1997 Canadian federal election|
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Turnout | 67.0% ( 3.9pp) |
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First party
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Second party
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Third party
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Leader
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Jean Chrétien
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Preston Manning
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Gilles Duceppe
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Party
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Liberal
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Reform
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Bloc Québécois
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Leader's seat
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Saint-Maurice
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Calgary Southwest
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Laurier— Sainte-Marie
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Last election
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177 seats, 41.24%
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52 seats, 18.69%
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54 seats, 13.52%
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Seats before
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174
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50
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50
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Seats won
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155
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60
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44
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Seat change
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19
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10
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6
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Popular vote
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4,994,277
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2,513,080
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1,385,821
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Percentage
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38.46%
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19.35%
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10.67%
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Swing
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2.78pp
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0.66pp
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2.85pp
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Fourth party
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Fifth party
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Leader
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Alexa McDonough
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Jean Charest
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Party
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New Democratic
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Progressive Conservative
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Leader's seat
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Halifax
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Sherbrooke
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Last election
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9 seats, 6.88%
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2 seats, 16.04%
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Seats before
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9
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2
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Seats won
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21
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20
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Seat change
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12
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18
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Popular vote
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1,434,509
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2,446,705
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Percentage
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11.05%
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18.84%
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Swing
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4.17pp
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2.80pp
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Canada_1997_Federal_Election.svg/400px-Canada_1997_Federal_Election.svg.png) 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. |
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The 1997 Canadian federal election was held on June 2 to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 36th Parliament of Canada.