Results of the 1993 Canadian federal election

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The 1993 Canadian federal election was held on October 25, 1993, to elect members to the House of Commons of Canada of the 35th Parliament of Canada. The incumbent Progressive Conservative Party of Prime Minister Kim Campbell, in office since June 1993,[1] was defeated by the Liberal Party of Canada under the leadership of Jean Chrétien. The Progressive Conservatives were reduced from 156 to just 2 seats.

The emergence of the

Canadian politics.[2]

In total, 194 out of 295 ridings changed hands.

Results by region

Atlantic Canada

The Liberals won 30 of the 31 seats in

St. John in New Brunswick, which Elsie Wayne held for the PCs against the national swing.[3]

Quebec

Verdun—Saint-Paul. Progressive Conservative Minister of Industry Jean Charest held his seat of Sherbrooke, being the only MP from his party to survive the BQ surge. Former PC MP Gilles Bernier held Beauce as an Independent on a narrow majority against the insurgent BQ. He had been barred by Kim Campbell
from running under the PC banner due to fraud charges, of which he was later acquitted.

Ontario

In

Simcoe Centre, which was won by Ed Harper from the Reform Party. The results were attributed to the vote splitting between the PCs and Reform which allowed the Liberals to be victorious in many of the marginal ridings in rural Southern Ontario. In many cases the Progressive Conservatives were pushed into third place in their own seats. The NDP performed particularly poorly in Ontario due to the unpopularity of Premier Bob Rae losing all of their seats to the Liberals.[5]

Western Canada

In Western Canada, the Progressive Conservatives were wiped out.[6] The New Democratic Party was replaced by the Reform Party as the party representing Western alienation. The Liberals won all but two seats in Manitoba. . In the far west the Reform Party dominated, winning 22 of 26 seats in Alberta and 24 of 32 in British Columbia.

The Liberals won 5 seats in British Columbia and 4 in Alberta, pale in comparison to their domination of Eastern Canada. In Saskatchewan, the NDP bucked the national trend and held onto most of their seats there. The only seats the NDP won in British Columbia were Burnaby—Kingsway and Kamloops amid the unpopularity of the provincial NDP government.

Northern Canada

In the

New Democratic Party leader Audrey McLaughlin held her seat with a decreased majority. Former Mayor of Whitehorse Don Branigan
took the Liberals into second place.

Seats changing hands

References

  1. ^ See List of prime ministers of Canada. The two prime ministers with shorter times in office were Charles Tupper in 1896 and John Turner in 1984. Arthur Meighen also served a shorter time in 1926, but his total time was longer including his first term in 1920-21.
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  3. ^ "Wayne leaving federal politics". CBC News. 2004-02-16. Archived from the original on 2005-12-01.
  4. ^ "Bloc Québécois forms the Opposition in 1993 election". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Digital Archives. 26 October 1993. Archived from the original on 19 February 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  5. ^ "Bob Rae's arise and tumble as Ontario's initial NDP premier, as told by Maclean's archives". Canada Breaking News | Top Stories | Political | Business | Entertainment | Sport. 2018-05-29. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
  6. ^ Martin, Lawrence (2010-11-23). "Opinion: The 1993 election changed everything". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2023-03-18.

See also

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