Canadian federal election, 2000

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Canadian federal election, 2000
301 seats in the 37th Canadian Parliament
November 27, 2000
Government Opposition Third Party
Leader Jean Chrétien Stockwell Day Gilles Duceppe
Party Liberal Canadian Alliance Bloc Québécois
Leader's seat Saint-Maurice Okanagan—
Coquihalla		 Laurier—
Sainte-Marie
Last election 155 60 44
Seats won 172 66 38
Seat change +17 +6 -6
Popular vote 5,252,031 3,276,929 1,377,727
Percentage 40.85% 25.49% 10.72%
Swing +2.39% +6.13% +0.04%
Fourth Party Fifth Party
Image:Joe Clark at Progressive Conservative Convention 1976.jpg
Leader Alexa McDonough Joe Clark
Party New Democrat PC
Leader's seat Halifax Calgary Centre
Last election 21 20
Seats won 13 12
Seat change -8 -8
Popular vote 1,093,868 1,566,998
Percentage 8.51% 12.19%
Swing -2.54% -6.65%
Canadian federal election, 2000
Incumbent PM
Jean Chrétien
Liberal

The 2000 Canadian federal election was held on November 27, 2000, to elect 301 Members of Parliament of the Canadian House of Commons of the 37th Parliament of Canada.

The governing Liberal Party of Canada won a third consecutive majority government easily, as they had been expected to do when the election was called in October, and throughout the campaign. The election was regarded as a great success by Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and the Liberal Party, but a failure for every other party. Without important issues or a very exciting campaign, voter turn-out reached a record low of 64.1 per cent (corrected from initial reporting of 61.2 per cent).

It is said that the election also brought an end to Quebec Premier Lucien Bouchard, due to the Bloc losing seats in Quebec and the Liberal success in the province.

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[edit] Parties

  • The Liberal Party campaigned on its successful economic record and relatively scandal-free seven years in office. They regained some of the ground in Atlantic Canada that they lost to the NDP and PC parties during the 1997 election due to a change to unemployment rules that hurt seasonal workers. In Quebec, the Liberals also managed to capture nearly half of the province's seats at the expense of the Bloc. Overall, the Liberals increased their number of seats in the House of Commons from 155 seats to 172 seats.
  • The Canadian Alliance went into the election with great hopes. New leader Stockwell Day was expected to appeal far more to the crucial Ontario voters, and the Canadian Alliance was hoping for major improvements. The Alliance campaigned on tax cuts, an end to the federal gun registration program, and family values. The campaign was dogged by accusations that the party would allow private health care to operate alongside the public medicare system and introduce two-tier health care, and for threatening gay rights and abortion rights, all of which the party denied. Day's personal image also suffered, particularly due to gaffes along the campaign trail. The Alliance ended up winning only two Ontario ridings. This led to the eventual downfall of Day the next year. At one point, the Alliance was at 30.5% in the polls, and some thought they could win the election. While they did not do so, they did, however, retain their official opposition status, and increased their numbers in the House of Commons by six seats, from 60 to 66.
  • The Bloc Québécois failed to attract much interest in their campaign, and Gilles Duceppe, despite performing well in the debates, was not a very popular leader in Quebec. The Bloc Québécois's seat total fell from 44 to 38.
  • The New Democratic Party campaigned intensely on the issue of medicare, but failed to make much headway with voters. Their seat count fell from 21 to 13. The NDP's vote remained high in eastern Canada, especially Nova Scotia, where it traditionally has not done so well.
  • The Progressive Conservative Party aimed to regain its former place in Canadian politics under the leadership of former Prime Minister Joe Clark. The PC Party had a very disappointing election, falling from 20 to 12 seats, and being almost exclusively confined to the Maritime provinces and Newfoundland. It won the 12 seats needed for Official party status in the House of Commons, however. Failure to win 12 seats would have marginalized the party in the House of Commons, and likely led to a more rapid decline.
37th Parliament
37th Parliament

On election night, controversy arose when a CBC producer's gratuitously sexist comment about Stockwell Day's daughter-in-law, Juliana Thiessen Day, was accidentally broadcast on the Canadian networks' pooled election feed from Day's riding.

[edit] National results

Party Party leader # of
candidates		 Seats Popular vote
1997 Dissolution Elected % Change # % Change
     Liberal Jean Chrétien 301 155 161 172 +11.0% 5,252,031 40.85% +2.39%
     Canadian Alliance Stockwell Day 298 60 58 66 +10.0% 3,276,929 25.49% +6.13%1
     Bloc Québécois Gilles Duceppe 75 44 44 38 -13.6% 1,377,727 10.72% +0.04%
     New Democrats Alexa McDonough 298 21 19 13 -38.1% 1,093,868 8.51% -2.54%
     Progressive Conservative Joe Clark 291 20 15 12 -40.0% 1,566,998 12.19% -6.65%
     Green Joan Russow 111 - - - - 104,402 0.81% +0.38%
     Marijuana Marc-Boris St-Maurice 73 * - - * 66,258 0.52% *
     Canadian Action Paul T. Hellyer 70 - - - - 27,103 0.21% +0.08%
     Natural Law Neil Paterson 69 - - - - 16,577 0.13% -0.16%
     Marxist-Leninist Sandra L. Smith 84 - - - - 12,068 0.09% -
     Communist Miguel Figueroa 52 * - - * 8,776 0.09% *
     Independent 29 1 4 - -100% 17,445 0.14% -0.32%
     No affiliation 57 - - - - 37,591 0.29% +0.28%
     Vacant -  
Total 1,808 301 301 301 - 12,997,185 100% -
Sources: http://www.elections.ca History of Federal Ridings since 1867

Notes:

"% change" refers to change from previous election

* - Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election

1 - percentage change from Reform Party of Canada in previous election.

172
66
38
13
12
Liberal
Canadian Alliance
BQ
NDP
PC

[edit] Results by province

Party name BC AB SK MB ON QC NB NS PE NL NU NT YK Total
     Liberal Seats: 5 2 2 5 100 36 6 4 4 5 1 1 1 172
     Popular vote: 27.7 20.9 20.7 32.5 51.5 44.2 41.7 36.5 47.0 44.9 69.0 45.3 32.9 40.8
     Canadian Alliance Seats: 27 23 10 4 2 - - - - -   - - 66
     Vote: 49.4 58.9 47.7 30.4 23.6 6.2 15.7 9.6 5.0 3.9   17.6 27.0 25.5
     Bloc Québécois Seats:           38               38
     Vote:           39.9               10.7
     New Democrats Seats: 2 - 2 4 1 - 1 3 - - - - - 13
     Vote: 11.3 5.4 26.2 20.9 8.3 1.8 11.7 24.0 9.0 13.1 18.3 26.9 32.1 8.5
     Progressive Conservative Seats: - 1 - 1 - 1 3 4 - 2 - - - 12
     Vote: 7.3 13.5 4.8 14.5 14.4 5.6 30.5 29.1 38.4 34.5 8.1 10.1 7.6 12.2
Total seats: 34 26 14 14 103 75 10 11 4 7 1 1 1 301
Parties that won no seats:
     Green Vote: 2.1 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.9 0.6   0.1 0.3   4.5     0.8
     Marijuana Vote: 0.7 0.2   0.1 0.3 1.0 0.1 0.4           0.5
     Canadian Action Vote: 0.8 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2                 0.2
     Natural Law Vote: 0.1       0.1 0.3 0.2   0.1 0.1       0.1
     Marxist-Leninist Vote: 0.1       0.1 0.2   0.1           0.1
     Communist Vote: 0.1     0.3 0.1 0.1               0.1
     Other Vote: 0.4 0.4   1.0 0.6 0.2   0.2 0.1 4.4     0.4 0.4

Source: Elections Canada

[edit] Seat by seat results

[edit] Notes

[edit] 10 closest ridings

1.Champlain, QC: Marcel Gagnon (BQ) def. Julie Boulet (Lib) by 15 votes
2.Laval Centre, QC: Madelein Dalphond-Gurial (BQ) def. Pierre Lafleur (Lib) by 42 votes
3.Leeds—Grenville, ON: Joe Jordan (Lib) def. Gord Brown (CA) by 55 votes
4.Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar, SK: Carol Skelton (CA) def. Dennis Gruending (NDP) by 68 votes
5.Yukon, YT: Larry Bagnell (Lib) def. Louise Hardy (NDP) by 70 votes
6.Tobique—Mactaquac, NB: Andy Savoy (Lib) def. Gilles Bernier (PC) by 150 votes
7.Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre, SK: Larry Spencer (CA) def. John Solomon (NDP) by 161 votes
8.Regina—Qu'Appelle, SK: Lorne Nystrom (NDP) def. Don Leier (CA) by 164 votes
9.Palliser, SK: Dick Proctor (NDP) def. Don Findlay (CA) by 209 votes
10.Matapédia—Matane, QC: Jean-Yves Roy (BQ) def. Marc Bélanger (Lib) by 276 votes
11.Cardigan, PE: Lawrence MacAulay (Lib) def. Kevin MacAdam (PC) by 276 votes

[edit] See also

Articles on parties' candidates in this election:

[edit] External links

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