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Macdonald</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Wilfrid_Laurier" title="Wilfrid Laurier">Wilfrid Laurier</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada_(1867%E2%80%931942)" title="Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942)">Conservative</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader since </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1867 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1887 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader's seat </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Kingston_(federal_electoral_district)" title="Kingston (federal electoral district)">Kingston</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Quebec_East" title="Quebec East">Quebec East</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last election </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">122 seats, 47.4% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">80 seats, 43.1% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>117</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">90 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>5 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>10 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>376,518</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">350,512 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>48.6%</b><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">45.2% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Swing </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>1.2% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>2.1% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Canada_1891_Federal_Election.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Canada_1891_Federal_Election.svg/380px-Canada_1891_Federal_Election.svg.png" decoding="async" width="380" height="323" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Canada_1891_Federal_Election.svg/570px-Canada_1891_Federal_Election.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Canada_1891_Federal_Election.svg/760px-Canada_1891_Federal_Election.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1084" data-file-height="920" /></a></span><div>1891 Canadian electoral map</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chambre_des_Communes_1891.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Chambre_des_Communes_1891.png" decoding="async" width="380" height="294" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="277" data-file-height="214" /></a></span><div>The Canadian parliament after the 1891 election</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b>Prime Minister before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/John_A._Macdonald" title="John A. Macdonald">John A. Macdonald</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada_(1867%E2%80%931942)" title="Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942)">Conservative</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Prime Minister after election</b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/John_A._Macdonald" title="John A. Macdonald">John A. Macdonald</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada_(1867%E2%80%931942)" title="Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942)">Conservative</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>1891 Canadian federal election</b> was held on March 5, 1891, to elect members of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_Canada" title="House of Commons of Canada">House of Commons of Canada</a> of the <a href="/wiki/7th_Canadian_Parliament" title="7th Canadian Parliament">7th Parliament</a> of <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>. It was won by the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada_(historical)" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative Party of Canada (historical)">Conservative Party</a> of <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Canada" title="Prime Minister of Canada">Prime Minister</a> Sir <a href="/wiki/John_A._Macdonald" title="John A. Macdonald">John A. Macdonald</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_A_Macdonald_election_poster_1891.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/John_A_Macdonald_election_poster_1891.jpg/170px-John_A_Macdonald_election_poster_1891.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="262" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/John_A_Macdonald_election_poster_1891.jpg/255px-John_A_Macdonald_election_poster_1891.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/John_A_Macdonald_election_poster_1891.jpg/340px-John_A_Macdonald_election_poster_1891.jpg 2x" data-file-width="823" data-file-height="1269" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada_(historical)" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative Party of Canada (historical)">Conservative</a> election poster from 1891.</figcaption></figure> <p>The main issue of the 1891 campaign was Macdonald's <a href="/wiki/National_Policy" title="National Policy">National Policy</a>, a policy of protective tariffs. The Liberals supported <a href="/wiki/Reciprocity_(Canadian_politics)" title="Reciprocity (Canadian politics)">reciprocity</a> (free trade) with the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>. Canadian voters would return to the issue of free trade 20 years later in the <a href="/wiki/1911_Canadian_federal_election" title="1911 Canadian federal election">1911 federal election</a>. </p><p>Macdonald led a Conservative campaign emphasizing stability, and retained the Conservatives' majority in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_Canada" title="House of Commons of Canada">House of Commons</a>. It was a close election and he campaigned hard. Macdonald died a few months after the election, which led to his succession by four different Conservative Prime Ministers until the <a href="/wiki/1896_Canadian_federal_election" title="1896 Canadian federal election">1896 election</a>. </p><p>It was <a href="/wiki/Wilfrid_Laurier" title="Wilfrid Laurier">Wilfrid Laurier</a>'s first election as leader of the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberals</a>. Although he lost the election, he increased the Liberals' support. He returned in 1896 to win a solid majority, despite losing the popular vote. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Quebec_nationalism" title="Quebec nationalism">Nationalist Party</a> won a seat in Quebec. Dorchester riding elected <a href="/wiki/Cyrille-%C3%89mile_Vaillancourt" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyrille-Émile Vaillancourt">Cyrille-Émile Vaillancourt</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="National_results">National results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1891_Canadian_federal_election&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: National results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1891_Canadian_parliament.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/1891_Canadian_parliament.svg/300px-1891_Canadian_parliament.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/1891_Canadian_parliament.svg/450px-1891_Canadian_parliament.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/1891_Canadian_parliament.svg/600px-1891_Canadian_parliament.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Party </th> <th rowspan="2">Party leader </th> <th rowspan="2"># of <br />candidates </th> <th colspan="3">Seats </th> <th colspan="3">Popular vote </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="CCCCCC"> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/1887_Canadian_federal_election" title="1887 Canadian federal election">1887</a> </td> <td align="center"><b>Elected</b> </td> <td align="center">Change </td> <td align="center"># </td> <td align="center">% </td> <td align="center">Change </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#9999FF; width: 16px">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada_(historical)" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative Party of Canada (historical)">Conservative</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/John_A._Macdonald" title="John A. Macdonald">John A. Macdonald</a> </td> <td align="right">187 </td> <td align="right">87 </td> <td align="right"><b>97</b> </td> <td align="right">+11.5% </td> <td align="right">332,961 </td> <td align="right">42.96% </td> <td align="right">+2.80pp </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#9999FF; width: 16px">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal-Conservative" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal-Conservative">Liberal-Conservative</a> </td> <td align="right">25 </td> <td align="right">24 </td> <td align="right"><b>20</b> </td> <td align="right">-16.7% </td> <td align="right">43,557 </td> <td align="right">5.62% </td> <td align="right">-1.64pp </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#EA6D6A; width: 16px">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Wilfrid_Laurier" title="Wilfrid Laurier">Wilfrid Laurier</a> </td> <td align="right">194 </td> <td align="right">79 </td> <td align="right"><b>90</b> </td> <td align="right">+13.9% </td> <td align="right">350,512 </td> <td align="right">45.22% </td> <td align="right">+2.09pp </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#DCDCDC; width: 16px">  </td> <td colspan="2">Independent Conservative </td> <td align="right">4 </td> <td align="right">3 </td> <td align="right"><b>3</b> </td> <td align="right">- </td> <td align="right">15,045 </td> <td align="right">1.94% </td> <td align="right">+0.38pp </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#DCDCDC; width: 16px">  </td> <td colspan="2">Independent </td> <td align="right">4 </td> <td align="right">3 </td> <td align="right"><b> 2</b> </td> <td align="right">-66.7% </td> <td align="right">6,357 </td> <td align="right">0.82% </td> <td align="right">-0.42pp </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#DCDCDC; width: 16px">  </td> <td>Nationalist </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td align="right">1 </td> <td align="right">1 </td> <td align="right"><b>1</b> </td> <td align="right">- </td> <td align="right">-<sup>1</sup> </td> <td align="right">0.00% </td> <td align="right">-0.66pp </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#DCDCDC; width: 16px">  </td> <td colspan="2">Independent Liberal </td> <td align="right">2 </td> <td align="right">5 </td> <td align="right"><b>1</b> </td> <td align="right">-80% </td> <td align="right">5,573 </td> <td align="right">0.72% </td> <td align="right">-1.45pp </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#9999FF; width: 16px">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Conservative" title="Nationalist Conservative">Nationalist Conservative</a> </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td align="right">1 </td> <td align="right">2 </td> <td align="right"><b> 1</b> </td> <td align="right">-50% </td> <td align="right">1,271 </td> <td align="right">0.16% </td> <td align="right">-0.32pp </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#DCDCDC; width: 16px">  </td> <td colspan="2">Unknown </td> <td align="right">14 </td> <td align="right">1 </td> <td align="right">- </td> <td align="right">-100% </td> <td align="right">16,890 </td> <td align="right">2.18% </td> <td align="right">-1.15pp </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#DCDCDC; width: 16px">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Equal_Rights_Party_(Canada)" title="Equal Rights Party (Canada)">Equal Rights</a> </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td align="right">2 </td> <td align="right">* </td> <td align="right">- </td> <td align="right">* </td> <td align="right">2,455 </td> <td align="right">0.32% </td> <td align="right">* </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#DCDCDC; width: 16px">  </td> <td>Progressive<sup>2</sup> </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td align="right">2 </td> <td align="right">* </td> <td align="right">- </td> <td align="right">* </td> <td align="right">468 </td> <td align="right">0.06% </td> <td align="right">* </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Total </th> <th align="right">436 </th> <th align="right">205 </th> <th align="right">215 </th> <th align="right">+4.9% </th> <th align="right">775,089 </th> <th align="right">100% </th> <th align="right">  </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center" colspan="10"><b>Sources:</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.elections.ca">http://www.elections.ca</a> -- <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090609211221/http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/HFER/hfer.asp?Language=E">History of Federal Ridings since 1867</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>Notes:</b> </p><p>* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election. </p><p><sup>1</sup> One Nationalist candidate was elected by acclamation. </p><p><sup>2</sup> The Parliamentary website identifies two candidates in Nova Scotia as being "Progressives". This may be an error. </p><p><b>Acclamations:</b> </p><p>The following Members of Parliament were elected by acclamation; </p> <ul><li>British Columbia: 1 Conservative, 1 Liberal-Conservative</li> <li>Manitoba: 1 Conservative</li> <li>Ontario: 1 Conservative</li> <li>Quebec: 1 Conservative, 2 Liberal, 1 Nationalist</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results_by_province">Results by province</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1891_Canadian_federal_election&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Results by province"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Results_of_the_1891_Canadian_federal_election" title="Results of the 1891 Canadian federal election">Results of the 1891 Canadian federal election</a></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th align="center" colspan="3">Party name </th> <th align="center"><a href="/wiki/British_Columbia" title="British Columbia">BC</a> </th> <th align="center"><a href="/wiki/Northwest_Territories" title="Northwest Territories">NWT</a> </th> <th align="center"><a href="/wiki/Manitoba" title="Manitoba">MB</a> </th> <th align="center"><a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">ON</a> </th> <th align="center"><a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">QC</a> </th> <th align="center"><a href="/wiki/New_Brunswick" title="New Brunswick">NB</a> </th> <th align="center"><a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia" title="Nova Scotia">NS</a> </th> <th align="center"><a href="/wiki/Prince_Edward_Island" title="Prince Edward Island">PE</a> </th> <th align="center">Total </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#9999FF; width: 16px">  </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada_(historical)" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative Party of Canada (historical)">Conservative</a> </td> <td>Seats: </td> <td align="right">5 </td> <td align="right">4 </td> <td align="right">1 </td> <td align="right">39 </td> <td align="right">24 </td> <td align="right">10 </td> <td align="right">12 </td> <td align="right">2 </td> <td align="right">97 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#9999FF; width: 16px">  </td> <td>Popular vote (%): </td> <td align="right">71.6 </td> <td align="right">81.0 </td> <td align="right">12.6 </td> <td align="right">42.2 </td> <td align="right">45.4 </td> <td align="right">48.9 </td> <td align="right">41.9 </td> <td align="right">48.5 </td> <td align="right">43.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#9999FF; width: 16px">  </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal-Conservative" class="mw-redirect" title="Liberal-Conservative">Liberal-Conservative</a> </td> <td>Seats: </td> <td align="right">1 </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">3 </td> <td align="right">7 </td> <td align="right">3 </td> <td align="right">2 </td> <td align="right">4 </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">20 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#9999FF; width: 16px">  </td> <td>Vote (%): </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">40.5 </td> <td align="right">5.3 </td> <td align="right">3.0 </td> <td align="right">3.7 </td> <td align="right">10.8 </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">5.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#EA6D6A; width: 16px">  </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a> </td> <td>Seats: </td> <td align="right">- </td> <td align="right">- </td> <td align="right">1 </td> <td align="right">44 </td> <td align="right">33 </td> <td align="right">4 </td> <td align="right">5 </td> <td align="right">3 </td> <td align="right">90 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#EA6D6A; width: 16px">  </td> <td>Vote (%): </td> <td align="right">28.4 </td> <td align="right">19.0 </td> <td align="right">46.9 </td> <td align="right">49.1 </td> <td align="right">45.9 </td> <td align="right">41.3 </td> <td align="right">43.6 </td> <td align="right">41.0 </td> <td align="right">45.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#DCDCDC; width: 16px">  </td> <td rowspan="2">Independent Conservative </td> <td>Seats: </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">1 </td> <td align="right">2 </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#DCDCDC; width: 16px">  </td> <td>Vote (%): </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">1.3 </td> <td align="right">5.9 </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">1.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#DCDCDC; width: 16px">  </td> <td rowspan="2">Independent </td> <td>Seats: </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">1 </td> <td align="right">1 </td> <td align="right">- </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#DCDCDC; width: 16px">  </td> <td>Vote (%): </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">0.7 </td> <td align="right">1.2 </td> <td align="right">3.2 </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td 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federal election">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_Canadian_federal_election" title="1957 Canadian federal election">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_Canadian_federal_election" title="1958 Canadian federal election">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Canadian_federal_election" title="1962 Canadian federal election">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_Canadian_federal_election" title="1963 Canadian federal election">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_Canadian_federal_election" title="1965 Canadian federal election">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Canadian_federal_election" title="1968 Canadian federal election">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Canadian_federal_election" title="1972 Canadian federal election">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Canadian_federal_election" title="1974 Canadian federal election">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Canadian_federal_election" title="1979 Canadian federal election">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Canadian_federal_election" title="1980 Canadian federal election">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Canadian_federal_election" title="1984 Canadian federal election">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Canadian_federal_election" title="1988 Canadian federal election">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Canadian_federal_election" title="1993 Canadian federal election">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Canadian_federal_election" title="1997 Canadian federal election">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Canadian_federal_election" title="2000 Canadian federal election">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Canadian_federal_election" title="2004 Canadian federal election">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Canadian_federal_election" title="2006 Canadian federal election">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Canadian_federal_election" title="2008 Canadian federal election">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Canadian_federal_election" title="2011 Canadian federal election">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Canadian_federal_election" title="2015 Canadian federal election">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Canadian_federal_election" title="2019 Canadian federal election">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Canadian_federal_election" title="2021 Canadian federal election">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2025_Canadian_federal_election" title="2025 Canadian federal election"><i>2025</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_federal_by-elections_in_Canada" title="List of federal by-elections in Canada">By-elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/By-elections_to_the_1st_Canadian_Parliament" title="By-elections to the 1st Canadian Parliament">1st (1867–1872)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/By-elections_to_the_2nd_Canadian_Parliament" title="By-elections to the 2nd Canadian Parliament">2nd (1873–1874)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/By-elections_to_the_3rd_Canadian_Parliament" title="By-elections to the 3rd Canadian Parliament">3rd (1874–1878)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/By-elections_to_the_4th_Canadian_Parliament" title="By-elections to the 4th Canadian Parliament">4th (1879–1882)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/By-elections_to_the_5th_Canadian_Parliament" title="By-elections to the 5th Canadian Parliament">5th (1883–1887)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/By-elections_to_the_6th_Canadian_Parliament" title="By-elections to the 6th Canadian Parliament">6th (1887–1891)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/By-elections_to_the_7th_Canadian_Parliament" title="By-elections to the 7th Canadian Parliament">7th (1891–1896)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/By-elections_to_the_8th_Canadian_Parliament" title="By-elections to the 8th Canadian Parliament">8th (1896–1900)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/By-elections_to_the_9th_Canadian_Parliament" title="By-elections to the 9th Canadian Parliament">9th (1901–1904)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/By-elections_to_the_10th_Canadian_Parliament" title="By-elections to the 10th Canadian Parliament">10th (1905–1908)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/By-elections_to_the_11th_Canadian_Parliament" title="By-elections to the 11th Canadian Parliament">11th (1909–1911)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/By-elections_to_the_12th_Canadian_Parliament" title="By-elections to the 12th Canadian Parliament">12th (1911–1917)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/By-elections_to_the_13th_Canadian_Parliament" title="By-elections to the 13th Canadian Parliament">13th (1918–1921)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/By-elections_to_the_14th_Canadian_Parliament" title="By-elections to the 14th Canadian Parliament">14th (1921–1925)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/By-elections_to_the_15th_Canadian_Parliament" title="By-elections to the 15th Canadian Parliament">15th (1926)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/By-elections_to_the_16th_Canadian_Parliament" 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href="/wiki/By-elections_to_the_23rd_Canadian_Parliament" title="By-elections to the 23rd Canadian Parliament">23rd (1957–1958)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/By-elections_to_the_24th_Canadian_Parliament" title="By-elections to the 24th Canadian Parliament">24th (1958–1962)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/By-election_to_the_25th_Canadian_Parliament" title="By-election to the 25th Canadian Parliament">25th (1962–1963)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/By-elections_to_the_26th_Canadian_Parliament" title="By-elections to the 26th Canadian Parliament">26th (1963–1965)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/By-elections_to_the_27th_Canadian_Parliament" title="By-elections to the 27th Canadian Parliament">27th (1965–1968)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/By-elections_to_the_28th_Canadian_Parliament" title="By-elections to the 28th Canadian Parliament">28th (1968–1972)</a></li> <li><span style="color:gray">29th (1973–1974; no by-elections)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/By-elections_to_the_30th_Canadian_Parliament" title="By-elections to the 30th Canadian Parliament">30th (1974–1979)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/By-elections_to_the_31st_Canadian_Parliament" title="By-elections to the 31st Canadian Parliament">31st (1979)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/By-elections_to_the_32nd_Canadian_Parliament" title="By-elections to the 32nd Canadian Parliament">32nd (1980–1984)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/By-elections_to_the_33rd_Canadian_Parliament" title="By-elections to the 33rd Canadian Parliament">33rd (1984–1988)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/By-elections_to_the_34th_Canadian_Parliament" title="By-elections to the 34th Canadian Parliament">34th (1988–1993)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/By-elections_to_the_35th_Canadian_Parliament" title="By-elections to the 35th Canadian Parliament">35th (1994–1997)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/By-elections_to_the_36th_Canadian_Parliament" title="By-elections to the 36th Canadian Parliament">36th (1997–2000)</a></li> <li><a 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