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Canadian federal election, 1993

Canadian federal election, 1993
Canada
← 1988 October 25, 1993 (1993-10-25) 1997 →

295 seats in the 35th Canadian Parliament
148 seats needed for a majority
Turnout 70.9% (Decrease4.4pp)
  First party Second party Third party
  Jean Chretien 2010.jpg Lucien Bouchard02 crop.jpg Preston Manning in 2004.jpg
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 Increase96 Increase44 Increase51
Popular vote 5,647,952 1,846,024 2,559,245
Percentage 41.24% 13.52% 18.69%
Swing Increase9.32pp pre-creation Increase16.59pp

  Fourth party Fifth party
  AudreyMcLaughlin2012 1.png KimCampbell.jpg
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 Decrease35 Decrease154
Popular vote 939,575 2,186,422
Percentage 6.88% 16.04%
Swing Decrease13.50pp Decrease26.97pp

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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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