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:

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. The federal government and five provinces have changed to fixed election dates every four years. For these legislatures, the box is shown as running until the next scheduled election, but one could still be earlier if the government falls due to a motion of no confidence. The provinces are:

  • British Columbia,
  • Ontario,
  • New Brunswick,
  • Newfoundland and Labrador, and
  • Prince Edward Island.


Contents
Colour Party Colour Party
Pre-confederation Parti Québécois
Liberal Party Yukon Party
NDP Progressive Conservatives and historical Conservatives
CCF Conservative Party
Social Credit Union Nationale
United Farmers Coalition
Saskatchewan Party Non-partisan
 

[edit] 1867 - 1899

Year BC AB SK MB ON QC NB NS PEI NL YU NT NU   Federal
1867 1st
[A]		 1st 21st 24th 1st
1868
1869
1870 1st 22nd (Temp.
Council)
1871 1st 2nd 2nd 25th
1872 2nd
1873 26th
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
1888 7th 1st
1889
1890 6th 7th 7th 27th 30th 31st
[B]
1891 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 10th 30th
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 NL YU NT NU   Federal
1900 9th 10th 34th 1st 9th
1901 33rd
1902 10th 5th
1903 10th 11th 31st 2nd
1904 11th 35th 10th
1905 1st 1st 11th 3rd (Second
Council)
1906 34th
1907 11th 12th 4th
1908 2nd 12th 12th 32nd 36th 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
1917 4th 4th 34th 8th 13th
1918
1919 15th 15th 39th
1920 15th 16th 35th 37th 9th
1921 5th 5th 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 NU   Federal
1940 9th 16th 19th
1941 20th 21st 42nd
1942
1943 21st 45th
1944 10th 10th 22nd 40th 17th
1945 21st
[D]		 22nd 22nd 43rd 20th
1946
1947 46th 18th
1948 11th 11th 23rd 23rd 41st
1949 22nd
[D]		 23rd 44th 29th 19th 21st
1950
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 23rd
1962 27th 27th 50th 33rd 25th
1963 27th 15th 27th 45th 48th 26th
1964 15th 24th 10th
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
1974 48th 51st 53rd 27th 30th
1975 31st 18th 18th 30th 37th 13th
1976 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 57th
1987 34th 51st 16th
1988 34th 55th 34th
1989 22nd 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
2002 35th
2003 25th 38th 38th 37th 55th 59th 62nd 45th 20th
2004 26th 2nd 38th
2005 38th
2006 56th 60th 36th 39th
2007 26th 39th 39th 38th 63rd 46th 21st
2008 27th
2009 next next
2010 next
2011
2012 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 Progressive 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.

[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 15 23 10 23 21 11 1 0 0 138
NDP 3 0 6 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 20
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
Saskatchewan Party - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - 1
Union Nationale - - - - - 6 - - - - - - - 6
(Progressive) Conservative 5 11 2 16 21 5 9 14 16 8 2 1 0 110
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 20 2 77
Total 38 27 26 39 39 38 35 37 38 19 36 21 2 395

* 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

British Columbia
Government of British Columbia. Important Dates in BC Election History. Electoral History of British Columbia. Elections BC. Retrieved on 2006-12-02.
Government of British Columbia. 1871-1986. Electoral History of British Columbia. Elections BC. Retrieved on 2006-12-02.
Government of British Columbia (2002). 1987-2001 Supplement (PDF). Electoral History of British Columbia. Elections BC. Retrieved on 2006-12-02.
Government of British Columbia (May 17, 2005). Statement of Votes (PDF). 38th Provincial General Election. Elections BC. Retrieved on 2006-12-02.
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.
Manitoba
Government of Manitoba (June 3, 2003). Historical Summaries (PDF). Statement of Votes for the 38th Provincial General Election. Elections Manitoba. Retrieved on 2006-12-01.
Government of Manitoba (June 10, 2003). Official Election Results (ASP). Manitoba's 38th General Election. Elections Manitoba. Retrieved on 2006-12-02.
Ontario
Composition Of Legislature Following Ontario General Elections. Elections Ontario. Retrieved on 2006-12-15.
Quebec
Élections (English). QuébecPolitique.com. Retrieved on 2006-12-16.
Les premiers ministres du Québec depuis 1867 (French). Directeur général des élections. Retrieved on 2006-12-08.
New Brunswick
New Brunswick Votes 2006. CBC.ca. Retrieved on 2006-12-23. (results back to 1956)
Doyle, Arthur T. (1984). Elections in New Brunswick, 1784-1984. Fredericton: Brunswick Press. ISBN 0888383916. 
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.
Newfoundland and Labrador
General Election Statistics (1949-1999). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved on 2006-12-03. (1949-1999)
Official Count (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved on 2006-12-08. (2003)
Yukon
Election Results. Nodice.ca. Retrieved on 2006-12-02. (Results back to 1974)
General Elections. Elections Yukon. Retrieved on 2006-12-02. (Dates of all elections)
Donald Taylor. The Yukon Legislative Assembly. Canadian Parliamentary Review. Retrieved on 2006-12-23. (Non-partisan nature of Legislative Assembly before 1974)
Northwest Territories
History of Northwest Territories in Confederation. Collections Canada. Retrieved on 2006-12-19.
History of the Northwest Territories. Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly. Retrieved on 2006-12-19.
Election Results and Dates 1876 - 1905 (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives. Retrieved on 2006-04-13.
Councils and Assemblies. Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly. Retrieved on 2006-04-13. (1951 to date)
Nunavut
Nunavut Election '99 - Results. CBC Radio. Retrieved on 2006-12-05.
Nunavut Votes 2004. CBC News. Retrieved on 2006-12-01.
Federal
History of Federal Ridings since 1867. Parliament of Canada. Retrieved on 2006-12-23.
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