Canadian federal election, 2000

Canadian federal election, 2000

1997 ← November 27, 2000 (2000-11-27) → 2004

outgoing members ← → elected members

301 seats in the 37th Canadian Parliament 151 seats needed for a majority Turnout 64.1% (2.9pp)   First party Second party Third party   Leader Jean Chrétien Gilles Duceppe Party Liberal Alliance Bloc Québécois Leader since June 23, 1990 June 24, 2000 March 15, 1997 Leader's seat Saint-Maurice Okanagan—Coquihalla Laurier— Sainte-Marie Last election 155 seats, 38.46% 60 seats, 19.35% 44 seats, 10.67% Seats before 161 60 44 Seats won 172 66 38 Seat change 11 6 6 Popular vote 5,252,031 3,276,929 1,377,727 Percentage 40.85% 25.49% 10.72% Swing 2.39pp 6.13pp 0.04pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Alexa McDonough Joe Clark Party New Democratic Progressive Conservative Leader since October 14, 1995 November 14, 1998 Leader's seat Halifax Calgary Centre Last election 21 seats, 11.05% 20 seats, 18.84% Seats before 19 15 Seats won 13 12 Seat change 6 3 Popular vote 1,093,868 1,566,998 Percentage 8.51% 12.19% Swing 2.54pp 6.65pp

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 2000 Canadian federal election was held on November 27, 2000, to elect 301 Members of Parliament of the Canadian House of Commons of the 37th Parliament of Canada.

Since the previous election of 1997, small-"c" conservatives had begun attempts to merge the Reform Party of Canada and Progressive Conservative Party of Canada as part of the United Alternative agenda. During that time, Jean Charest stepped down as leader of the Progressive Conservatives and former Prime Minister Joe Clark took over the party and opposed any union with the Reform Party. In spring of 2000, the Reform Party became the Canadian Alliance, a political party dedicated to uniting right-wing conservatives together into one party. Former Reform Party leader Preston Manning lost in a leadership race to who became leader of the new Canadian Alliance party.

The federal government called an early election after being in office for just over three years (with a maximum allowed mandate of five years). The governing Liberal Party of Canada won a third consecutive majority government, winning more seats than the previous election. The Canadian Alliance made some minor gains, such as electing two Members of Parliament (MPs) from the province of Ontario. The Bloc Québécois, New Democratic Party (Canada) and the PC Party all lost seats. As the 1993 and 1997 federal elections involved vote-splitting between the Reform Party and the PC Party, the situation was repeated again between the Alliance and the PC Party, which in Canada's First Past the Post system allowed many Liberal candidates with a plurality of votes to win.

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