Timeline of Canadian elections

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This article provides a timeline of elections in Canada, including all the provincial, territorial and federal elections. The information starts from when each province was formed or entered the Confederation, and continues through to the present day. The background colour indicates which party won the election. Several provinces held elections before joining Canada, but only their post-Confederation elections are shown. These include:

Ontario's first 13 elections as Upper Canada, from 1792 to 1840;
Quebec's first 15 elections as Lower Canada, from 1792 to 1840;
the 8 joint elections of Ontario and Quebec as the Province of Canada, from 1840 to Confederation;
New Brunswick's first 21 elections, beginning in 1785 (the 21st Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick was elected in 1866, one year before Confederation, and continued until 1870, three years after Confederation);
Nova Scotia's first 23 elections, beginning in 1758;
Prince Edward Island's first 25 elections, beginning in 1769; and
Newfoundland's first 28 elections, beginning in 1832.

1 1867 - 1899
2 1900 - 1939
3 1940 - 1979
4 1980 - present
5 Notes
6 Summary
7 References

Colour	Party	Colour	Party
	Pre-confederation		Parti Québécois
	Liberal		Yukon Party
	NDP		(Progressive) Conservative
	CCF		Union Nationale
	Social Credit		Coalition
	United Farmers		Non-partisan

[edit] 1867 - 1899

Year	BC	MB	ON	QC	NB	NS	PEI	YU	NT	Federal
1867			1st ^[A]	1st	21st	24th				1st
1868
1869
1870		1st			22nd				(Temp. Council)
1871	1st		2nd	2nd		25th
1872										2nd
1873							26th			2nd
1874		2nd			23rd	26th				3rd
1875	2nd		3rd	3rd
1876							27th		(First Council)
1877
1878	3rd	3rd		4th ^[F]	24th	27th				4th
1879		4th	4th				28th
1880
1881				5th
1882	4th				25th	28th				5th
1883		5th	5th				29th
1884
1885
1886	5th	6th	6th	6th	26th	29th	30th
1887		6th								6th
1888		7th							1st
1889
1890	6th		7th	7th	27th	30th	31st ^[B]
1891				7th	27th				2nd	7th
1892		8th		8th	28th
1893							32nd
1894	7th		8th			31st			3rd
1895					29th
1896		9th								8th
1897				9th		32nd	33rd
1898	8th		9th					N/A ^[C]	4th
1899	8th	10th			30th			N/A ^[C]

Year	BC	AB	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	NS	PEI	NL	YU	NT	NU		Federal

[edit] 1900 - 1939

Year	BC	AB	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	NS	PEI	YU	NT	Federal

1900	9th					10th			34th	1st		9th
1901								33rd
1902					10th						5th
1903	10th			11th			31st			2nd
1904						11th			35th	2nd		10th
1905		1st	1st		11th					3rd	(Second Council)
1906								34th		3rd
1907	11th			12th						4th
1908	11th		2nd		12th	12th	32nd		36th	4th		10th
1909	12th	2nd								5th
1910				13th
1911					13th			35th				12th
1912	13th		3rd			13th	33rd		37th	6th
1913		3rd
1914				14th	14th
1915				15th					38th	7th
1916	14th					14th		36th		7th
1917		4th	4th				34th			8th		13th
1918
1919					15th	15th			39th
1920	15th			16th			35th	37th		9th
1921		5th	5th	16th						9th		14th
1922				17th						10th
1923					16th	16th			40th
1924	16th
1925			6th				36th	38th		11th		15th
1926		6th			17th							16th
1927				18th		17th			41st
1928	17th							39th		12th
1929			7th ^[E]		18th
1930		7th					37th					17th
1931						18th			42nd	13th
1932				19th
1933	18th							40th
1934			8th		19th					14th
1935		8th				19th	38th		43rd			18th
1936				20th		20th
1937	19th				20th			41st		15th
1938			9th
1939						21st	39th		44th

Year	BC	AB	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	NS	PEI	NL	YU	NT	NU		Federal

[edit] 1940 - 1979

Year	BC	AB	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	NS	PEI	NL	YU	NT	Federal

1940		9th									16th		19th
1941	20th			21st				42nd
1942
1943					21st				45th
1944		10th	10th		21st	22nd	40th				17th
1945	21st ^[D]			22nd	22nd			43rd					20th
1946
1947									46th		18th
1948		11th	11th		23rd	23rd	41st				18th
1949	22nd ^[D]			23rd				44th		29th	19th		21st
1950										29th
1951					24th				47th	30th		6th
1952	23rd	12th	12th			24th	42nd				20th
1953	24th			24th				45th					22nd
1954												7th
1955		13th			25th				48th		21st
1956	25th		13th			25th	43rd	46th		31st
1957												8th	23rd
1958				25th							22nd		24th
1959		14th		26th	26th				49th	32nd
1960	26th		14th			26th	44th	47th				9th
1961						26th					23rd
1962				27th		27th			50th	33rd			25th
1963	27th	15th			27th		45th	48th					26th
1964			15th								24th	10th	26th
1965													27th
1966	28th			28th		28th			51st	34th
1967		16th	16th		28th		46th	49th			25th	11th
1968													28th
1969	29th			29th
1970						29th	47th	50th	52nd		26th	12th
1971		17th	17th		29th					35th
1972	30th									36th			29th
1973				30th		30th							29th
1974							48th	51st	53rd		27th		30th
1975	31st	18th	18th		30th					37th		13th
1976					30th	31st
1977				31st	31st
1978			19th				49th	52nd	54th		28th
1979	32nd	19th							55th	38th		14th	31st

Year	BC	AB	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	NS	PEI	NL	YU	NT	NU		Federal

[edit] 1980 - present

Year	BC	AB	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	NS	PEI	NL	YU	NT	NU	Federal

1980														32nd
1981				32nd	32nd	32nd		53rd
1982		20th	20th				50th		56th	39th	29th
1983	33rd											15th
1984								54th						33rd
1985					33rd	33rd				40th	30th
1986	34th	21st	21st	33rd	33rd				57th
1987				33rd	34th		51st					16th
1988				34th				55th						34th
1989		22nd		34th		34th			58th	41st	31st
1990				35th	35th
1991	35th		22nd				52nd					17th
1992											32nd
1993		23rd						56th	59th	42nd				35th
1994						35th
1995			23rd	36th	36th		53rd					18th
1996	36th								60th	43rd	33rd
1997		24th												36th
1998						36th		57th
1999			24th	37th	37th		54th	58th		44th		19th	1st
2000									61st		34th			37th
2001	37th	25th									34th
2002											35th
2003			25th	38th	38th	37th	55th	59th	62nd	45th		20th
2004		26th											2nd	38th
2005	38th													38th
2006							56th	60th			36th			39th
2007					next	38th				next
2008
2009		next
2010
2011							next							next

Year	BC	AB	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	NS	PEI	NL	YU	NT	NU		Federal

[edit] Notes

^A Coalition between Conservative and Liberal parties (who won 41 out of 82 seats each).

^B Conservative and Liberal parties won 15 seats each (out of 30).

^C Although Yukon was created in 1898, the Territorial Council was wholly appointed from 1898 to 1900.

^D Coalition between Liberal and Conservative parties.

^E The Liberal party won the most seats, but lost a motion of no-confidence shortly after the election resulting in a coalition between the Conservative and Progessive parties.

^F Power went back and forth a few times surrounding the 1878 election. For most of that legislature, the Liberals controlled a minority parliament with the support of some Conservative members.

The most recent election in most provinces is shown with a box equivalent to five years of government, as this the maximum length of office as set by the constitution. However, elections can be called at any time by a provincial government. Three provinces have changed to fixed election dates every four years. For these three provinces, the box is shown as four years, but an election could still be earlier if the government falls due to a motion of no confidence. The provinces are:

British Columbia,
Ontario, and
Newfoundland and Labrador.

The province of New Brunswick, as well as the federal government, are also planning to switch to fixed four-year election dates.

[edit] Summary

The table below shows how many elections each party has won in each province and territory. Note that Nunavut and the Northwest Territories use consensus government, which means there are no political parties. Of thirty-nine federal elections, twenty-three have won by the Liberals, fifteen have been by the Conservatives, and one by a coalition.

Party		BC	AB	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	NS	PEI	NL	YU	NT	NU	Total
	Liberal	8	4	11	11	14	23	10	23	20	11	1	0	0	136
	NDP	3	0	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	19
	CCF	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
	Social Credit	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20
	United Farmers	0	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
	Union Nationale	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
	(Progressive) Conservative	5	10	2	16	21	5	9	14	16	7	2	1	0	107
	Yukon Party	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3
	Parti Québécois	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Coalition	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5
	Non-partisan	9	-	-	3	-	-	16*	-	-	-	27	19	2	55
Total		38	26	25	38	38	38	35	37	37	18	36	20	2	388

* Although the 21st New Brunswick election is shown in the main table, it took place a year before New Brunswick entered the Canadian confederation. As such it was not a Canadian election, and is thus excluded from this table.

[edit] References

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Alberta: Government of Alberta. Candidate Summary of Results (General Elections 1905-2004). Comparative Statistics. Retrieved on 2006-12-02.; Government of Alberta. Electoral Summary: 1905 - 2004. Comparative Statistics. Retrieved on 2006-12-02.
Saskatchewan: Government of Saskatchewan. Provincial Vote Summaries (HTML). Historical. Elections Saskatchewan. Retrieved on 2006-11-19.
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Ontario: Composition Of Legislature Following Ontario General Elections. Elections Ontario. Retrieved on 2006-12-15.
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Nova Scotia: Government of Nova Scotia. Election Summary From 1867 - 2006 (PDF). Elections Statistics. Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved on 2006-12-02.
Prince Edward Island: Historical Election Dates. Elections PEI. Retrieved on 2006-12-02.
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