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Canadian federal election, 2004

Canadian federal election, 2004
Canada
2000 ←
June 28, 2004 (2004-06-28) → 2006
outgoing members ← → elected members

308 seats in the 38th Canadian Parliament
155 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout 60.9% (Decrease3.2pp)
  First party Second party
  Paul martin 2004.jpg Stephen Harper G8 2007.jpg
Leader Paul Martin Stephen Harper
Party Liberal Conservative
Leader since November 14, 2003 March 20, 2004
Leader's seat LaSalle—Émard Calgary Southwest
Last election 172 seats, 40.85% 78 seats, 37.68%1
Seats before 168 72
Seats won 135 99
Seat change Decrease33 Increase27
Popular vote 4,982,220 4,019,498
Percentage 36.73% 29.63%
Swing Decrease4.12pp Decrease8.05pp

  Third party Fourth party
  Gilles Duceppe2.jpg Jack-Layton-Cropped-2008-10-09.jpg
Leader Gilles Duceppe Jack Layton
Party Bloc Québécois New Democratic
Leader since March 15, 1997 January 24, 2003
Leader's seat Laurier Toronto—Danforth
Last election 38 seats, 10.72% 13 seats, 8.51%
Seats before 33 14
Seats won 54 19
Seat change Increase21 Increase5
Popular vote 1,680,109 2,127,403
Percentage 12.39% 15.68%
Swing Increase1.67pp Increase7.17pp

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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

Paul Martin
Liberal

Prime Minister-designate

Paul Martin
Liberal


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Paul Martin
Liberal

Paul Martin
Liberal

The Canadian federal election, 2004 (more formally, the 38th General Election), was held on June 28, 2004 to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 38th Parliament of Canada. The Liberal government of Prime Minister Paul Martin lost its majority, but was able to form a minority government after the elections. The main opposition party, the newly amalgamated Conservative Party of Canada, improved its position but with a showing below its expectations.

On May 23, 2004, Governor General Adrienne Clarkson, on the advice of Martin, ordered the dissolution of the House of Commons. Following a 36-day campaign, voters elected 308 Members of the House of Commons.

All three major national parties had changed their leaders since the 2000 election. Earlier the election was widely expected to be a relatively easy romp for Martin to a fourth consecutive Liberal majority government, but early in 2003 Liberal popularity fell sharply due to the sponsorship scandal. Polls started to indicate the possibility of a minority government for the Liberals, or even a minority Conservative government, fuelling speculation of coalitions with the other parties. In the end, the Liberals fared better than the final opinion polls had led them to fear, but well short of a majority.


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