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| Canadian federal election, 1882 | ||||
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| 211 seats in the 5th Canadian Parliament | ||||
| June 20, 1882 | ||||
| First party | Second party | |||
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| Leader | John A. Macdonald | Edward Blake | ||
| Party | Conservative | Liberal | ||
| Leader since | 1867 | 1880 | ||
| Leader's seat | Carleton | Durham West | ||
| Last election | 134 | 63 | ||
| Seats won | 133 | 73 | ||
| Seat change | -1 | +10 | ||
| Popular vote | 208,544 | 160,574 | ||
| Percentage | 40.40% | 31.10% | ||
| Swing | -1.67% | -1.95% | ||
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Incumbent Prime Minister Prime Minister-designate |
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The Canadian federal election of 1882 was held on June 20, 1882 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 5th Parliament of Canada.
Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald's Conservatives and Liberal-Conservatives retained power, defeating the Liberal Party of Edward Blake.
Voter turn-out: 70.3%
National results
| Party | Party leader | # of candidates |
Seats | Popular vote | |||||
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| 1878 | Elected | Change | # | % | Change | ||||
| Conservative |
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118 | 83 | 94 | +13.3% | 143,684 | 27.83% | +1.55% | |
| Liberal-Conservative |
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50 | 46 | 39 | -8.7% | 64,860 | 12.56% | -3.22% | |
| Liberal |
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112 | 57 | 73 | +26.3% | 160,547 | 31.10% | -1.95% | |
| Independent | 7 | 5 | 1 | -80% | 8,227 | 1.59% | -1.12% | ||
| Nationalist Conservative | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1,084 | 0.21% | +0.14% | ||
| Independent Liberal | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | 5,740 | 1.11% | +0.12% | ||
| Independent Conservative | 2 | 2 | 1 | -50% | 927 | 0.18% | - | ||
| Unknown | 121 | 9 | - | -100% | 131,178 | 25.41% | +4.48% | ||
| Total | 414 | 204 | 211 | +4.4% | 516,247 | 100.0% | - | ||
| Sources: http://www.elections.ca -- History of Federal Ridings since 1867 | |||||||||
Acclamations:
The following Members of Parliament were elected by acclamation;
- British Columbia: 2 Liberal-Conservatives
- Manitoba: 1 Conservative
- Ontario: 2 Conservatives
- Quebec: 11 Conservatives, 1 Independent Conservative, 4 Liberal-Conservatives, 3 Liberals
- New Brunswick: 1 Liberal-Conservative, 1 Independent
- Nova Scotia: 1 Conservative
Results by province
| Party name | BC | MB | ON | QC | NB | NS | PE | Total | ||
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| Conservative | Seats: | 3 | 2 | 39 | 38 | 4 | 8 | - | 94 | |
| Popular vote (%): | 38.4 | 13.6 | 27.0 | 37.7 | 25.6 | 23.0 | 17.1 | 27.8 | ||
| Liberal-Conservative | Seats: | 3 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 39 | |
| Vote (%): | 15.8 | 38.9 | 9.1 | 10.4 | 7.1 | 25.8 | 25.4 | 12.6 | ||
| Liberal | Seats: | - | 2 | 40 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 73 | |
| Vote (%): | 10.6 | 25.3 | 31.9 | 21.5 | 36.8 | 38.7 | 40.7 | 31.1 | ||
| Independent | Seats: | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | ||||
| Vote (%): | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 4.8 | 1.6 | |||||
| Nationalist Conservative | Seats: | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Vote (%): | 1.0 | 0.2 | ||||||||
| Independent Liberal | Seats: | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Vote (%): | 0.7 | 1.5 | 6.2 | 1.1 | ||||||
| Independent Conservative | Seats: | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Vote (%): | 0.9 | 0.2 | ||||||||
| Unknown | Vote (%): | 35.2 | 22.2 | 29.6 | 27.1 | 23.9 | 7.7 | 16.8 | 25.4 | |
| Total seats | 6 | 5 | 92 | 65 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 211 | ||
xx – less than 0.05% of the popular vote
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