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| Canadian federal election, 1887 | ||||
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| 215 seats in the 6th Canadian Parliament | ||||
| February 22, 1887 | ||||
| First party | Second party | |||
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| Leader | John A. Macdonald | Edward Blake | ||
| Party | Conservative | Liberal | ||
| Leader since | 1867 | 1880 | ||
| Leader's seat | Kingston | Durham West | ||
| Last election | 133 | 73 | ||
| Seats won | 122 | 80 | ||
| Seat change | -11 | +7 | ||
| Popular vote | 343,805 | 312,736 | ||
| Percentage | 47.42% | 43.13% | ||
| Swing | +7.02% | +12.03% | ||
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Incumbent Prime Minister Prime Minister-designate |
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The Canadian federal election of 1887 was held on February 22, 1887 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 6th Parliament of Canada.
The Conservative Party of Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald's retained power, defeating the Liberal Party of Edward Blake.
Voter turn-out: 70.1%
National results
| Party | Party leader | # of candidates | Seats | Popular vote | |||||
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| 1882 | Elected | Change | # | % | Change | ||||
| Conservative | John A. Macdonald | 172 | 94 | 96 | -7.4% | 291,138 | 40.15% | +12.32 % | |
| Liberal-Conservative | 31 | 42 | 26 | -42.9% | 52,667 | 7.26% | -5.30% | ||
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184 | 72 | 80 | +9.7% | 312,736 | 43.13% | +12.03% | |
| Independent Liberal | 9 | 2 | 6 | +150% | 15,695 | 2.16% | +1.05% | ||
| Independent Conservative | 8 | 1 | 3 | +200% | 11,345 | 1.56% | +1.39% | ||
| Independent | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0% | 8,984 | 1.24% | -0.35% | ||
| Nationalist Conservative | 2 | 1 | 2 | +100% | 3,522 | 0.49% | +0.28% | ||
| Unknown | 18 | - | 24,172 | 3.33% | -22.08% | ||||
| Nationalist | 6 | * | 1 | * | 4,784 | 0.66% | * | ||
| Total | 440 | 213 | 215 | -3.8% | 725,043 | 100% | - | ||
| Sources: http://www.elections.ca -- History of Federal Ridings since 1867 | |||||||||
Note:
* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.
Acclamations:
The following Members of Parliament were elected by acclamation:
- British Columbia: 1 Conservative
- Manitoba: 1 Liberal-Conservative
- Quebec: 1 Conservative, 3 Liberals
Results by province
| Party name | BC | NW | MB | ON | QC | NB | NS | PE | Total | ||
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| Conservative | Seats: | 4 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 23 | 8 | 10 | - | 96 | |
| Popular vote (%): | 62.3 | 65.5 | 32.9 | 43.4 | 35.6 | 39.4 | 41.3 | 39.0 | 40.2 | ||
| Liberal-Conservative | Seats: | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 4 | - | 26 | ||
| Vote (%): | 22.1 | 17.4 | 5.7 | 9.2 | 6.0 | 10.7 | 7.5 | 7.3 | |||
| Liberal | Seats: | - | - | 2 | 37 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 80 | |
| Vote (%): | 15.6 | 34.5 | 44.6 | 46.9 | 41.7 | 40.9 | 41.9 | 41.8 | 43.1 | ||
| Independent Liberal | Seats: | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Vote (%): | 5.2 | 0.8 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 11.7 | 2.2 | |||||
| Independent Conservative | Seats: | - | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | ||||
| Vote (%): | 18.6 | 12.2 | 0.3 | 5.7 | 0.4 | 1.6 | |||||
| Independent | Seats: | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | |||||
| Vote (%): | xx | 1.3 | 3.4 | 5.8 | 1.2 | ||||||
| Nationalist Conservative | Seats: | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Vote (%): | 2.4 | 0.5 | |||||||||
| Unknown | Seats: | - | - | 0 | |||||||
| Vote (%): | 3.1 | 6.1 | 6.5 | 0.2 | 3.3 | ||||||
| Nationalist | Seats: | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Vote (%): | 3.3 | 0.7 | |||||||||
| Total seats | 6 | 4 | 5 | 92 | 65 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 215 | ||
xx – less than 0.05% of the popular vote
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