Canadian federal election results (1880-1899)

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For detailed results for an election, including results for each province, see:

• Canadian Federal Election, 1882 - 5th General Election
• Canadian Federal Election, 1887 - 6th General Election
• Canadian Federal Election, 1891 - 7th General Election
• Canadian Federal Election, 1896 - 8th General Election

[edit] Number of seats won

Party		1882	1887	1891	1896
	Liberal	73	80	90	117
	Conservative	94	96	97	71
	Liberal-Conservative	39	26	20	15
	Independent Conservative	1	3	3	4
	Independent Liberal	2	6	1	1
	Independent	1	1	2	1
	Nationalist Conservative	1	2	1
	Nationalist		1	1
	McCarthyite				2
	Patrons of Industry				2
Total		211	215	215	213

[edit] Popular vote

Party		1882	1887	1891	1896
	Liberal	31.10%	43.13%	45.22%	41.37%
	Conservative	27.83%	40.15%	42.96%	44.40%
	Liberal-Conservative	12.56%	7.26%	5.62%	5.62%
	Independent Conservative	0.18%	1.56%	1.94%	1.26%
	Independent Liberal	1.11%	2.16%	0.72%	0.24%
	Independent	1.59%	1.24%	0.82%	1.43%
	Nationalist Conservative	0.21%	0.49%	0.16%
	Nationalist		0.66%	0.00%1	1.46%
	McCarthyite				1.33%
	Patrons of Industry				3.94%
	Equal Rights (Canada)			0.32%
	Progressive2			0.06%
	Protestant Protective				0.64%
	Unknown	25.41%	3.33%	2.18%	0.17%

Notes:

¹ One Nationalist candidate was elected by acclamation.

² The Parliamentary website identifies two candidates in Nova Scotia as being “Progressives”. This may be an error.