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class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<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>1.0<a href="/wiki/Percentage_Point" class="mw-redirect" title="Percentage Point">pp</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr class="sr-only"> <th style="text-align:left;">  </th> <th style="text-align:center">First party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Second party </th></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #EA6D6A"><span class="mw-default-size notpageimage noresize" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pierre_Trudeau_(1975)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Pierre_Trudeau_%281975%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/131px-Pierre_Trudeau_%281975%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="131" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Pierre_Trudeau_%281975%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/197px-Pierre_Trudeau_%281975%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Pierre_Trudeau_%281975%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/262px-Pierre_Trudeau_%281975%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="831" data-file-height="1109" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #9999FF"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Robert_Stanfield_1968_press_photo_(3x4).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Robert_Stanfield_1968_press_photo_%283x4%29.jpg/131px-Robert_Stanfield_1968_press_photo_%283x4%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="131" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Robert_Stanfield_1968_press_photo_%283x4%29.jpg/197px-Robert_Stanfield_1968_press_photo_%283x4%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Robert_Stanfield_1968_press_photo_%283x4%29.jpg/262px-Robert_Stanfield_1968_press_photo_%283x4%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="640" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Pierre_Trudeau" title="Pierre Trudeau">Pierre Trudeau</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Stanfield" title="Robert Stanfield">Robert Stanfield</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Progressive Conservative Party of Canada">Progressive Conservative</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader since </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/1968_Liberal_Party_of_Canada_leadership_election" title="1968 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election">April 6, 1968</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/1967_Progressive_Conservative_leadership_election" title="1967 Progressive Conservative leadership election">September 9, 1967</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader's seat </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Mount_Royal_(electoral_district)" title="Mount Royal (electoral district)">Mount Royal</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Halifax_(federal_electoral_district)" title="Halifax (federal electoral district)">Halifax</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last election </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">155 seats, 45.37% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">72 seats, 31.36% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats before </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">147 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">73 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">109 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">107 </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>38 </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>34 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">3,717,804 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">3,388,980 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">38.42% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">35.02% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Swing </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>6.95<a href="/wiki/Percentage_Point" class="mw-redirect" title="Percentage Point">pp</a> </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>3.59<a href="/wiki/Percentage_Point" class="mw-redirect" title="Percentage Point">pp</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4"><hr /> </td></tr> <tr class="sr-only"> <th style="text-align:left;">  </th> <th style="text-align:center">Third party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Fourth party </th></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #F4A460"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:David_Lewis_c007253_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/David_Lewis_c007253_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="130" height="175" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="82" data-file-height="110" /></a></span> </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #90EE90"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/David_Lewis_(Canadian_politician)" title="David Lewis (Canadian politician)">David Lewis</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/R%C3%A9al_Caouette" title="Réal Caouette">Réal Caouette</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Party" title="New Democratic Party">New Democratic</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Social_Credit_Party_of_Canada" title="Social Credit Party of Canada">Social Credit</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader since </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/1971_New_Democratic_Party_leadership_election" title="1971 New Democratic Party leadership election">April 24, 1971</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Social_Credit_Party_of_Canada_leadership_elections#1971_leadership_convention" title="Social Credit Party of Canada leadership elections">October 9, 1971</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Leader's seat </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/York_South_(federal_electoral_district)" title="York South (federal electoral district)">York South</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/T%C3%A9miscamingue_(electoral_district)" class="mw-redirect" title="Témiscamingue (electoral district)">Témiscamingue</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last election </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">22 seats, 16.96% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">14 seats, 5.28%<sup>1</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats before </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">25 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">15 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">31 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">15 </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>6 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">1,725,719 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">730,759 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">17.83% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">7.55% </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>0.87<a href="/wiki/Percentage_Point" class="mw-redirect" title="Percentage Point">pp</a> </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>2.27<a href="/wiki/Percentage_Point" class="mw-redirect" title="Percentage Point">pp</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><div class="switcher-container"><div> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Canada_1972.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Canada_1972.png/350px-Canada_1972.png" decoding="async" width="350" height="301" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Canada_1972.png/525px-Canada_1972.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Canada_1972.png/700px-Canada_1972.png 2x" data-file-width="5000" data-file-height="4306" /></a></span> <span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Results by electoral district, shaded by winners' vote share</span></div><div> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Canada_1972_Federal_Election.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Canada_1972_Federal_Election.svg/350px-Canada_1972_Federal_Election.svg.png" decoding="async" width="350" height="297" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Canada_1972_Federal_Election.svg/525px-Canada_1972_Federal_Election.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Canada_1972_Federal_Election.svg/700px-Canada_1972_Federal_Election.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="435" /></a></span> <span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Results by province and territory</span></div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chambre_des_Communes_1972.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Chambre_des_Communes_1972.png/300px-Chambre_des_Communes_1972.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Chambre_des_Communes_1972.png/450px-Chambre_des_Communes_1972.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/Chambre_des_Communes_1972.png 2x" data-file-width="580" data-file-height="249" /></a></span><div>The Canadian parliament after the 1972 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/Pierre_Trudeau" title="Pierre Trudeau">Pierre Trudeau</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/Pierre_Trudeau" title="Pierre Trudeau">Pierre Trudeau</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>1972 Canadian federal election</b> was held on October 30, 1972, 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/29th_Canadian_Parliament" title="29th Canadian Parliament">29th Parliament</a> of <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>. It resulted in a slim victory for the governing <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal Party</a> led by <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Canada" title="Prime Minister of Canada">Prime Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Trudeau" title="Pierre Trudeau">Pierre Trudeau</a>, which won 109 seats, compared to 107 seats for the opposition <a href="/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Progressive Conservative Party of Canada">Progressive Conservatives</a> led by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Stanfield" title="Robert Stanfield">Robert Stanfield</a>. Trudeau's Liberals experienced a decline in support as a result of rising unemployment. </p><p>A further 48 seats were won by other parties and independents. On election night, the results appeared to give 109 seats to the Tories, but once the counting had finished the next day, the final results gave the Liberals a minority government and left the <a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Party_(Canada)" class="mw-redirect" title="New Democratic Party (Canada)">New Democratic Party</a> led by <a href="/wiki/David_Lewis_(Canadian_politician)" title="David Lewis (Canadian politician)">David Lewis</a> holding the <a href="/wiki/Balance_of_power_(parliament)" title="Balance of power (parliament)">balance of power</a>. </p><p>This was the first national election held in Canada after the voting age was lowered from 21 to 18 in 1970.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><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="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_Canadian_federal_election&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The election was the second fought between Liberal leader, <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Canada" title="Prime Minister of Canada">Prime Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Trudeau" title="Pierre Trudeau">Pierre Trudeau</a>, and Progressive Conservative leader <a href="/wiki/Robert_Stanfield" title="Robert Stanfield">Robert Stanfield</a>. The Liberals entered the election campaign with a 10-point lead over the Progressive Conservatives, but the spirit of <a href="/wiki/Trudeaumania" title="Trudeaumania">Trudeaumania</a> had worn off, and a slumping economy and rising unemployment hurt his party. Stanfield's Tories tried to capitalize on the public's perception that the Liberals were mismanaging the economy with the slogan, "A Progressive Conservative government <i>will</i> do better."<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Liberals campaigned on the slogan, "The Land is Strong", and television ads illustrating Canada's scenery. The slogan quickly became much derided, and the party had developed few real issues to campaign on. As a result, their entire campaign was viewed as being one of the worst managed in recent decades. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Party_platforms">Party platforms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_Canadian_federal_election&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Party platforms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Liberal Party:</b> </p> <ul><li>increase <a href="/wiki/Bilingualism_in_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Bilingualism in Canada">bilingualism</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_civil_service" class="mw-redirect" title="Canadian civil service">Canadian civil service</a>;</li> <li>re-introduce a bill controlling foreign take-overs of Canadian businesses;</li> <li>specialized programs to reduce unemployment;</li> <li>a program to expand and create new parks across Canada, including <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Harbourfront,_Toronto" title="Harbourfront, Toronto">Harbourfront</a>" and <a href="/wiki/Mont-Sainte-Anne" title="Mont-Sainte-Anne">Mont-Sainte-Anne</a> near <a href="/wiki/Quebec_City" title="Quebec City">Quebec City</a>;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Make_work_job" class="mw-redirect" title="Make work job">make-work programs</a> to create jobs;</li> <li>reduce abuse of <a href="/wiki/Unemployment_Insurance#Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Unemployment Insurance">Unemployment Insurance</a>; and</li> <li>incentives to reduce pollution.</li></ul> <p><b>Progressive Conservative Party:</b> </p> <ul><li>increase the discipline in government spending, and increase the power of the <a href="/wiki/Auditor_General_of_Canada" title="Auditor General of Canada">Auditor General of Canada</a> to fight waste and inefficiency in government;</li> <li>ban strikes in essential services;</li> <li>introduce price and wage controls if necessary to control inflation;</li> <li>require foreign-owned companies operating in Canada to have a majority of Canadians on their boards of directors;</li> <li>introduce an incentive to encourage Canadians to invest in small businesses;</li> <li>develop a national economic strategy in co-operation with the provincial governments;</li> <li>expand re-training opportunities for unemployed workers;</li> <li>adjust tariffs to encourage secondary processing in Canada of Canada's natural resources;</li> <li>eliminate the 11% sales tax on building materials;</li> <li>eliminate 3% increase in personal income tax rates scheduled for January 1, 1973, and reduce rates by 4% on July 1, 1973;</li> <li>adjust <a href="/wiki/Old_age_security" class="mw-redirect" title="Old age security">old age security</a> payments regularly to reflect changes in the cost of living;</li> <li>index tax brackets to inflation so that taxes do not rise as the cost of living rises;</li> <li>provide assistance to set up residential <a href="/wiki/Land_banking" title="Land banking">land banks</a> to reduce the cost of housing.</li></ul> <p><b>New Democratic Party:</b> </p> <ul><li>eliminate 3% increase in personal income tax rates scheduled for January 1, 1973, and reduce rates by 8% for ordinary Canadians;</li> <li>introduce controls on prices and rents, but not on wages;</li> <li>create a $430 million program to fund public works during winter months to reduce unemployment;</li> <li>increase old age security payments, but eliminate them for wealthy senior citizens;</li> <li>legislate greater autonomy for Canadian trade unions that are branches of international unions;</li> <li>tough tax laws for corporations;</li> <li>eliminate "<a href="/wiki/Corporate_welfare" title="Corporate welfare">corporate welfare</a>", i.e., grants and subsidies for corporations, and use this money to build housing and transportation infrastructure, and fund municipal services to create jobs.</li></ul> <p><b>Social Credit Party:</b> </p> <ul><li>reform the monetary system in line with <a href="/wiki/Social_credit" title="Social credit">social credit</a> theories;</li> <li>increase old age security payments to $200 per month beginning at age 60, and to $150 per month for spouses of seniors regardless of age.</li></ul> <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=1972_Canadian_federal_election&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: National results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The voter turn-out was 76.7%. </p><p>One independent candidate was elected: <a href="/wiki/Roch_La_Salle" title="Roch La Salle">Roch La Salle</a> was re-elected in the <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a> riding of <a href="/wiki/Joliette_(federal_electoral_district)" title="Joliette (federal electoral district)">Joliette</a>. La Salle had left the PC caucus to protest the party's failure to recognize what he considered Quebec's right to <a href="/wiki/Self-determination" title="Self-determination">self-determination</a>, and was the only candidate to win the support of the <a href="/wiki/Quebec_sovereignty_movement" title="Quebec sovereignty movement">separatist</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Parti_Qu%C3%A9b%C3%A9cois" title="Parti Québécois">Parti Québécois</a></i>. He returned to the PC caucus in 1974. </p><p>One candidate with no affiliation was elected: <a href="/wiki/Lucien_Lamoureux" title="Lucien Lamoureux">Lucien Lamoureux</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/Ontario" title="Ontario">Ontario</a> riding of <a href="/wiki/Stormont%E2%80%94Dundas" class="mw-redirect" title="Stormont—Dundas">Stormont—Dundas</a>. Lamoureux, originally elected as a Liberal, had been serving as <a href="/wiki/Speaker_(politics)" title="Speaker (politics)">Speaker</a> of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_Canada" title="House of Commons of Canada">House of Commons</a>. He ran without affiliation in order to preserve his impartiality as Speaker. He retired after this Parliament, and did not run again in <a href="/wiki/1974_Canadian_federal_election" title="1974 Canadian federal election">1974</a>. </p><p>The Liberals won a minority government, with the <a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Party" title="New Democratic Party">New Democratic Party</a>, led by <a href="/wiki/David_Lewis_(Canadian_politician)" title="David Lewis (Canadian politician)">David Lewis</a>, holding the balance of power. Requiring NDP support to continue, the Trudeau government would move left politically, including the creation of <a href="/wiki/Petro-Canada" title="Petro-Canada">Petro-Canada</a>. </p><p>This was the first of two elections in which <a href="/wiki/R%C3%A9al_Caouette" title="Réal Caouette">Réal Caouette</a> led the national <a href="/wiki/Social_Credit_Party_of_Canada" title="Social Credit Party of Canada">Social Credit Party of Canada</a>. Caouette, who had contested the previous two elections as leader of the breakaway Quebec-based <a href="/wiki/Ralliement_cr%C3%A9ditiste" title="Ralliement créditiste">Ralliement créditiste</a>, had successfully taken over the leadership of the original western-based party and overseen the reintegration of the two factions. He successfully held on to the seats he had previously won under the RC banner, but these were the only ridings Social Credit managed to win as it continued to lose support outside Quebec. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1972_Canadian_parliament.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/1972_Canadian_parliament.svg/300px-1972_Canadian_parliament.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/1972_Canadian_parliament.svg/450px-1972_Canadian_parliament.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/1972_Canadian_parliament.svg/600px-1972_Canadian_parliament.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse border-color: #444444"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="CCCCCC"> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Party </th> <th rowspan="2">Party leader </th> <th rowspan="2"># of<br />candidates </th> <th colspan="4">Seats </th> <th colspan="3">Popular vote </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="CCCCCC"> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/1968_Canadian_federal_election" title="1968 Canadian federal election">1968</a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Dissolution_of_parliament" title="Dissolution of parliament"><span style="font-size: 75%;">Dissol.</span></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:#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/Pierre_Trudeau" title="Pierre Trudeau">Pierre Trudeau</a> </td> <td align="right">263 </td> <td align="right">155 </td> <td align="right">147 </td> <td align="right"><b>109</b> </td> <td align="right">-29.7% </td> <td align="right">3,717,804 </td> <td align="right">38.42% </td> <td align="right">-6.95pp </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#9999FF; width: 16px">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Progressive Conservative Party of Canada">Progressive Conservative</a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Stanfield" title="Robert Stanfield">Robert Stanfield</a> </td> <td align="right">264 </td> <td align="right">72 </td> <td align="right">73 </td> <td align="right"><b>107</b> </td> <td align="right">+48.6% </td> <td align="right">3,388,980 </td> <td align="right">35.02% </td> <td align="right">+3.59pp </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#F4A460; width: 16px">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Party_(Canada)" class="mw-redirect" title="New Democratic Party (Canada)">New Democratic Party</a> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/David_Lewis_(Canadian_politician)" title="David Lewis (Canadian politician)">David Lewis</a> </td> <td align="right">252 </td> <td align="right">22 </td> <td align="right">25 </td> <td align="right"><b>31</b> </td> <td align="right">+40.9% </td> <td align="right">1,725,719 </td> <td align="right">17.83% </td> <td align="right">+0.87pp </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#90EE90; width: 16px"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Social_Credit_Party_of_Canada" title="Social Credit Party of Canada">Social Credit</a><sup>1</sup> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Real_Caouette" class="mw-redirect" title="Real Caouette">Real Caouette</a> </td> <td align="right">164 </td> <td align="right">14 </td> <td align="right">15 </td> <td align="right"><b>15</b> </td> <td align="right">+7.1% </td> <td align="right">730,759 </td> <td align="right">7.55% </td> <td align="right">+2.27pp </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#DCDCDC; width: 16px">  </td> <td colspan="2">Independent<sup>2</sup> </td> <td align="right">53 </td> <td align="right">1 </td> <td align="right">2 </td> <td align="right"><b>1</b> </td> <td align="right">- </td> <td align="right">56,685 </td> <td align="right">0.59% </td> <td align="right">+0.14pp </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#DCDCDC; width: 16px">  </td> <td colspan="2">No affiliation<sup>3</sup> </td> <td align="right">26 </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">1 </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">23,938 </td> <td align="right">0.25% </td> <td align="right">  </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#DCDCDC; width: 16px">  </td> <td colspan="2">Unknown </td> <td align="right">93 </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">- </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">32,013 </td> <td align="right">0.33% </td> <td align="right">  </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#D8BFD8; width: 16px">  </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rhinoceros_Party_of_Canada_(1963%E2%80%931993)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhinoceros Party of Canada (1963–1993)">Rhinoceros</a><sup>4</sup> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Cornelius_the_First" title="Cornelius the First">Cornelius I</a> </td> <td align="right">1 </td> <td align="right">- </td> <td align="right">- </td> <td align="right">- </td> <td align="right">- </td> <td align="right">1,565 </td> <td align="right">0.02% </td> <td align="right">+0.02pp </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">     </td> <td colspan="4">Vacant </td> <td align="right">4 </td> <td align="center" colspan="5">  </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><b>Total</b> </td> <td align="right"><b>1,117</b> </td> <td align="right"><b>264</b> </td> <td align="right"><b>264</b> </td> <td align="right"><b> 264</b> </td> <td align="right"><b> -0.4%</b> </td> <td align="right"><b> 9,677,463 </b> </td> <td align="right"><b> 100% </b> </td> <td align="right">  </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" colspan="11"><b>Sources:</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.elections.ca">Elections Canada</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>; <a href="/wiki/Toronto_Star" title="Toronto Star">Toronto Star</a>, October 30, 1972 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>Notes:</b> </p><p>"% change" refers to change from previous election </p><p><sup>1</sup> Indicates increase from total Social Credit + <i>Ralliement creditiste</i> seats/vote in 1968. </p><p><sup>2</sup> <a href="/wiki/Roch_LaSalle" class="mw-redirect" title="Roch LaSalle">Roch LaSalle</a>, who was elected in 1968 as a Progressive Conservative, won re-election as an independent. </p><p><sup>3</sup> <a href="/wiki/Lucien_Lamoureux" title="Lucien Lamoureux">Lucien Lamoureux</a> who was elected as a Liberal but served as Speaker of the House, won re-election with no party affiliation. </p><p><sup>4</sup> The Rhinoceros Party ran a total of 12 candidates, but because it was not recognized by Elections Canada as a registered party, its candidates were listed as independents. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Vote_and_seat_summaries">Vote and seat summaries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_Canadian_federal_election&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Vote and seat summaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="margin:0; border:none;"><tbody><tr><td style="border:none; padding:0;"><div class="notheme barbox" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:600px; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ddd"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Popular vote</th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;"></td> <td style="width:410px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Liberal</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#F08080; width:38.42%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">38.42%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">PC</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#9999FF; width:35.02%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">35.02%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">NDP</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#F4A460; width:17.83%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">17.83%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Social Credit</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#90EE90; width:7.55%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">7.55%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Others</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#DCDCDC; width:1.18%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">1.18%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="margin:0; border:none;"><tbody><tr><td style="border:none; padding:0;"><div class="notheme barbox" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:600px; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ddd"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Seat totals</th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;"></td> <td style="width:410px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Liberal</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#F08080; width:41.28%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">41.28%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">PC</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#9999FF; width:40.53%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">40.53%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">NDP</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#F4A460; width:11.74%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">11.74%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Social Credit</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#90EE90; width:5.68%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">5.68%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Independent</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#DCDCDC; width:0.75%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.75%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <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=1972_Canadian_federal_election&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Results by province"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; width:690px"> <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/Alberta" title="Alberta">AB</a> </th> <th align="center"><a href="/wiki/Saskatchewan" title="Saskatchewan">SK</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"><a href="/wiki/Newfoundland_and_Labrador" title="Newfoundland and Labrador">NL</a> </th> <th align="center"><a href="/wiki/Northwest_Territories" title="Northwest Territories">NT</a> </th> <th align="center"><a href="/wiki/Yukon" title="Yukon">YK</a> </th> <th align="center">Total </th></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">4 </td> <td align="right">- </td> <td align="right">1 </td> <td align="right">2 </td> <td align="right">36 </td> <td align="right">56 </td> <td align="right">5 </td> <td align="right">1 </td> <td align="right">1 </td> <td align="right">3 </td> <td align="right">- </td> <td align="right">- </td> <td align="right">109 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#EA6D6A; width: 16px">  </td> <td>Popular Vote: </td> <td align="right">28.9 </td> <td align="right">25.0 </td> <td align="right">25.3 </td> <td align="right">30.9 </td> <td align="right">38.2 </td> <td align="right">48.9 </td> <td align="right">43.1 </td> <td align="right">33.9 </td> <td align="right">40.5 </td> <td align="right">44.8 </td> <td align="right">29.3 </td> <td align="right">32.2 </td> <td align="right">38.4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#9999FF; width: 16px">  </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Progressive Conservative Party of Canada">Progressive Conservative</a> </td> <td>Seats: </td> <td align="right">8 </td> <td align="right">19 </td> <td align="right">7 </td> <td align="right">8 </td> <td align="right">40 </td> <td align="right">2 </td> <td align="right">5 </td> <td align="right">10 </td> <td align="right">3 </td> <td align="right">4 </td> <td align="right">- </td> <td align="right">1 </td> <td align="right">107 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#9999FF; width: 16px">  </td> <td>Vote: </td> <td align="right">33.0 </td> <td align="right">57.6 </td> <td align="right">36.9 </td> <td align="right">41.6 </td> <td align="right">39.1 </td> <td align="right">17.4 </td> <td align="right">46.8 </td> <td align="right">53.4 </td> <td align="right">51.9 </td> <td align="right">49.0 </td> <td align="right">30.9 </td> <td align="right">53.0 </td> <td align="right">35.0 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#F4A460; width: 16px">  </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Party_(Canada)" class="mw-redirect" title="New Democratic Party (Canada)">New Democratic Party</a> </td> <td>Seats: </td> <td align="right">11 </td> <td align="right">- </td> <td align="right">5 </td> <td align="right">3 </td> <td align="right">11 </td> <td align="right">- </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">31 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#F4A460; width: 16px">  </td> <td>Vote: </td> <td align="right">35.0 </td> <td align="right">12.6 </td> <td align="right">35.9 </td> <td align="right">26.3 </td> <td align="right">21.5 </td> <td align="right">6.8 </td> <td align="right">6.3 </td> <td align="right">12.3 </td> <td align="right">7.5 </td> <td align="right">4.7 </td> <td align="right">39.8 </td> <td align="right">11.6 </td> <td align="right">17.8 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#90EE90; width: 16px">  </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Social_Credit_Party_of_Canada" title="Social Credit Party of Canada">Social Credit</a> </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">15 </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">15 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#90EE90; width: 16px">  </td> <td>Vote: </td> <td align="right">2.6 </td> <td align="right">4.5 </td> <td align="right">1.8 </td> <td align="right">0.7 </td> <td align="right">0.4 </td> <td align="right">24.3 </td> <td align="right">3.2 </td> <td align="right">0.3 </td> <td align="right">0.1 </td> <td align="right">0.2 </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">7.6 </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">- </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">- </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">0.2 </td> <td align="right">xx </td> <td align="right">xx </td> <td align="right">0.1 </td> <td align="right">0.2 </td> <td align="right">1.7 </td> <td align="right">0.3 </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">0.4 </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">3.1 </td> <td align="right">0.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#DCDCDC; width: 16px">  </td> <td rowspan="2">No affiliation </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">- </td> <td align="right">  </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">xx </td> <td align="right">0.1 </td> <td align="right">xx </td> <td align="right">xx </td> <td align="right">0.5 </td> <td align="right">0.2 </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">xx </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">0.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"><b>Total seats:</b> </td> <td align="right"><b>23</b> </td> <td align="right"><b>19</b> </td> <td align="right"><b>13</b> </td> <td align="right"><b>13</b> </td> <td align="right"><b>88</b> </td> <td align="right"><b>74</b> </td> <td align="right"><b>10</b> </td> <td align="right"><b>11</b> </td> <td align="right"><b>4</b> </td> <td align="right"><b>7</b> </td> <td align="right"><b>1</b> </td> <td align="right"><b>1</b> </td> <td align="right"><b>264</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="16"><b>Parties that won no seats:</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#DCDCDC; width: 16px">  </td> <td>Unknown </td> <td>Vote: </td> <td align="right">0.1 </td> <td align="right">0.2 </td> <td align="right">0.1 </td> <td align="right">0.3 </td> <td align="right">0.1 </td> <td align="right">0.7 </td> <td align="right">0.4 </td> <td align="right">0.1 </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">0.9 </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">0.3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background:#D8BFD8; width: 16px"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Rhinoceros_Party_of_Canada_(1963%E2%80%9393)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhinoceros Party of Canada (1963–93)">Rhinoceros</a> </td> <td>Vote: </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">  </td> <td align="right">0.1 </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> 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Liberal Party of Canada. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/1000921684">1000921684</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Together...The+Land+is+Strong&rft.pub=Liberal+Party+of+Canada&rft.date=1972&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F1000921684&rft.au=Liberal+Party+of+Canada&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.poltext.org%2Fsites%2Fpoltext.org%2Ffiles%2FplateformesV2%2FCanada%2FCAN_PL_1972_LIB_en.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1972+Canadian+federal+election" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSocial_Credit_Party_of_Canada1972" class="citation book cs1">Social Credit Party of Canada (1972). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.poltext.org/sites/poltext.org/files/plateformesV2/Canada/CAN_PL_1972_SC_en.pdf"><i>Platform of the Social Credit Party of Canada</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Social Credit Party of Canada. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/243480055">243480055</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Platform+of+the+Social+Credit+Party+of+Canada&rft.pub=Social+Credit+Party+of+Canada&rft.date=1972&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F243480055&rft.au=Social+Credit+Party+of+Canada&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.poltext.org%2Fsites%2Fpoltext.org%2Ffiles%2FplateformesV2%2FCanada%2FCAN_PL_1972_SC_en.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1972+Canadian+federal+election" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFProgressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada1972" class="citation book cs1">Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (1972). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.poltext.org/sites/poltext.org/files/plateformesV2/Canada/CAN_PL_1972_PC_en.pdf"><i>P.C.</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=P.C.&rft.pub=Progressive+Conservative+Party+of+Canada&rft.date=1972&rft.au=Progressive+Conservative+Party+of+Canada&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.poltext.org%2Fsites%2Fpoltext.org%2Ffiles%2FplateformesV2%2FCanada%2FCAN_PL_1972_PC_en.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1972+Canadian+federal+election" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <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=1972_Canadian_federal_election&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLeDucPammettMcKenzieTurcotte2010" class="citation book cs1">LeDuc, Lawrence; Pammett, Jon H.; McKenzie, Judith L.; Turcotte, André (2010). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/dynastiesinterlu0000unse"><i>Dynasties and Interludes: Past and Present in Canadian Electoral Politics</i></a></span>. 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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 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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" title="By-elections to the 16th Canadian Parliament">16th (1926–1930)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/By-elections_to_the_17th_Canadian_Parliament" title="By-elections to the 17th Canadian Parliament">17th (1930–1935)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/By-elections_to_the_18th_Canadian_Parliament" title="By-elections to the 18th Canadian Parliament">18th (1936–1940)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/By-elections_to_the_19th_Canadian_Parliament" title="By-elections to the 19th Canadian Parliament">19th (1940–1945)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/By-elections_to_the_20th_Canadian_Parliament" title="By-elections to the 20th 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