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Macdonald</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Mackenzie_(politician)" title="Alexander Mackenzie (politician)">Alexander Mackenzie</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">1873 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader's seat </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Victoria_(British_Columbia_federal_electoral_district)" title="Victoria (British Columbia federal electoral district)">Victoria</a><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"><a href="/wiki/Lambton_(federal_electoral_district)" title="Lambton (federal electoral district)">Lambton</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last election </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">65 seats, 30.1% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">129 seats, 39.5% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>134</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">63 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </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>69 </td> <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>66 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>229,191</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">180,074 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>42.06%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">33.05% </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>11.96pp </td> <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>6.45pp </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Canada_1878_Federal_Election.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Canada_1878_Federal_Election.svg/380px-Canada_1878_Federal_Election.svg.png" decoding="async" width="380" height="323" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Canada_1878_Federal_Election.svg/570px-Canada_1878_Federal_Election.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Canada_1878_Federal_Election.svg/760px-Canada_1878_Federal_Election.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1084" data-file-height="920" /></a></span><div>1878 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_1878.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/Chambre_des_Communes_1878.png" decoding="async" width="380" height="306" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="262" data-file-height="211" /></a></span><div>The Canadian Parliament after the 1878 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/Alexander_Mackenzie_(politician)" title="Alexander Mackenzie (politician)">Alexander Mackenzie</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</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>1878 Canadian federal election</b> was held on September 17, 1878, to elect members of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_Canada" title="House of Commons of Canada">House of Commons</a> of the <a href="/wiki/4th_Canadian_Parliament" title="4th Canadian Parliament">4th Parliament</a> of <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>. It resulted in the end of <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Canada" title="Prime Minister of Canada">Prime Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Mackenzie_(politician)" title="Alexander Mackenzie (politician)">Alexander Mackenzie</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a> government after only one term in office. <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> suffered an <a href="/wiki/Long_Depression" title="Long Depression">economic depression</a> during Mackenzie's term, and his party was punished by voters for it. The Liberals' policy of <a href="/wiki/Free_trade" title="Free trade">free trade</a> also hurt their support with the business establishment in <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a> and <a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a>. </p><p>Sir <a href="/wiki/John_A._Macdonald" title="John A. Macdonald">John A. Macdonald</a> and his <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada_(historical)" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative Party of Canada (historical)">Conservative Party</a> were returned to power after having been defeated four years before amidst <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Scandal" title="Pacific Scandal">scandals</a> over the building of the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Pacific_Railway" title="Canadian Pacific Railway">Canadian Pacific Railway</a>. </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=1878_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:1878_Canadian_parliament.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/1878_Canadian_parliament.svg/300px-1878_Canadian_parliament.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/1878_Canadian_parliament.svg/450px-1878_Canadian_parliament.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/1878_Canadian_parliament.svg/600px-1878_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 candidates </th> <th colspan="3">Seats </th> <th colspan="3">Popular vote </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="CCCCCC"> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/1874_Canadian_federal_election" title="1874 Canadian federal election">1874</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" align="center"><a href="/wiki/John_A._Macdonald" title="John A. Macdonald">John A. Macdonald</a> </td> <td align="right">101 </td> <td align="right">38 </td> <td align="right"><b> 85</b> </td> <td align="right">+118.4% </td> <td align="right">143,192 </td> <td align="right">26.28% </td> <td align="right">+7.80pp </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">60 </td> <td align="right">26 </td> <td align="right"><b>49</b> </td> <td align="right">+76.9% </td> <td align="right">85,999 </td> <td align="right">15.78% </td> <td align="right">+3.50pp </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/Alexander_Mackenzie_(politician)" title="Alexander Mackenzie (politician)">Alexander Mackenzie</a> </td> <td align="right">121 </td> <td align="right">126 </td> <td align="right"><b>63</b> </td> <td align="right">-54.8% </td> <td align="right">180,074 </td> <td align="right">33.05% </td> <td align="right">-7.74pp </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#DCDCDC; width: 16px">  </td> <td>Independent </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td align="right">11 </td> <td align="right">4 </td> <td align="right"><b>5</b> </td> <td align="right">+25% </td> <td align="right">14,783 </td> <td align="right">2.71% </td> <td align="right">-0.48pp </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#DCDCDC; width: 16px">  </td> <td>Independent Conservative </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td align="right">2 </td> <td align="right">2 </td> <td align="right"><b>2</b> </td> <td align="right">- </td> <td align="right">1,001 </td> <td align="right">0.18% </td> <td align="right">-0.76pp </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#DCDCDC; width: 16px">  </td> <td>Unknown </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td align="right">117 </td> <td align="right">- </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">114,043 </td> <td align="right">20.93% </td> <td align="right">-1.93pp </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#DCDCDC; width: 16px">  </td> <td>Independent Liberal </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td align="right">4 </td> <td align="right">1 </td> <td align="right"><b>1</b> </td> <td align="right">+100% </td> <td align="right">5,388 </td> <td align="right">0.99% </td> <td align="right">- </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#DCDCDC; 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">* </td> <td align="right"><b>1</b> </td> <td align="right">* </td> <td align="right">401 </td> <td align="right">0.07% </td> <td align="right">* </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Total </th> <th align="right">417 </th> <th align="right">197 </th> <th align="right">206 </th> <th align="right">+3.6% </th> <th align="right">544,881 </th> <th align="right">100.0% </th> <th>- </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>Note:</b> </p><p>* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election. </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: 2 Conservatives, 1 Liberal-Conservative</li> <li>Quebec: 1 Conservative, 2 Liberal-Conservatives, 1 Liberal</li> <li>New Brunswick: 1 Liberal, 1 Independent</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=1878_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> <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/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">1 </td> <td align="right">2 </td> <td align="right">37 </td> <td align="right">33 </td> <td align="right">1 </td> <td align="right">8 </td> <td align="right">3 </td> <td align="right">85 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#9999FF; width: 16px">  </td> <td>Popular vote (%): </td> <td align="right">- </td> <td align="right">49.6 </td> <td align="right">25.5 </td> <td align="right">35.0 </td> <td align="right">5.9 </td> <td align="right">21.7 </td> <td align="right">31.6 </td> <td align="right">26.3 </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">2 </td> <td align="right">1 </td> <td align="right">23 </td> <td align="right">12 </td> <td align="right">3 </td> <td align="right">6 </td> <td align="right">2 </td> <td align="right">49 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#9999FF; width: 16px">  </td> <td>Vote (%): </td> <td align="right">39.6 </td> <td align="right">- </td> <td align="right">15.8 </td> <td align="right">13.2 </td> <td align="right">14.3 </td> <td align="right">22.7 </td> <td align="right">12.0 </td> <td align="right">15.8 </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">2 </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">27 </td> <td align="right">17 </td> <td align="right">9 </td> <td align="right">7 </td> <td align="right">1 </td> <td align="right">63 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#EA6D6A; width: 16px">  </td> <td>Vote (%): </td> <td align="right">- </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">36.3 </td> <td align="right">21.7 </td> <td align="right">48.2 </td> <td align="right">34.9 </td> <td align="right">37.2 </td> <td align="right">33.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#DCDCDC; width: 16px">  </td> <td rowspan="2">Independent </td> <td>Seats: </td> <td align="right">1 </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">1 </td> <td align="right">1 </td> <td align="right">2 </td> <td align="right">- </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#DCDCDC; width: 16px">  </td> <td>Vote (%): </td> <td align="right">12.2 </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">1.5 </td> <td align="right">1.6 </td> <td align="right">13.1 </td> <td align="right">4.3 </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">2.7 </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">1 </td> <td align="right">  </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">50.4 </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">0.7 </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">0.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#DCDCDC; width: 16px">  </td> <td rowspan="2">Unknown </td> <td>Seats: </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#DCDCDC; width: 16px">  </td> <td>Vote (%): </td> <td align="right">48.2 </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">19.9 </td> <td align="right">27.4 </td> <td align="right">14.8 </td> <td align="right">14.7 </td> <td align="right">19.3 </td> <td align="right">20.9 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#DCDCDC; width: 16px">  </td> <td rowspan="2">Independent Liberal </td> <td>Seats: </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right"> </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">1 </td> <td align="right">- </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">1 </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">1.0 </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">3.7 </td> <td align="right">1.7 </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">1.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#DCDCDC; width: 16px">  </td> <td rowspan="2">Nationalist 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"> </td> <td align="right">- </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">1 </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">0.3 </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">0.1 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"><b>Total seats</b> </td> <td align="right"><b> 6 </b> </td> <td align="right"><b> 4 </b> </td> <td align="right"><b> 88 </b> </td> <td align="right"><b> 65 </b> </td> <td align="right"><b> 16</b> </td> <td align="right"><b> 21</b> </td> <td align="right"><b> 6 </b> </td> <td align="right"><b> 206 </b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1878_Canadian_federal_election&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFArgyle2004" class="citation book cs1">Argyle, Ray (2004). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/turningpointscam0000argy"><i>Turning Points: The Campaigns that Changed Canada 2004 and Before</i></a></span>. 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