1993 Canadian federal election

Canadian federal election, 1993

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295 seats in the 35th Canadian Parliament 148 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	70.9% (4.4pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Jean Chrétien Lucien Bouchard Preston Manning Party Liberal Bloc Québécois Reform Leader since June 23, 1990 July 25, 1990 November 1, 1987 Leader's seat Saint-Maurice Lac-Saint-Jean Calgary Southwest Last election 83 seats, 31.92% pre-creation 0 seats, 2.09% Seats before 81 10 1 Seats won 177 54 52 Seat change 96 44 51 Popular vote 5,647,952 1,846,024 2,559,245 Percentage 41.24% 13.52% 18.69% Swing 9.32pp pre-creation 16.59pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Audrey McLaughlin Kim Campbell Party New Democratic Progressive Conservative Leader since December 5, 1989 June 13, 1993 Leader's seat Yukon Vancouver Centre (lost re-election) Last election 43 seats, 20.38% 169 seats, 43.02% Seats before 44 156 Seats won 9 2 Seat change 35 154 Popular vote 939,575 2,186,422 Percentage 6.88% 16.04% Swing 13.50pp 26.97pp
Prime Minister before election Kim Campbell Progressive Conservative Prime Minister-designate Jean Chrétien Liberal

Kim Campbell
Progressive Conservative

Jean Chrétien
Liberal

The Canadian federal election of 1993 (officially, the 35th general election) was held on Monday October 25 of that year to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons of the 35th Parliament of Canada. Fourteen parties competed for the 295 seats in the House at that time. It was one of the most eventful elections in Canada's history, with more than half of the electorate switching parties from the 1988 election. The Liberals, led by Jean Chrétien, won a strong majority in the House and formed the next government of Canada.

The election was called on Wednesday September 8, 1993, by the new Progressive Conservative Party leader, Prime Minister Kim Campbell, near the end of her party's five-year mandate. When she assumed office, the party was deeply unpopular, and was further weakened by the emergence of new parties that were competing for its core supporters. Campbell's initial efforts helped the party recover somewhat in pre-election polls before the writs were issued. However, this momentum did not last, and the Progressive Conservatives suffered the most lopsided defeat for a governing party at the federal level, and among the worst ever suffered by a governing party in the Western world. They lost more than half their vote from 1988 and all but two of their 156 seats. Though they recovered slightly in the 1997 election, the Progressive Conservatives lost seats in 2000 and would never be a major force in Canadian politics again. In 2003, the Progressive Conservative Party disappeared entirely when it merged with the larger Canadian Alliance party to create the new Conservative Party of Canada.

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