1968 Canadian federal election

1968 Canadian federal election

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264 seats in the House of Commons 133 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	75.7%[1] (0.9pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Pierre Trudeau Robert Stanfield Tommy Douglas Party Liberal Progressive Conservative New Democratic Leader since April 6, 1968 September 9, 1967 August 3, 1961 Leader's seat Mount Royal Halifax Burnaby—Coquitlam ran in Burnaby—Seymour (lost) Last election 131 seats, 40.18% 97 seats, 32.41% 21 seats, 17.91% Seats before 128 94 22 Seats won 155 72 22 Seat change 27 22 0 Popular vote 3,686,801 2,554,397 1,378,263 Percentage 45.37% 31.43% 16.96% Swing 5.18pp 0.98pp 0.95pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Réal Caouette A.B. Patterson Party Ralliement créditiste Social Credit Leader since September 1, 1963 March 9, 1967 Leader's seat Témiscamingue Fraser Valley ran in Fraser Valley East (lost) Last election 9 seats, 4.66% 5 seats, 3.66% Seats before 8 3 Seats won 14 0 Seat change 6 3 Popular vote 360,404 68,742 Percentage 4.43%[i] 0.85% Swing 0.22pp 2.82pp
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.
The Canadian parliament after the 1968 election
Prime Minister before election Pierre Trudeau Liberal Prime Minister after election Pierre Trudeau Liberal

The 1968 Canadian federal election was held on June 25, 1968, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 28th Parliament of Canada.

In April 1968, Prime Minister Lester Pearson of the Liberal Party resigned as party leader as a result of declining health and failing to win a majority government in two attempts. He was succeeded by his Minister of Justice and Attorney General Pierre Trudeau, who called an election immediately after becoming prime minister. Trudeau's charisma appealed to Canadian voters; his popularity became known as "Trudeaumania" and helped him win a comfortable majority. Robert Stanfield's Progressive Conservatives lost seats whereas the New Democratic Party's support stayed the same.

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