1872 Canadian federal election

none September 2023 April 2014 1872 Canadian federal election Canada 1868 parliamentary no no no 1867 Canadian federal election 1867 1874 Canadian federal election 1874 200 seats in the House of Commons 101 70.3%Voter Turnout at Federal Elections and Referendums http://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=ele&dir=turn&document=index&lang=e Elections Canada 10 March 2019 ( 2.8 pp) July 20–October 12, 1872 2nd Canadian Parliament 1st Canadian Parliament Prime Minister Sir John Alexander MacDonald TPL355211 (cropped).jpg CA Conservative (historical) nohash John A. Macdonald July 1, 1867 CA Conservative (historical) name Kingston 100 seats, 35.0% 100 0 123,100 38.7% 3.7 pp Edward Blake BAnQ 06M P750S1P160 a (cropped).tif CA Liberal nohash Edward Blake (unofficial) CA Liberal name Bruce SouthBlake was also elected in Durham West; he chose to sit for Bruce South instead, and resigned as the Member of Parliament for Durham West. 62 seats, 22.7% 94 32 110,556 34.7% 12.0 pp Canada 1872 Federal Election.svg 380px 1872 Canadian electoral map Chambre des Communes 1872.png 380px The Canadian parliament after the 1872 election Prime Minister Prime Minister after election John A. Macdonald CA Conservative (historical) name John A. Macdonald CA Conservative (historical) name 175px 155px The 1872 Canadian federal election was held from July 20 to October 12, 1872, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 2nd Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald's Conservative Party remained in power, as it took more seats than any other party including the Liberals. The Liberals increased their vote share and their parliamentary representation considerably, while the Conservative vote share and seat count remained mostly static. Macdonald's Conservatives received only six more seats than the Liberals. The election produced the country's first minority government. The support of two independent Conservative MPs functionally gave Macdonald an extremely slim majority that allowed it to survive for two years, until it fell due to the Pacific scandal. Edward Blake, who had a seat in both the House of Commons of Canada and the Ontario legislature, resigned as Premier of Ontario in order to run in the 1872 federal election as dual mandates had been abolished. Had the Liberals won the election, he likely would have been offered the position of Prime Minister of Canada. The party had no formal leader as such until 1873 when Alexander Mackenzie was given the title after Blake declined due to ill health. Blake was ill during much of the 1872 campaign, and it was Mackenzie who essentially led the Liberal campaign in Ontario, though not outside the province. The 1872 general election was the first to include the new provinces of Manitoba and British Columbia, which had both joined Canada after the Confederation of 1867. By-elections had been held in both provinces to elect Members of Parliament in the newly created ridings, with Manitoba receiving four seats and British Columbia six. (In 1870 Canada had also expanded to include the North-West Territories, encompassing the current provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan and the Territories, but no MPs were elected there until 1887.) In 1873, PEI joined Confederation and six more seats were added to the House of Commons, filled by acclamations in by-elections. Electoral system Most of the ridings in this election elected just one member through First past the post. The ridings of Ottawa, Victoria, the City and County of St. John, Cape Breton, Pictou, Hamilton, and Halifax elected two members, with each voter casting up to two votes (Plurality block voting).Parliamentary Guide 1977, p. 380-381, 418 Results National center|300px 2nd ParliamentPartyParty leader# of candidatesSeatsPopular vote1867ElectedChange#%Change CA PC rowConservativeSir John A. Macdonald927162-11.3%82,02425.76%+2.31pp CA PC rowLiberal-Conservative1482937+24.1%41,07612.90%+1.82pp CA Liberal rowLiberalnone (unofficially, Edward Blake)1116294+53.2%110,55634.72%+12.05pp CA Independent rowIndependents4-2 5,2131.64%+1.25pp CA Independent rowIndependent Conservative3-2 2,2200.70%+0.70pp CA Independent rowIndependent Liberal4-2 5,2321.64%+0.98pp CA PC rowConservative Labour 1-1 1,4220.45%+0.45pp CA Independent rowUnknown104---70,70422.20%-11.64ppTotal367180200+11.1320,037 100% Source: Parliament of Canada Note: 1 Though identifying themselves as Liberal-Conservatives, these MPs and those identifying as Conservatives were both led by Sir John A. Macdonald (himself a Liberal-Conservative) and sat together in the House of Commons. Acclamations The following MPs were acclaimed: British Columbia: 3 Liberal-Conservatives Manitoba: 1 Liberal-Conservative Ontario: 3 Conservatives, 3 Liberal-Conservatives, 10 Liberals Quebec: 9 Conservatives, 5 Liberal-Conservatives, 5 Liberals New Brunswick: 6 Liberals, 1 Independent Nova Scotia: 1 Conservative, 4 Liberal-Conservatives, 2 Liberals Results by province Party name  BC  Manitoba Ontario Quebec  NB   NS  Total CA PC rowConservativeSeats1126252762 CA PC row Popular vote4.529.725.931.58.423.525.8 CA PC rowLiberal-ConservativeSeats3112123637 CA PC row Vote    11.910.517.819.812.9 CA Liberal rowLiberalSeats2148269894 CA Liberal row Vote83.735.635.332.646.828.134.7 CA PC rowConservative LabourSeats    1      1 CA PC row Vote    0.9      0.4 CA Independent rowUnknownSeats------- CA Independent row Vote11.814.923.421.5 26.916.422.2 CA Independent row IndependentSeats    -11-2 CA Independent row Vote    0.81.7  6.11.6 CA Independent row Independent LiberalSeats    1  1  2 CA Independent row Vote    1.7    6.11.6 CA Independent row Independent ConservativeSeats  1  1    2 CA Independent row Vote  19.8  2.2    0.7Total seats6 4 88 65 16 21 200 a list of candidates elected in the 1872 election, including by-elections held before 1874 2nd Canadian parliament See also Canada Politics List of Canadian federal general elections Notes References Further reading Langevin Edouard J. Return on the Second General Election for the House of Commons of Canada 1873 Queen's Printer Ottawa https://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_08052_6_6/536 Sessional Papers, 2nd Parliament, 1st Session VI 1872 Category:July 1872 in Canada Category:August 1872 in Canada Category:September 1872 in Canada Category:October 1872 in Canada