1874 Canadian federal election

none September 2023 1874 Canadian federal election Canada 1868 parliamentary no no no 1872 Canadian federal election 1872 1878 Canadian federal election 1878 206 seats in the House of Commons 104 69.6%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 ( 0.7 pp) January 22, 1874 3rd Canadian Parliament 2nd Canadian Parliament 200x200px CA Liberal nohash Alexander Mackenzie March 6, 1873 CA Liberal name Lambton 95 seats, 34.7% 129 35 128,455 39.5% 4.8 pp 200x200px CA Conservative (historical) nohash John A. Macdonald July 1, 1867 CA Conservative (historical) name Kingston 100 seats, 38.7% 65 35 97,925 30.1% 8.6 pp Canada 1874 Federal Election.svg 380px 1874 Canadian electoral map Chambre des Communes 1874.png 380px The Canadian parliament after the 1874 election Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Alexander Mackenzie CA Liberal name Alexander Mackenzie CA Liberal name The 1874 Canadian federal election was held on January 22, 1874, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 3rd Parliament of Canada. Sir John A. Macdonald, who had recently been forced out of office as prime minister, and his Conservatives were defeated by the Liberal Party under their new leader Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie. Macdonald's government had been forced to resign on November 5, 1873, because of allegations of corruption relating to the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway (see the Pacific Scandal). The Tories were unable to recover from the scandal and lost the next election. The Liberals under Mackenzie had formed a government on November 7 and then called an election for January. The election was the first general election after Prince Edward Island's entry into Confederation. Mackenzie was a reformer, and the 1874 election was the first Canadian election to use secret ballots. He promised to reform election laws in other ways too, including the introduction of simultaneous voting (all seats filled at once instead of successively in a long-drawn-out election period), judicial consideration of contested elections, and extension of the franchise. He also made most important pledges concerning railway projects.James W. Daschuk, Fear and Loathing at the Geologic Survey (1991 M.A. thesis), p. 54. accessed online Jan. 3, 2025 Louis Riel, former leader of the Red River rebellion, was elected as an Independent in Manitoba in 1874 but never took his seat. National results center|300px 3rd ParliamentPartyParty leader# of candidatesSeatsPopular vote1872ElectedChange#%Change CA Liberal row Liberal Alexander Mackenzie14095129+35.8%128,45539.49%+4.77pp CA PC row ConservativeJohn A. Macdonald656339-38.1%57,69117.74%-8.02pp CA PC row Liberal-Conservative1383626-27.8%40,23412.37%-0.53pp CA PC row Conservative Labour  11--100%1,5150.47%+0.02pp CA Independent rowIndependents714+300%10,4533.21%+1.58pp CA Independent rowIndependent Liberal525+300%6,5412.01%+0.37pp CA Independent rowIndependent Conservative323+50%2,3600.73%+0.03pp CA Independent row Unknown104-   --78,00823.98%+1.78ppTotal355200206+3.0%325,247100% Source: Parliamentary website https://web.archive.org/web/20150924142011/http://www.parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/Compilations/ElectionsAndRidings/ResultsParty.aspx?Season=0&Parliament=c2687069-bac6-4649-a7b6-f10d87e627f9 2015-09-24 , Detailed riding results https://web.archive.org/web/20150924081833/http://www.parl.gc.ca/About/Parliament/FederalRidingsHistory/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Gres&genElection=3&ridProvince=0&submit1=Search 2015-09-24 Notes: 1 Liberal-Conservatives sat with the Conservative caucus in the House of Commons. Acclamations The following Members of Parliament were elected by acclamation; Ontario: 1 Liberal-Conservative, 13 Liberals Quebec: 10 Conservatives, 4 Liberal-Conservatives, 15 Liberals New Brunswick: 1 Conservative, 3 Liberals, 1 Independent Liberal Nova Scotia: 5 Liberals Prince Edward Island: 2 Liberals Results by province Party name  BC   MB   ON   QC  NB   NS   PEI  Total CA Liberal row Liberal Seats31613410155129 CA Liberal row Popular vote34.147.039.634.847.138.156.839.5 CA PC row Conservative Seats11151722139 CA PC row Vote4.513.819.517.66.817.817.517.7 CA PC row Liberal-Conservative Seats1  101212-26 CA PC row Vote16.9  10.414.98.619.215.412.4 CA PC row Conservative LabourSeats    -        - CA PC row Vote    0.9        0.5 CA Independent row Unknown Seats                 CA Independent row Vote29.213.827.227.519.99.010.324.0 CA Independent row Independent Seats  1--21  4 CA Independent row Vote  9.50.82.317.67.7  3.2 CA Independent row Independent Liberal Seats1  2  11  5 CA Independent row Vote15.4  1.7    8.2  2.0 CA Independent row Independent Conservative Seats  1  2      3 CA Independent row Vote  15.9  2.9      0.7Total seats 64 88 65 16 21 6 206 See also Canada Politics a list of candidates elected in the 1874 election 3rd Canadian Parliament List of Canadian federal general elections References Further reading Pope Richard Return on the Third General Election for the House of Commons of Canada 1874 Queen's Printer Ottawa https://www.google.ca/books/edition/_/DIwtAAAAYAAJ?hl 1874 Category:January 1874 in North America