Canadian federal election, 1984

Canadian federal election, 1984

1980 ← September 4, 1984 → 1988

outgoing members ← → elected members

282 seats in the 33rd Canadian Parliament 142 seats needed for a majority Turnout 75.3% (6.0pp)   First party Second party Third party   Leader Brian Mulroney John Turner Ed Broadbent Party Progressive Conservative Liberal New Democratic Leader since June 11, 1983 June 16, 1984 July 7, 1975 Leader's seat Manicouagan Vancouver Quadra Oshawa Last election 103 seats, 32.45% 147 seats, 44.34% 32 seats, 19.77% Seats before 100 135 31 Seats won 211 40 30 Seat change 111 95 1 Popular vote 6,278,818 3,516,486 2,359,915 Percentage 50.03% 28.02% 18.81% Swing 17.59pp 16.32pp 0.97pp

Prime Minister before election John Turner Liberal Prime Minister-designate Brian Mulroney Progressive Conservative

John Turner
Liberal

Brian Mulroney
Progressive Conservative

The Canadian federal election of 1984 was held on September 4 of that year to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 33rd Parliament of Canada. The Progressive Conservative Party, led by Brian Mulroney, won the largest landslide majority government (by total number of seats) in Canadian history, while the Liberals suffered what at that time was the worst defeat for a governing party at the federal level. Only the Progressive Conservatives faced a larger defeat in 1993.

The election marked the end of the Liberals' long dominance of federal politics in Quebec, a province which had been the bedrock of Liberal support for almost a century; they did not win a majority of Quebec seats again for another three decades.

This election was also the last time that the winning party received over 50% of the national popular vote. The 6.3 million votes won by the Conservatives remained a record until the Liberals' victory in 2015.

The election was fought almost entirely on the record of the Liberals, who had been in power for all but one year since 1963.

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