Canadian federal election, 1997

Canadian federal election, 1997

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301 seats in the 36th Canadian Parliament 151 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	67.0% (3.9pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Jean Chrétien Preston Manning Gilles Duceppe Party Liberal Reform Bloc Québécois Leader since June 23, 1990 November 1, 1987 March 15, 1997 Leader's seat Saint-Maurice Calgary Southwest Laurier— Sainte-Marie Last election 177 seats, 41.24% 52 seats, 18.69% 54 seats, 13.52% Seats before 174 50 50 Seats won 155 60 44 Seat change 19 10 6 Popular vote 4,994,277 2,513,080 1,385,821 Percentage 38.46% 19.35% 10.67% Swing 2.78pp 0.66pp 2.85pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Alexa McDonough Jean Charest Party New Democratic Progressive Conservative Leader since October 14, 1995 April 29, 1995 Leader's seat Halifax Sherbrooke Last election 9 seats, 6.88% 2 seats, 16.04% Seats before 9 2 Seats won 21 20 Seat change 12 18 Popular vote 1,434,509 2,446,705 Percentage 11.05% 18.84% Swing 4.17pp 2.80pp
Popular vote by province, with graphs indicating the number of seats won. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote by province but instead via results by each riding.
Prime Minister before election Jean Chrétien Liberal Prime Minister-designate Jean Chrétien Liberal

Jean Chrétien
Liberal

Jean Chrétien
Liberal

The Canadian federal election of 1997 was held on June 2 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 36th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's Liberal Party of Canada won a second majority government. The Reform Party of Canada replaced the Bloc Québécois as the Official Opposition.

The election results closely followed the pattern of the 1993 election. The Liberals swept Ontario, while a divided Bloc managed to win a reduced majority in Quebec. Reform made sufficient gains in the West to allow Preston Manning to become Leader of the Official Opposition, but lost its only seat east of Manitoba. The most significant change was major gains in Atlantic Canada by the New Democratic Party (NDP) and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. The Liberals faced major losses, including two cabinet ministers; David Dingwall, Minister of Public Works from Nova Scotia, and Doug Young, Minister of National Defence from New Brunswick, both of whom lost to NDP candidates.