of the election
This unusual winter general election was caused by a motion of no confidence passed by the House of Commons on November 28, 2005, with Canada's three opposition parties contending that the Liberal government of Prime Minister Paul Martin was corrupt.[1] The following morning Martin met with Governor General Michaëlle Jean, who then dissolved parliament,[2] summoned the next parliament,[3] and ordered the issuance of writs of election.[4] The last set January 23, 2006, as election day and February 13 as the date for return of the writs. The campaign was almost eight weeks in length, the longest in two decades, in order to allow time for the Christmas and New Year holidays.
Recent political events, most notably testimony to the
Parties
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Most observers believed only the Liberals and the Conservatives were capable of forming a government in this election, although Canadian political history is not without examples of wholly unexpected outcomes, such as Ontario's provincial election in 1990. However, with the exception of the Unionist government of 1917 (which combined members of both the Conservatives and the Liberals), at the Federal stage, only Liberals or Conservatives have formed government. With the end of the campaign at hand, pollsters and pundits placed the Conservatives ahead of the Liberals.
Prime Minister Paul Martin's Liberals hoped to recapture their majority, and this appeared likely at one point during the campaign; but it would have required holding back Bloc pressure in Quebec plus picking up some new seats there while also gaining seats in English Canada, most likely in rural Ontario and southwestern British Columbia. Towards the end of the campaign, even high-profile Liberals were beginning to concede defeat, and the best the Liberals could have achieved was a razor-thin minority.
Stephen Harper's Conservatives succeeded in bringing their new party into power in Canada. While continuing weaknesses in Quebec and urban areas rightfully prompted most observers to consider a Conservative majority government to be mathematically difficult to achieve, early on, Harper's stated goal was to achieve one nonetheless. Though the Conservatives were ahead of the Liberals in Quebec, they remained far behind the Bloc Québécois, and additional gains in rural and suburban Ontario would have been necessary to meet Stephen Harper's goal. The polls had remained pretty well static over the course of December, with the real shift coming in the first few days of the New Year. That is when the Conservatives took the lead and kept it for the rest of the campaign.
Harper started off the first month of the campaign with a policy-per-day strategy, which included a GST reduction and a child-care allowance. The Liberals opted to hold any major announcements until after the Christmas holidays; as a result, Harper dominated media coverage for the first weeks of the campaign and was able to define his platform and insulate it from expected Liberal attacks. On December 27, 2005, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police announced it was investigating allegations that Liberal Finance Minister Ralph Goodale's office had engaged in insider trading before making an important announcement on the taxation of income trusts. The RCMP indicated that they had no evidence of wrongdoing or criminal activity from any party associated with the investigation, including Goodale. However, the story dominated news coverage for the following week and prevented the Liberals from making their key policy announcements, allowing the Conservatives to refocus their previous attacks about corruption within the Liberal party. The Conservatives soon found themselves leading in the polls. By early January, they made a major breakthrough in Quebec, pushing the Liberals to second place.
As their lead solidified,
The NDP has claimed that last minute
The Bloc Québécois had a very successful result in the 2004 election, with the Liberals reduced to the core areas of federalist support in portions of
In addition to the four sitting parties, the Green Party of Canada ran candidates in all 308 federal ridings for the second consecutive election. Though the Greens had been an official party since the 1984 election, this campaign was the first in which they had stable financial support with which to campaign. After a breakthrough in the 2004 election, they exceeded the minimum 2% of the popular vote to receive federal funding. Supporters and sympathisers criticize that the party were not invited to the nationally televised debates even with its official status. The party has occasionally polled as high as 19% in British Columbia and 11% nationwide. Critics of the Green Party contend that, by drawing away left-of-centre votes, the Green Party actually assists the Conservative Party in some ridings. The Greens deny this.[6]
Other parties are listed in the table of results above.
Events during the 38th Parliament
An early election seemed likely because the
Brinkmanship in the spring of 2005
The Liberal government came close to falling when testimony from the
In a televised speech on April 21, Martin promised to request a
Later that week, the NDP, who had initially opposed the budget, opted to endorse Martin's proposal for a later election. The Liberals agreed to take corporate tax cuts out of the budget on April 26 in exchange for NDP support on votes of confidence, but even with NDP support the Liberals still fell three votes short of a majority. However, a surprise defection of former Conservative leadership candidate Belinda Stronach to the Liberal party on May 17 changed the balance of power in the House. Independents Chuck Cadman and Carolyn Parrish provided the last two votes needed for the Liberals to win the budget vote.
The deal turned out to be rather unnecessary, as the Conservatives opted to ensure the government's survival on the
Aftermath of the first Gomery report
On November 1, John Gomery released his interim report, and the scandal returned to prominence. Liberal support again fell, with some polls registering an immediate ten percent drop. The Conservatives and Bloc thus resumed their push for an election before Martin's April date. The NDP stated that their support was contingent on the Liberals agreeing to move against the private provision of healthcare. The Liberals and NDP failed to come to an agreement, however, and the NDP joined the two other opposition parties in demanding an election.
However, the Liberals had intentionally scheduled the mandatory "opposition days" (where a specified opposition party controls the agenda) on November 15 (Conservative), November 17 (Bloc Québécois) and November 24 (NDP). These days meant that any election would come over the Christmas season, an unpopular idea. Following negotiations between the opposition parties, they instead issued an ultimatum to the Prime Minister to call an election immediately after the Christmas holidays or face an immediate non-confidence vote which would prompt a holiday-spanning campaign.
To that end, the NDP introduced a parliamentary motion demanding that the government
The three opposition leaders had agreed to delay the tabling of the no-confidence motion until the 24th, to ensure that a conference between the government and aboriginal leaders scheduled on the 24th would not be disrupted by the campaign. Parliamentary procedure dictated that the vote be deferred until the 28th. Even if the opposition had not put forward the non-confidence motion, the government was still expected to fall—there was to have been a vote on supplementary budget estimates on December 8, and if it had been defeated,
Conservative leader
Martin visited
Early on in the campaign, polls showed the Liberals with a solid 5–10 point lead over the Conservatives, and poised to form a strong minority government at worst. Around Christmas, after reports of an RCMP investigation into allegations of insider trading within the Finance department, this situation changed dramatically, leading to the opposition parties to consistently attack the Liberals on corruption. Almost at the same time, the Boxing Day shooting, an unusually violent gun fight between rival gangs on December 26 in downtown Toronto (resulting in the death of 15-year-old Jane Creba, an innocent bystander), may have swayed some Ontario voters to support the more hardline CPC policies on crime. The Conservatives enjoyed a fairly significant lead in polls leading up to the election, but the gap narrowed in the last few days.
Issues
Several issues—some long-standing (notably
Elections Canada later investigated improper election spending by the Conservative Party, which became widely known as the In and Out scandal. In 2011, charges against senior Conservatives were dropped in a plea deal that saw the party and its fundraising arm plead guilty and receive the maximum possible fines, totaling $52,000.[7]
Opinion polls
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2006 vote by demographic subgroup (Ipsos Reid Exit Polling) | ||||||||||
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Demographic subgroup | LPC | CPC | NDP | GPC | BQ | Other | % of voters | |||
Total vote | 26 | 36 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 100 | |||
Ideological self-placement | ||||||||||
Liberals | 54 | 9 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 30 | |||
Moderates
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17 | 31 | 24 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 51 | |||
Conservatives | 3 | 88 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 20 | |||
Gender | ||||||||||
Men | 25 | 38 | 18 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 49 | |||
Women | 26 | 33 | 23 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 51 | |||
Immigrant | ||||||||||
Born in Canada | 25 | 36 | 21 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 89 | |||
Born in another country | 34 | 36 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 11 | |||
Marital status | ||||||||||
Single | 26 | 25 | 24 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 21 | |||
Married | 26 | 44 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 52 | |||
Domestic Partnership | 21 | 26 | 24 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 13 | |||
Widowed | 28 | 38 | 24 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | |||
Divorced | 26 | 30 | 23 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 7 | |||
Separated | 26 | 32 | 24 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 3 | |||
Don't know/Won't say | 23 | 22 | 29 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 1 | |||
Religious identity | ||||||||||
Catholic | 24 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 25 | 1 | 36 | |||
Protestant or Other Christian | 26 | 48 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 37 | |||
Muslim | 49 | 15 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |||
Jewish
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52 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
Hindu | 43 | 30 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Sikh | 39 | 16 | 40 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
Other religion | 26 | 26 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |||
None | 25 | 26 | 28 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 19 | |||
Don't know/Refused | 29 | 27 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | |||
Religious service attendance | ||||||||||
More than once a week | 18 | 63 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |||
Once a week | 25 | 51 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | |||
A few times a month | 30 | 41 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |||
Once a month | 29 | 36 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | |||
A few times a year | 29 | 35 | 19 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 16 | |||
At least once a year | 24 | 31 | 19 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 12 | |||
Not at all | 25 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 48 | |||
Don't know/refused | 25 | 31 | 26 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | |||
Age | ||||||||||
18–34 years old | 22 | 29 | 25 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 27 | |||
35–54 years old | 25 | 37 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 41 | |||
55 and older | 29 | 41 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 31 | |||
Age by gender | ||||||||||
Men 18–34 years old | 23 | 30 | 23 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 14 | |||
Men 35–54 years old | 25 | 39 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 21 | |||
Men 55 and older | 26 | 45 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 14 | |||
Women 18–34 years old | 21 | 27 | 26 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 13 | |||
Women 35–54 years old | 25 | 34 | 23 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 21 | |||
Women 55 and older | 32 | 36 | 21 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 17 | |||
Sexual orientation | ||||||||||
LGBT | 36 | 8 | 33 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 4 | |||
Non-LGBT | 25 | 37 | 20 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 95 | |||
Don't know/Refused | 23 | 24 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 1 | |||
First time voter | ||||||||||
First time voter | 24 | 29 | 27 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 5 | |||
Everyone else | 26 | 36 | 20 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 95 | |||
Education | ||||||||||
Primary school or less | 27 | 39 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 0 | |||
Some High school
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23 | 38 | 19 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 5 | |||
High school
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22 | 40 | 20 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 16 | |||
Some Trades school
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23 | 38 | 21 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 17 | |||
Trades school
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23 | 37 | 20 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 20 | |||
Some University | 27 | 32 | 21 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 13 | |||
University undergraduate degree | 29 | 30 | 21 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 18 | |||
graduate degree
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33 | 30 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 10 | |||
Don't know/Won't say | 26 | 36 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 0 | |||
Smoking | ||||||||||
Smoker | 23 | 32 | 24 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 22 | |||
Non-smoker | 26 | 37 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 17 | |||
Employment | ||||||||||
Employed full-time | 25 | 35 | 20 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 42 | |||
Employed part-time | 24 | 35 | 23 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 9 | |||
Self-employed | 27 | 39 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 10 | |||
Homemaker | 22 | 43 | 20 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 5 | |||
Student | 25 | 20 | 29 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 7 | |||
Retired | 30 | 41 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 17 | |||
Currently unemployed | 23 | 30 | 25 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 4 | |||
Other | 25 | 30 | 30 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 3 | |||
Household income | ||||||||||
Under $10K | 23 | 26 | 28 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 3 | |||
$10K to $15K | 21 | 25 | 30 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 3 | |||
$15K to $20K | 24 | 28 | 27 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 3 | |||
$20K to $25K | 22 | 30 | 26 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 4 | |||
$25K to $30K | 23 | 34 | 22 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 5 | |||
$30K to $35K | 22 | 32 | 24 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 6 | |||
$35K to $40K | 24 | 34 | 22 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 6 | |||
$40K to $45K | 24 | 33 | 21 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 7 | |||
$45K to $55K | 24 | 35 | 22 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 10 | |||
$55K to $60K | 24 | 38 | 19 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 6 | |||
$60K to $70K | 25 | 38 | 21 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 9 | |||
$70K to $80K | 27 | 39 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 9 | |||
$80K to $100K | 26 | 39 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 11 | |||
$100K to $120K | 30 | 38 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 7 | |||
$120K to $150K | 32 | 41 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | |||
$150K or more | 32 | 43 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4 | |||
Union membership | ||||||||||
Union
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22 | 31 | 25 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 32 | |||
Non-union | 27 | 38 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 68 | |||
Home ownership | ||||||||||
Own | 26 | 40 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 68 | |||
Rent | 24 | 26 | 23 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 28 | |||
Neither | 22 | 23 | 23 | 6 | 24 | 2 | 3 | |||
Region | ||||||||||
British Columbia and Yukon | 25 | 37 | 31 | 5 | n/a | 1 | 13 | |||
Alberta, NWT and Nunavut | 14 | 65 | 14 | 7 | n/a | 1 | 10 | |||
Saskatchewan and Manitoba | 22 | 44 | 28 | 5 | n/a | 2 | 7 | |||
Ontario | 35 | 36 | 23 | 6 | n/a | 1 | 38 | |||
Quebec | 15 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 47 | 1 | 25 | |||
Atlantic Canada | 36 | 30 | 29 | 4 | n/a | 1 | 8 | |||
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Greater Vancouver | 30 | 33 | 30 | 5 | n/a | 1 | 5 | |||
Greater Calgary
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14 | 66 | 11 | 9 | n/a | 0 | 3 | |||
Greater Edmonton
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16 | 60 | 17 | 6 | n/a | 0 | 3 | |||
Greater Toronto Area
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40 | 33 | 20 | 6 | n/a | 1 | 12 | |||
National Capital Region | 27 | 40 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | |||
Greater Montreal | 20 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 47 | 1 | 12 | |||
Rest of Canada | 24 | 37 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 58 | |||
Community size | ||||||||||
1 Million plus | 31 | 25 | 19 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 27 | |||
500K to 1M | 20 | 46 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 18 | |||
100K to 500K | 30 | 31 | 28 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 14 | |||
10K to 100K | 24 | 38 | 22 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 21 | |||
1.5K to 10K | 22 | 41 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 15 | |||
Under 1.5K | 19 | 43 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 4 | |||
Factor most influencing choice of vote | ||||||||||
The local candidate | 33 | 33 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 21 | |||
The party leader | 27 | 37 | 21 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 17 | |||
The party's stances on the issues | 23 | 36 | 21 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 61 | |||
Issue regarded as most important | ||||||||||
Healthcare | 27 | 23 | 33 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 15 | |||
Corruption | 3 | 61 | 12 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 19 | |||
Economy | 49 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 14 | |||
Environment
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8 | 3 | 24 | 47 | 17 | 1 | 5 | |||
Reducing taxes | 17 | 59 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 7 | |||
Social programs | 27 | 13 | 45 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 11 | |||
Abortion and/or gay marriage | 33 | 36 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 10 | |||
Jobs | 24 | 27 | 16 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 4 | |||
National Unity | 51 | 27 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |||
US-Canada relationship
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14 | 71 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||
Crime | 15 | 66 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||
Immigration | 29 | 45 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |||
The Atlantic Accord | 52 | 26 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||
Abortion position | ||||||||||
Legal in all cases | 29 | 24 | 24 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 40 | |||
Legal in most cases | 26 | 36 | 20 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 37 | |||
Illegal in most cases | 17 | 58 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13 | |||
Illegal in all cases | 17 | 65 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
Don't know | 25 | 42 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 6 | |||
Gun ownership | ||||||||||
Yes | 20 | 46 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 17 | |||
No | 27 | 33 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 82 | |||
Refused | 18 | 49 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
Candidates
The election involved the same 308
Gender breakdown of candidates
An ongoing issue in Canadian politics is the imbalance between the genders in selection by political parties of candidates. Although in the past some parties, particularly the New Democrats, have focused on the necessity of having equal gender representation in Parliament, no major party has ever nominated as many or more women than men in a given election. In 2006, the New Democrats had the highest percentage of female candidates (35.1%) of any party aside from the Animal Alliance, which only had one candidate, its leader,
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Campaign slogans
The parties'
English slogan | French slogan | Literal English translation | |
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Conservative | Stand up for Canada | Changeons pour vrai | Let's change for real / for truth (pun) |
Liberal | Choose your Canada | Un Canada à votre image | A Canada in your image |
NDP | Getting results for people | Des réalisations concrètes pour les gens | Solid results for people |
BQ | Thankfully, the Bloc is here! | Heureusement, ici, c'est le Bloc! | Fortunately, the Bloc is here! |
Green | We can | Oui, nous pouvons | Yes, we can |
Endorsements
Target ridings
Incumbent MPs who did not run for re-election
Liberals
Independents |
Conservatives
New DemocratsBloquistes |
Results
The election was held on January 23, 2006. The first polls closed at 7:00 p.m.
Choosing not to take on the office of
, until his retirement in 2008.Overall results
The elections resulted in a Conservative minority government with 124 seats in parliament with a Liberal opposition and a strengthened NDP. In his speech following the loss, Martin stated he would not lead the Liberal Party of Canada in another election. Preliminary results indicated that 64.9% of registered voters cast a ballot, a notable increase over 2004's 60.9%.[10]
The NDP won new seats in British Columbia and Ontario as their overall popular vote increased 2% from 2004. The Bloc managed to win almost as many seats as in 2004 despite losing a significant percentage of the vote. Most of the Conservatives' gains were in rural Ontario and Quebec as they took a net loss in the west, but won back the only remaining Liberal seat in Alberta. The popular vote of the Conservatives and Liberals were almost the mirror image of 2004, though the Conservatives were not able to translate this into as many seats as the Liberals did in 2004.
A judicial recount was automatically scheduled in the Parry Sound-Muskoka riding, where early results showed Conservative Tony Clement only 21 votes ahead of Liberal Andy Mitchell, because the difference of votes cast between the two leading candidates was less than 0.1%. Clement was confirmed as the winner by 28 votes.[11]
Conservative candidate Jeremy Harrison, narrowly defeated by Liberal Gary Merasty in the Saskatchewan riding of Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River by 72 votes, alleged electoral fraud but decided not to pursue the matter. A judicial recount was ordered in the riding,[12] which certified Gary Merasty the winner by a reduced margin of 68 votes.[13]
Party | Party leader | Candi- dates |
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2004 | Dissol. | 2006 | % Change | # | % | Change | ||||||
Conservative | Stephen Harper | 308 | 99 | 98 | 124 | +26.3% | 5,374,071 | 36.27% | +6.64pp | |||
Liberal | Paul Martin | 308 | 135 | 133 | 103 | -23.7% | 4,479,415 | 30.23% | -6.50pp | |||
Bloc Québécois | Gilles Duceppe | 75 | 54 | 53 | 51 | -5.6% | 1,553,201 | 10.48% | -1.91pp | |||
New Democrats | Jack Layton | 308 | 19 | 18 | 29 | +52.6% | 2,589,597 | 17.48% | +1.80pp | |||
Independent and No Affiliation | 90 | 1 | 4 | 11 | - | 81,860 | 0.55% | 0.07pp | ||||
Green | Jim Harris | 308 | - | - | - | 664,068 | 4.48% | +0.19pp | ||||
Christian Heritage | Ron Gray | 45 | - | - | - | 28,152 | 0.19% | -0.11pp | ||||
Progressive Canadian | Tracy Parsons | 25 | - | - | - | 14,151 | 0.10% | +0.02pp | ||||
Marijuana
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Blair Longley | 23 | - | - | - | 9,171 | 0.06% | -0.19pp | ||||
Marxist-Leninist
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Sandra L. Smith | 69 | - | - | - | 8,980 | 0.06% | – | ||||
Canadian Action | Connie Fogal | 34 | - | - | - | 6,102 | 0.04% | -0.02pp | ||||
Communist | Miguel Figueroa | 21 | - | - | - | 3,022 | 0.02% | -0.01pp | ||||
Libertarian | Jean-Serge Brisson | 10 | - | - | - | 3,002 | 0.02% | +0.01pp | ||||
First Peoples National | Barbara Wardlaw | 5 | * | - | - | * | 1,201 | 0.01% | * | |||
Western Block | Doug Christie | 4 | * | - | - | * | 1,094 | 0.01% | * | |||
Animal Alliance | Liz White | 1 | * | - | - | * | 72 | 0.00% | * | |||
Vacant | 2 | |||||||||||
Total | 1634 | 308 | 308 | 308 | ±0.0% | 14,817,159 | 100% | |||||
Source: Elections Canada |
Notes:
- Official candidate nominations closed January 2, 2006. Candidate totals cited above are based on official filings. Nominations were official on January 5, 2006.
- "% change" refers to change from previous election
- * indicates the party did not contest in the previous election.
- 1 André Arthur was elected as an independent candidate in the Quebec City-area riding of Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier. He personally won 20,158 votes.
Vote and seat summaries
Results by province
Party name | BC | AB | SK | MB | ON | QC | NB | NS | PE | NL | NU | NT | YT | Total | ||
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Conservative | Seats: | 17[1] | 28 | 12 | 8 | 40 | 10 | 3 | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | - | 124 | |
Vote: | 37.3 | 65.0 | 48.9 | 42.8 | 35.1 | 24.6 | 35.7 | 29.7 | 33.4 | 42.7 | 29.6 | 19.8 | 23.7 | 36.2 | ||
Liberal | Seats: | 9[2] | - | 2 | 3 | 54 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | 103 | |
Vote: | 27.6 | 15.3 | 22.4 | 26.0 | 39.9 | 20.7 | 39.2 | 37.1 | 52.5 | 42.8 | 39.1 | 34.9 | 48.5 | 30.2 | ||
Bloc Québécois | Seats: | 51 | 51 | |||||||||||||
Vote: | 42.1 | 10.5 | ||||||||||||||
New Democrat
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Seats: | 10 | - | - | 3 | 12 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 29 | |
Vote: | 28.6 | 11.6 | 24.0 | 25.4 | 19.4 | 7.5 | 21.9 | 29.8 | 9.6 | 13.6 | 17.6 | 42.1 | 23.8 | 17.5 | ||
Green | Vote: | 5.3 | 6.5 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 0.9 | 5.9 | 2.1 | 4.0 | 4.5 | |
Independent / No affiliation
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Seats: | 1[3] | 1 | |||||||||||||
Vote: | 0.9 | 0.1 | ||||||||||||||
Total seats: | 36 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 106 | 75 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 308 |
Notes
^ David Emerson, elected on January 23 as a Liberal in the British Columbia riding of Vancouver Kingsway, changed parties on February 6 to join the Conservatives before the new Parliament had taken office. He is reflected here as a Liberal.
^ André Arthur was elected as an independent candidate in the Quebec riding of Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier.
10 closest ridings
- Parry Sound-Muskoka, ON: Tony Clement (Cons) def. Andy Mitchell (Lib) by 28 votes
- Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River, SK: Gary Merasty (Lib) def. Jeremy Harrison (Cons) by 73 votes
- Winnipeg South, MB: Rod Bruinooge (Cons) def. Reg Alcock (Lib) by 111 votes
- Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, ON: Pierre Lemieux (Cons) def. René Berthiaume (Lib) by 203 votes
- Louis-Hébert, QC: Luc Harvey (Cons) def. Roger Clavet (BQ) by 231 votes
- St. Catharines, ON: Rick Dykstra (Cons) def. Walt Lastewka (Lib) by 244 votes
- Mike Allen (Cons) def. Andy Savoy(Lib) by 336 votes
- Thunder Bay—Superior North, ON: Joe Comuzzi (Lib) def. Bruce Hyer (NDP) by 408 votes
- West Nova, NS: Robert Thibault (Lib) def. Greg Kerr (Cons) by 511 votes
- Brant, ON: Lloyd St. Amand (Lib) def. Phil McColeman(Cons) by 582 votes
Results by electoral district
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See also
Articles on parties' candidates in this election:
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References
- ^ Krauss, Clifford (November 29, 2005). "Liberal Party Loses Vote Of Confidence In Canada". The New York Times.
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Further reading
- Dornan, Christopher; Pammett, Jon H., eds. (2006). The Canadian General Election of 2006. Toronto: Dundurn Press. ISBN 978-1-55002-650-4.
- Mutimer, David, ed. (2013). Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs, 2006. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-1-4426-4569-1.
External links
- Election Prediction Project
- UBC Election Stock Market 2006
- Which party to vote for? (saplin.com) – Vote by issue quiz
- TrendLines Riding Projections (2004, 2006 & 2009)
- Predicting the 2006 Canadian Election
Government links
National media coverage
- First French Leaders' Debate Windows Media Video stream
- CTV News – Election 2006
- The Globe and Mail – Decision 2006 Archived October 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
Humour
- 2006 Election Editorial Cartoon Gallery by Graeme MacKay of The Hamilton Spectator.