2006 Canadian federal election

none June 2019 2006 Canadian federal election Canada parliamentary no no no 2004 Canadian federal election 2004 List of House members of the 38th Parliament of Canada 2008 Canadian federal election 2008 List of House members of the 39th Parliament of Canada 308 seats in the House of Commons 155 seats needed for a majority 2006 1 23 Opinion polling in the Canadian federal election, 2006 23,054,615 64.7% ( 3.8 pp) World Urban Forum in Vancouver, Canada, attended by Secretary Alphonso Jackson - DPLA - 6e8e2c690517bfba7897f0e8e4cedc2e.jpg 170 120 160 1 20 CA Conservative nohash Stephen Harper March 20, 2004 CA Conservative name Calgary Southwest 99 seats, 29.63% 98 124 26 5,374,071 36.27% 6.64 pp Paul Martin in 2006 (3x4).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 CA Liberal nohash Paul Martin November 14, 2003 CA Liberal name LaSalle—Émard 135 seats, 36.73% 133 103 30 4,479,415 30.23% 6.50 pp Gilles Duceppe1cropped.jpg 170 120 160 20 25 CA BQ nohash Gilles Duceppe March 15, 1997 CA BQ name Laurier—Sainte-Marie 54 seats, 12.39% 53 51 2 1,553,201 10.48%results0 Only contested seats in Quebec. 1.91 pp Jack Layton at the Quebec 2006 party conference.jpg 460 120 160 0 150 CA NDP nohash Jack Layton January 24, 2003 CA NDP name Toronto—Danforth 19 seats, 15.68% 18 29 11 2,589,597 17.48% 1.80 pp 325px Results by electoral district, shaded by winners' vote share 325px Results by province and territory Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Paul Martin CA Liberal name Stephen Harper CA Conservative name Canada 2006 Federal Election seats.svg 325px The Canadian parliament after the 2006 election The 2006 Canadian federal election was held on January 23, 2006, to elect members to the House of Commons of Canada of the 39th Parliament of Canada. New details of the sponsorship scandal were released through the Gomery Commission, and the three opposition parties aimed to bring down Liberal Prime Minister Paul Martin's minority government, contending that it was corrupt. On November 28, 2005, Martin's government was defeated on a motion of non-confidence. A day later, Martin met with Governor General Michaëlle Jean to dissolve parliament, triggering an unusual winter election. The Conservative Party, that was formed in 2003 from the merger of the Progressive Conservative Party and the Canadian Alliance, scored its first-ever victory as they won the greatest number of seats in the House of Commons, winning 124 out of 308, up from 99 seats in 2004. Due to the emerging details of the sponsorship scandal, as well as a unified right-of-centre party, the Tories led by Stephen Harper won a federal minority and went on to end over 12 years of Liberal rule. Harper formed the smallest minority government in Canadian history (in terms of proportion of seats), becoming prime minister. The New Democratic Party experienced a modest boost in support whereas the Bloc Québécois' seat count nearly stayed the same. This is the most recent election in which the winning federal party did not win New Brunswick and Ontario. This is also the most recent election to have been a direct rematch of the previous one, as none of the four major parties saw a change in leadership between the 2004 and 2006 elections. Cause of the election This unusual winter general election was caused by a motion of no confidence passed by the House of Commons on November 28, 2005, with Canada's three opposition parties contending that the Liberal government of Prime Minister Paul Martin was corrupt.Liberal Party Loses Vote Of Confidence In Canada Clifford Krauss The New York Times November 29, 2005 https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E04E0DB1431F93AA15752C1A9639C8B63 The following morning Martin met with Governor General Michaëlle Jean, who then dissolved parliament,http://www.gazette.gc.ca/archives/p2/2005/2005-12-01-x6/pdf/g2-139x6.pdf Canada Gazette Part II 139 6 Extra 1 Government of Canada Proclamation Dissolving Parliament dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110825121650/http://gazette.gc.ca/archives/p2/2005/2005-12-01-x6/pdf/g2-139x6.pdf August 25, 2011 summoned the next parliament,http://www.gazette.gc.ca/archives/p2/2005/2005-12-01-x6/pdf/g2-139x6.pdf Canada Gazette Part II 139 6 Extra 4 Government of Canada Proclamation Summoning Parliament to Meet on February 20, 2006 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110825121650/http://gazette.gc.ca/archives/p2/2005/2005-12-01-x6/pdf/g2-139x6.pdf August 25, 2011 and ordered the issuance of writs of election.http://www.gazette.gc.ca/archives/p2/2005/2005-12-01-x6/pdf/g2-139x6.pdf Canada Gazette Part II 139 6 Extra 3 Government of Canada Proclamation Issuing Election Writs dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110825121650/http://gazette.gc.ca/archives/p2/2005/2005-12-01-x6/pdf/g2-139x6.pdf August 25, 2011 The last set January 23, 2006, as election day and February 13 as the date for return of the writs. The campaign was almost eight weeks in length, the longest in two decades, in order to allow time for the Christmas and New Year holidays. Recent political events, most notably testimony to the Gomery Commission investigating the sponsorship scandal, significantly weakened the Liberals (who, under Martin, had formed the first Liberal minority government since the Trudeau era) by allegations of criminal corruption in the party. The first Gomery report, released November 1, 2005, had found a "culture of entitlement" to exist within the Government. Although the next election was not legally required until 2009, the opposition had enough votes to force the dissolution of Parliament earlier. While Prime Minister Martin had committed in April 2005 to dissolve Parliament within a month of the tabling of the second Gomery Report (which was released on schedule on February 1, 2006), all three opposition parties—the Conservatives, Bloc Québécois, and New Democratic Party (NDP)—and three of the four independents decided that the issue at hand was how to correct the Liberal corruption, and the motion of non-confidence passed 171–133. Parties January 2011 right|thumb|300px|Election signs for the Conservatives, Liberals and NDP in the snow in Ottawa South, characterizing Canada's mid-winter election Most observers believed only the Liberals and the Conservatives were capable of forming a government in this election, although Canadian political history is not without examples of wholly unexpected outcomes, such as Ontario's provincial election in 1990. However, with the exception of the Unionist government of 1917 (which combined members of both the Conservatives and the Liberals), at the Federal stage, only Liberals or Conservatives have formed government. With the end of the campaign at hand, pollsters and pundits placed the Conservatives ahead of the Liberals. Prime Minister Paul Martin's Liberals hoped to recapture their majority, and this appeared likely at one point during the campaign; but it would have required holding back Bloc pressure in Quebec plus picking up some new seats there while also gaining seats in English Canada, most likely in rural Ontario and southwestern British Columbia. Towards the end of the campaign, even high-profile Liberals were beginning to concede defeat, and the best the Liberals could have achieved was a razor-thin minority. Stephen Harper's Conservatives succeeded in bringing their new party into power in Canada. While continuing weaknesses in Quebec and urban areas rightfully prompted most observers to consider a Conservative majority government to be mathematically difficult to achieve, early on, Harper's stated goal was to achieve one nonetheless. Though the Conservatives were ahead of the Liberals in Quebec, they remained far behind the Bloc Québécois, and additional gains in rural and suburban Ontario would have been necessary to meet Stephen Harper's goal. The polls had remained pretty well static over the course of December, with the real shift coming in the first few days of the New Year. That is when the Conservatives took the lead and kept it for the rest of the campaign. Harper started off the first month of the campaign with a policy-per-day strategy, which included a GST reduction and a child-care allowance. The Liberals opted to hold any major announcements until after the Christmas holidays; as a result, Harper dominated media coverage for the first weeks of the campaign and was able to define his platform and insulate it from expected Liberal attacks. On December 27, 2005, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police announced it was investigating allegations that Liberal Finance Minister Ralph Goodale's office had engaged in insider trading before making an important announcement on the taxation of income trusts. The RCMP indicated that they had no evidence of wrongdoing or criminal activity from any party associated with the investigation, including Goodale. However, the story dominated news coverage for the following week and prevented the Liberals from making their key policy announcements, allowing the Conservatives to refocus their previous attacks about corruption within the Liberal party. The Conservatives soon found themselves leading in the polls. By early January, they made a major breakthrough in Quebec, pushing the Liberals to second place. As their lead solidified, media coverage of the Conservatives was much more positive, while Liberals found themselves increasingly criticized for running a poor campaign and making numerous gaffes.Les Whittington 'This is like a live grenade' for Liberal party https://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Render&c=Article&cid=1135896622064&call_pageid=968332188774 Free Toronto Star Toronto Star Newspapers December 30, 2005 August 31, 2006 November 4, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20071104045602/http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar%2FRender&c=Article&cid=1135896622064&call_pageid=968332188774 dead The NDP has claimed that last minute tactical voting cost them several seats last time, as left-of-centre voters moved to the Liberals so that they could prevent a Harper-led government. Jack Layton avoided stating his party's goal was to win the election outright, instead calling for enough New Democrats to be elected to hold the balance of power in a Liberal or Conservative minority government. Political commentators have long argued that the NDP's main medium-term goal is to serve as junior partners to the Liberals in Canada's first-ever true coalition government. NDP leader Jack Layton was concerned last time over people voting Liberal so that they could avoid a Conservative government. Over the course of the last week of the campaign, Jack Layton called on Liberal voters disgusted with the corruption to "lend" their votes to the NDP to elect more NDP members to the House and hold the Conservatives to a minority. The Bloc Québécois had a very successful result in the 2004 election, with the Liberals reduced to the core areas of federalist support in portions of Montreal and the Outaouais. Oddly enough, this meant that there were comparatively few winnable Bloc seats left—perhaps eight or so—for the party to target. With provincial allies the Parti Québécois widely tipped to regain power in 2007, a large sovereigntist contingent in the House could play a major role in reopening the matter of Quebec independence. The Bloc Québécois only runs candidates in the province of Quebec. However, Gilles Duceppe's dream of winning 50%+ of the popular vote was dashed when the polls broke after the New Year, and the Conservatives became a real threat to that vision in Quebec. In addition to the four sitting parties, the Green Party of Canada ran candidates in all 308 federal ridings for the second consecutive election. Though the Greens had been an official party since the 1984 election, this campaign was the first in which they had stable financial support with which to campaign. After a breakthrough in the 2004 election, they exceeded the minimum 2% of the popular vote to receive federal funding. Supporters and sympathisers criticize that the party were not invited to the nationally televised debates even with its official status. The party has occasionally polled as high as 19% in British Columbia and 11% nationwide. Critics of the Green Party contended that, by drawing away left-of-centre votes, the Green Party actually assisted the Conservative Party in some ridings. The Greens denied this.http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060118/elxn_green_vote_060119/20060119?s_name=election2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20071025040227/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060118/elxn_green_vote_060119/20060119?s_name=election2006 dead October 25, 2007 The Greening of Canada CTV.ca January 19, 2006 March 29, 2011 Other parties are listed in the table of results above. Events during the 38th Parliament January 2011 Timeline of the 2006 Canadian federal election An early election seemed likely because the 2004 federal election, held on June 28, 2004, resulted in the election of a Liberal minority government. In the past, minority governments have had an average lifespan of a year and a half. Some people considered the 38th parliament to be particularly unstable. It involved four parties, and only very implausible ideological combinations (e.g., Liberals + Conservatives; Liberals + BQ; Conservatives + BQ + NDP) could actually command a majority of the seats, a necessity if a government is to retain power. From its earliest moments, there was some threat of the government falling as even the Speech from the Throne almost resulted in a non-confidence vote. Brinkmanship in the spring of 2005 The Liberal government came close to falling when testimony from the Gomery Commission caused public opinion to move sharply against the government. The Bloc Québécois were eager from the beginning to have an early election. The Conservatives announced they had also lost confidence in the government's moral authority. Thus, during much of spring 2005, there was a widespread belief that the Liberals would lose a confidence vote, prompting an election taking place in the spring or summer of 2005. In a televised speech on April 21, Martin promised to request a dissolution of Parliament and begin an election campaign within 30 days of the Gomery Commission's final report. The release date of that report would later solidify as February 1, 2006; Martin then clarified that he intended to schedule the election call so as to have the polling day in April 2006. Later that week, the NDP, who had initially opposed the budget, opted to endorse Martin's proposal for a later election. The Liberals agreed to take corporate tax cuts out of the budget on April 26 in exchange for NDP support on votes of confidence, but even with NDP support the Liberals still fell three votes short of a majority. However, a surprise defection of former Conservative leadership candidate Belinda Stronach to the Liberal party on May 17 changed the balance of power in the House. Independents Chuck Cadman and Carolyn Parrish provided the last two votes needed for the Liberals to win the budget vote. The deal turned out to be rather unnecessary, as the Conservatives opted to ensure the government's survival on the motion of confidence surrounding the original budget, expressing support to the tax cuts and defence spending therein. When Parliament voted on second reading and referral of the budget and the amendment on May 19, the previous events kept the government alive. The original budget bill, C-43, passed easily, as expected, but the amendment bill, C-48, resulted in an equality of votes, and the Speaker of the House broke the tie to continue the parliament. The government never got as close to falling after that date. Third reading of Bill C-48 was held late at night on an unexpected day, and several Conservatives being absent, the motion passed easily, guaranteeing there would be no election in the near future. Aftermath of the first Gomery report On November 1, John Gomery released his interim report, and the scandal returned to prominence. Liberal support again fell, with some polls registering an immediate ten percent drop. The Conservatives and Bloc thus resumed their push for an election before Martin's April date. The NDP stated that their support was contingent on the Liberals agreeing to move against the private provision of healthcare. The Liberals and NDP failed to come to an agreement, however, and the NDP joined the two other opposition parties in demanding an election. However, the Liberals had intentionally scheduled the mandatory "opposition days" (where a specified opposition party controls the agenda) on November 15 (Conservative), November 17 (Bloc Québécois) and November 24 (NDP). These days meant that any election would come over the Christmas season, an unpopular idea. Following negotiations between the opposition parties, they instead issued an ultimatum to the Prime Minister to call an election immediately after the Christmas holidays or face an immediate non-confidence vote which would prompt a holiday-spanning campaign. To that end, the NDP introduced a parliamentary motion demanding that the government drop the writ in January 2006 for a February 13 election date; however, only the prime minister has the authority to advise the Governor General on an election date, the government was therefore not bound by the NDP's motion. Martin had indicated that he remained committed to his April 2006 date, and would disregard the motion, which the opposition parties managed to pass, as expected, on November 21 by a vote of 167–129. The three opposition leaders had agreed to delay the tabling of the no-confidence motion until the 24th, to ensure that a conference between the government and aboriginal leaders scheduled on the 24th would not be disrupted by the campaign. Parliamentary procedure dictated that the vote be deferred until the 28th. Even if the opposition had not put forward the non-confidence motion, the government was still expected to fall—there was to have been a vote on supplementary budget estimates on December 8, and if it had been defeated, loss of Supply would have toppled the Liberals. Conservative leader Stephen Harper, the leader of the Opposition, introduced a motion of no confidence on November 24, which NDP leader Jack Layton seconded. The motion was voted upon and passed in the evening of November 28, with all present MPs from the NDP, Bloc Québécois, and Conservatives and 3 Independents (Bev Desjarlais, David Kilgour and Pat O'Brien), voting with a combined strength of 171 votes for the motion and 132 Liberals and one Independent (Carolyn Parrish) voting against. One Bloc Québécois MP was absent from the vote. It is the fifth time a Canadian government has lost the confidence of Parliament, but the first time this has happened on a straight motion of no confidence. The four previous instances have been due to loss of supply or votes of censure. Martin visited Governor General Michaëlle Jean the following morning, where he formally advised her to dissolve Parliament and schedule an election for January 23. In accordance with Canadian constitutional practice, she consented (such a request has only been turned down once in Canadian history), officially beginning an election campaign that had been simmering for months. Early on in the campaign, polls showed the Liberals with a solid 5–10 point lead over the Conservatives, and poised to form a strong minority government at worst. Around Christmas, after reports of an RCMP investigation into allegations of insider trading within the Finance department, this situation changed dramatically, leading to the opposition parties consistently attacking the Liberals on corruption. Almost at the same time, the Boxing Day shooting, an unusually violent gun fight between rival gangs on December 26 in downtown Toronto (resulting in the death of 15-year-old Jane Creba, an innocent bystander), may have swayed some Ontario voters to support the more hardline CPC policies on crime. The Conservatives enjoyed a fairly significant lead in polls leading up to the election, but the gap narrowed in the last few days. Issues Several issues—some long-standing (notably fiscal imbalance, the gun registry, abortion, and Quebec sovereignty), others recently brought forth by media coverage (including redressing the Chinese Canadian community for long-standing wrongs that forced both parties to back-track on their position in the national and ethnic media, particularly in key British Columbia and Alberta ridings), or court decisions (the sponsorship scandal, same-sex marriages, income trusts, or Canada–United States relations)—took the fore in debate among the parties and also influenced aspects of the parties' electoral platforms. Elections Canada later investigated improper election spending by the Conservative Party, which became widely known as the In and Out scandal. In 2011, charges against senior Conservatives were dropped in a plea deal that saw the party and its fundraising arm plead guilty and receive the maximum possible fines, totaling $52,000.Conservatives agree to plea deal in "in-and-out" scandal Maclean's November 16, 2017 http://www.macleans.ca/general/conservatives-agree-to-plea-deal-in-in-and-out-scandal/ Opinion polls Opinion polling for the 2006 Canadian federal election 2000 2004 2006 2008 2011 yes thumb|center|600px|Compiled polling/vote chart showing levels of party support over the course of the election campaign. Note the shift from the Liberals to the Conservatives, during late December and early January. Prior to and during the election campaign, opinion polling showed variable support for the governing Liberals and opposition Conservatives. In November 2005, the first report by Justice John Gomery was released to the public; subsequently, poll numbers for the Liberals again dropped. Just days later, polling showed the Liberals were already bouncing back; upon the election call, the Liberals held a small lead over the Conservatives and maintained this for much of December. Renewed accusations of corruption and impropriety at the end of 2005 – amid Royal Canadian Mounted Police criminal probes of possible government leaks regarding income trust tax changes and advertising sponsorships – led to an upswing of Conservative support again and gave them a lead over the Liberals, portending a change in government. Ultimately this scandal was linked to a blackberry exchange to a banking official by Liberal candidate Scott Brison. Polling figures for the NDP increased slightly, while Bloc figures experienced a slight dip; figures for the Green Party did not change appreciably throughout the campaign. Exit poll An exit poll was carried out by Ipsos Reid polling firm. The poll overestimated the NDP's support and underestimated the Liberals' support. Here is a results breakdown by demographics:Nesstar WebView http://odesi2.scholarsportal.info/webview/ 2022-12-21 odesi2.scholarsportal.info 2006 vote by demographic subgroup (Ipsos Reid Exit Polling) Demographic subgroupLPC CPC NDPGPC BQ Other % of voters Total vote 26 3621512 1 100Ideological self-placement Liberals54 92566 1 30 Moderates17 3124619 1 51 Conservatives 3 88422 1 20Gender Men 25 3818512 1 49 Women26 3323511 1 51Immigrant Born in Canada 25 3621513 1 89 Born in another country 34 362162 1 11Marital statusSingle26 2524717 1 21Married26 441847 1 52Domestic Partnership21 2624621 1 13 Widowed 28 382437 1 3Divorced26302351417Separated 26 322461013Don't know/Won't say23222961821Religious identityCatholic 24 3015425 1 36 Protestant or Other Christian 26 482040 1 37Muslim4915281511Jewish 52 251551 1 1Hindu4330215100Sikh3916405400 Other religion 26 263350 1 5None 25 2628812 1 19Don't know/Refused2927268821Religious service attendanceMore than once a week1863113225 Once a week 25 511543 1 10 A few times a month 30 412044 1 6Once a month2936236612 A few times a year 29 3519412 1 16At least once a year243119521112 Not at all 25 3113614 1 48Don't know/refused25312651031Age 18–34 years old 22 2925717 1 27 35–54 years old 25 3720511 1 41 55 and older 29 411738 1 31Age by gender Men 18–34 years old 23 3023716 1 14 Men 35–54 years old 25 3918612 1 21 Men 55 and older 26 451648 1 14 Women 18–34 years old 21 2726718 1 13 Women 35–54 years old 25 3423511 1 21 Women 55 and older 32 362138 1 17Sexual orientationLGBT 36 833617 0 4Non-LGBT 25 3720512 1 95Don't know/Refused232421111031First time voterFirst time voter 24 2927712 1 5 Everyone else 26 3620512 1 95EducationPrimary school or less27391421440Some High school23381941415High school 22 4020413 1 16 Some CC/CEGEP/Trades school 23 3821511 1 17CC/CEGEP/Trades school233720512120 Some University 27 32216131 13University undergraduate degree293021712118University graduate degree 33 3020691 10Don't know/Won't say26362151210Smoking Smoker 23 3224515 1 22 Non-smoker 26 3720511 1 17Employment Employed full-time 25 3520513 1 42 Employed part-time 24 3523511 1 9 Self-employed 27 391769 110 Homemaker 22 432049 1 5 Student 25 2029817 1 7 Retired 30 411739 1 17Currently unemployed23302571324Other2530305913Household incomeUnder $10K23262871413$10K to $15K21253061713$15K to $20K24282761413$20K to $25K22302651514$25K to $30K23342261425$30K to $35K22322451516$35K to $40K24342241416$40K to $45K24332151517$45K to $55K243522413110$55K to $60K24381951316$60K to $70K25382141119$70K to $80K27391941019$80K to $100K263918610111$100K to $120K3038176817$120K to $150K3241146615$150K or more3243146414Union membershipUnion 22 3125516 1 32 Non-union 27 3819510 1 68Home ownershipOwn 26 401859 1 68 Rent 24 2623518 1 28Neither22232362423RegionBritish Columbia and Yukon 25 37315n/a 1 13Alberta, NWT and Nunavut 14 65147n/a 1 10Saskatchewan and Manitoba 22 44285n/a 2 7Ontario 35 36236n/a 1 38Quebec 15 2310 447 1 25Atlantic Canada 36 30294n/a 1 8CMAGreater Vancouver3033305n/a15Greater Calgary1466119n/a03Greater Edmonton1660176n/a03Greater Toronto Area4033206n/a112National Capital Region2740197715Greater Montreal201711547112Rest of Canada243723510158Community size 1 Million plus 31 2519519 1 27 500K to 1M 20 461868 1 18100K to 500K3031285601410K to 100K2438225101211.5K to 10K224119511215 Under 1.5K 19 4318513 1 4Factor most influencing choice of voteThe local candidate33331948321The party leader273721113017The party's stances on the issues233621713161Issue regarded as most importantHealthcare272333313115Corruption36112319119Economy492710211114Environment8324471715Reducing taxes1759122917Social programs271345212111Abortion and/or gay marriage33361937210Jobs24271622314National Unity5127162217US-Canada relationship147163411Crime1566124215Immigration2945184401The Atlantic Accord5226141600Abortion positionLegal in all cases292424616140Legal in most cases263620512137Illegal in most cases17581545113Illegal in all cases1765112234Don't know2542205626Gun ownershipYes20461859117No273321512182Refused1849189521 Candidates The election involved the same 308 electoral districts as in 2004, except in New Brunswick, where the boundary between Acadie—Bathurst and Miramichi was ruled to be illegal. Many of the candidates were also the same: fewer incumbents chose to leave than if they had served a full term, and the parties have generally blocked challenges to sitting MPs for the duration of the minority government, although there had been some exceptions. star candidate Conservative Party candidates, 2006 Canadian federal election Liberal Party candidates, 2006 Canadian federal election NDP candidates, 2006 Canadian federal election Bloc Québécois candidates, 2006 Canadian federal election Green Party candidates, 2006 Canadian federal election Gender breakdown of candidates An ongoing issue in Canadian politics is the imbalance between the genders in selection by political parties of candidates. Although in the past some parties, particularly the New Democrats, have focused on the necessity of having equal gender representation in Parliament, no major party has ever nominated as many or more women than men in a given election. In 2006, the New Democrats had the highest percentage of female candidates (35.1%) of any party aside from the Animal Alliance, which only had one candidate, its leader, Liz White. The proportion of female New Democrats elected was greater than the proportion nominated, indicating female New Democrats were nominated in winnable ridings. 12.3% of Conservative candidates and 25.6% of Liberal candidates were female. Women in the 39th Canadian Parliament Female candidates in Canadian elections auto Gender breakdownPartyLeader'sgenderCandidatesTotalFemaleMale% femaleCA Conservative row-name M3073827012.3% CA Liberal row-nameM3077922925.6% CA BQ rowBloc QuébécoisM75235230.1% CA NDP row-nameM30810820035.1% CA Green row-nameM3087223623.4% CA Christian Heritage row-nameM4583717.8% CA Progressive Canadian row-nameF251244.0% CA Marxist-Leninist row-nameF69244534.8% CA Marijuana row-nameM231224.3% Gender breakdownPartyLeader'sgenderCandidatesTotalFemaleMale% femaleCA Canadian Action row-name F3482623.5% CA Communist row-nameM2171433.3% CA Libertarian row-nameM101910.0% CA FPNP row-nameF5050.0% CA Western Block rowWestern BlockM41325.0% CA AAEVPC row-nameF110100.0% CA Independent rowIndependent908828.9%Total1634380125423.3%Source: Elections Canada Campaign slogans The parties' campaign slogans for the 2006 election: English sloganFrench sloganLiteral English translation Conservative Stand up for Canada Changeons pour vrai Let's change for real / for truth (pun) Liberal Choose your Canada Un Canada à votre image A Canada in your image NDP Getting results for people Des réalisations concrètes pour les gens Solid results for people BQ Thankfully, the Bloc is here! Heureusement, ici, c'est le Bloc! Fortunately, the Bloc is here! Green We can Oui, nous pouvons Yes, we can Endorsements Endorsements in the Canadian federal election, 2006 Newspaper endorsements in the Canadian federal election, 2006 Target ridings Target ridings in the Canadian federal election, 2006 Incumbent MPs who did not run for re-election Liberals Peter Adams, Peterborough David Anderson, Victoria Jean Augustine, Etobicoke—Lakeshore Don Boudria, Glengarry—Prescott—Russell Claudette Bradshaw, Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe Marlene Catterall, Ottawa West—Nepean Claude Drouin, Beauce Paul DeVillers, Simcoe North John Efford, Avalon Beth Phinney, Hamilton Mountain Jerry Pickard, Chatham-Kent—Essex Rose-Marie Ur, Middlesex—Kent—Lambton Independents David Kilgour, Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont Pat O'Brien, London—Fanshawe Carolyn Parrish, Mississauga—Erindale Conservatives David Chatters, Westlock—St. Paul Gurmant Grewal, Newton—North Delta Jim Gouk, British Columbia Southern Interior Dale Johnston, Wetaskiwin Charlie Penson, Peace River John Reynolds, West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country Werner Schmidt, Kelowna—Lake Country Darrel Stinson, Okanagan—Shuswap Randy White, Abbotsford New Democrats Ed Broadbent, Ottawa Centre Bloquistes Alain Boire, Beauharnois—Salaberry Marcel Gagnon, Saint-Maurice—Champlain Denise Poirier-Rivard, Châteauguay—Saint-Constant Electoral district changes The following name changes were made to the electoral districts after the 2004 election: + Renaming of districts Province 2004 election Post-election changesAn Act to change the names of certain electoral districts S.C. 2004 19 https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/AnnualStatutes/2004_19/page-1.html AB Athabasca Fort McMurray—Athabasca Calgary North Centre Calgary Centre-North Calgary South Centre Calgary Centre Edmonton—Beaumont Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont Westlock—St. Paul Battle River BC Dewdney—Alouette Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission Kamloops—Thompson Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo Kelowna Kelowna—Lake Country North Okanagan—Shuswap Okanagan—Shuswap Southern Interior British Columbia Southern Interior West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country MB Charleswood—St. James Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia Dauphin—Swan River Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette NB Fundy Fundy Royal St. Croix—Belleisle New Brunswick SouthwestNL Bonavista—Exploits Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor St. John's North St. John's East St. John's South St. John's South—Mount Pearl NS North Nova Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley ON Carleton—Lanark Carleton—Mississippi Mills Clarington—Scugog—Uxbridge Durham Grey—Bruce—Owen Sound Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound Kitchener—Conestoga Kitchener—Wilmot—Wellesley—Woolwich Middlesex—Kent—Lambton Lambton—Kent—Middlesex QC Argenteuil—Mirabel Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel Beauport Beauport—Limoilou Charlesbourg Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles Charlevoix—Montmorency Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord Laurier Laurier—Sainte-Marie Longueuil Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher Matapédia—Matane Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia Nunavik—Eeyou Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou Portneuf Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier Richelieu Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour Rimouski—Témiscouata Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup Roberval Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean SK Churchill River Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River In 2005, further changes were made: Battle River and Kitchener—Wilmot—Wellesley—Woolwich reverted to their prior names, following passage of two private member's bills.An Act to change the name of the electoral district of Kitchener — Wilmot — Wellesley — Woolwich S.C. 2005 4 https://gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p3/2005/g3-02801.pdfAn Act to change the name of the electoral district of Battle River S.C. 2005 5 https://gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p3/2005/g3-02801.pdf A minor boundary adjustment was made between Acadie—Bathurst and Miramichi.An Act to change the boundaries of the Acadie–Bathurst and Miramichi electoral districts S.C. 2005 6 https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/AnnualStatutes/2005_6/FullText.html Results Results of the 2006 Canadian federal election Results of the 2006 Canadian federal election by riding The election was held on January 23, 2006. The first polls closed at 7:00 p.m. ET (0000 UTC); Elections Canada started to publish preliminary results on its website at 10:00 p.m. ET as the last polls closed. Harper was reelected in Calgary Southwest, which he has held since 2002, ensuring that he had a seat in the new parliament. Shortly after midnight (ET) that night, incumbent Prime Minister Paul Martin conceded defeat, and announced that he would resign as leader of the Liberal Party. At 9:30 a.m. on January 24, Martin informed Governor General Michaëlle Jean that he would not form a government and intended to resign as Prime Minister. Later that day, at 6:45 p.m., Jean invited Harper to form a government. Martin formally resigned and Harper was formally appointed and sworn in as Prime Minister on February 6.Date for the Swearing-in of the Honourable Stephen Harper as the 22nd Prime Minister and of his Cabinet http://www.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=4657 2022-12-21 wayback.archive-it.org December 3, 2007 https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20071203142801/http://www.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=4657 dead Harper became the first leader of a political party to lead it to victory following a loss in the previous election since Wilfrid Laurier in 1896.Grenier Éric 30 October 2019 Few losing opposition leaders get a second chance — and fewer still succeed if they get it https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/grenier-defeated-opposition-1.5339717 CBC News 4 April 2026 Choosing not to take on the office of Leader of the Opposition, the first defeated Prime Minister who had retained his seat not to do so, Martin stepped down as parliamentary leader of his party on February 1, and the Liberal caucus appointed Bill Graham, MP for Toronto Centre and outgoing Defence Minister, as his interim successor. It was announced a month later that there would be a Liberal leadership convention later in the year, during which Stéphane Dion won the leadership of the Liberal Party. Martin continued to sit as a Member of Parliament representing LaSalle—Émard, the Montreal-area riding he had held since 1988, until his retirement in 2008. Overall results The elections resulted in a Conservative minority government with 124 seats in parliament with a Liberal opposition and a strengthened NDP. In his speech following the loss, Martin stated he would not lead the Liberal Party of Canada in another election. Preliminary results indicated that 64.9% of registered voters cast a ballot, a notable increase over 2004's 60.9%.http://enr.elections.ca/National_e.aspx Elections Canada – Electoral Districts Enr.elections.ca November 29, 2010 March 29, 2011 The NDP won new seats in British Columbia and Ontario as their overall popular vote increased 2% from 2004. The Bloc managed to win almost as many seats as in 2004 despite losing a significant percentage of the vote. Most of the Conservatives' gains were in rural Ontario and Quebec as they took a net loss in the west, but won back the only remaining Liberal seat in Alberta. The popular vote of the Conservatives and Liberals were almost the mirror image of 2004, though the Conservatives were not able to translate this into as many seats as the Liberals did in 2004. A judicial recount was automatically scheduled in the Parry Sound-Muskoka riding, where early results showed Conservative Tony Clement only 21 votes ahead of Liberal Andy Mitchell, because the difference of votes cast between the two leading candidates was less than 0.1%. Clement was confirmed as the winner by 28 votes.http://enr.elections.ca/JudicialRecount_e.aspx Elections Canada – Judicial Recounts Enr.elections.ca February 2, 2012 Conservative candidate Jeremy Harrison, narrowly defeated by Liberal Gary Merasty in the Saskatchewan riding of Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River by 72 votes, alleged electoral fraud but decided not to pursue the matter. A judicial recount was ordered in the riding,http://www.cbc.ca/sask/story/harrison-appeal060124.html Seat was 'stolen,' defeated MP says dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070527184147/http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2006/01/24/harrison-appeal060124.html May 27, 2007 September 23, 2013 which certified Gary Merasty the winner by a reduced margin of 68 votes.https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/liberals-hold-on-to-saskatchewan-riding-after-judicial-recount-1.578851 CBC News Liberals hold on to Saskatchewan riding after judicial recount February 10, 2006 live https://web.archive.org/web/20070523170735/http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2006/02/10/saskrecount060210.html May 23, 2007 center|300px +Elections to the 39th Canadian Parliament (2006) 2006 Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada on the 39th General Election of January 23, 2006 https://www.elections.ca/res/rep/off/statreport2006_e.pdf Ottawa Elections Canada 0846-6351 0-662-49240-4 https://www.elections.ca/scripts/OVR2006/25/data_donnees/table_tableau11.csv Table 11: Voting results by electoral district Elections Canada April 25, 2024 https://www.elections.ca/scripts/OVR2006/25/data_donnees/table_tableau12.csv Table 12: List of candidates by electoral district and individual results Elections Canada April 25, 2024PartyLeaderCandidatesVotesSeats # ± % Change (pp) 2004 2006 ± G L CA Conservative row-nameStephen Harper 308 5,374,071 1,354,573 36.27 6.64 -5 1em background:green99124 308 CA Conservative25327 CA Liberal row-namePaul Martin 308 4,479,415 502,805 30.23 -6.50 -5 1em background:red135103 308 CA Liberal32537 CA NDP row-nameJack Layton 308 2,589,597 462,194 17.48 1.79 -5 1em background:green1929 308 CA NDP10111 CA BQ row-nameGilles Duceppe 75 1,553,201 126,908 10.48 -1.90 -5 1em background:red5451 308 CA BQ369 CA Green row-nameJim Harris 308 664,068 81,821 4.48 0.19 -5 1em background:green CA Independent row-name 90 81,860 16,996 0.55 0.07 -5 1em background:green11 308 CA Independent11 CA Christian Heritage row-nameRon Gray 45 28,152 12,183 0.19 -0.11 CA Progressive Canadian row-nameTracy Parsons 25 14,151 3,279 0.10 0.02 CA Marijuana row-nameBlair Longley 23 9,171 24,105 0.06 -0.18 CA Marxist-Leninist row-nameSandra L. Smith 69 8,980 284 0.06 – CA Canadian Action row-nameConnie Fogal 34 6,102 2,705 0.04 -0.02 CA Communist row-nameMiguel Figueroa 21 3,022 1,404 0.02 -0.01 CA Libertarian row-nameJean-Serge Brisson 10 3,002 1,053 0.02 0.01 CA FPNP row-nameBarbara Wardlaw 5 1,201 1,201 0.01 New CA Western Block row-nameDoug Christie 4 1,094 1,094 0.01 New CA AAEVPC row-nameLiz White 1 72 72 – NewTotal 1,63414,817,159 100.00% Rejected ballots 91,544 27,324 Turnout14,908,703 1,344,00164.67% 4.30 Registered voters23,054,615 587,994 Synopsis of results + Results by riding — 2006 Canadian federal election Riding 2004 Winning party Turnoutincluding spoilt ballots Votesminor political parties receiving less than 1% of the national popular vote are aggregated under "Other"; independent candidates are aggregated separately Party Votes Share Margin# Margin% Con Lib NDP BQ Green Ind Independent or No Affiliation Other Total   AB Calgary Centre Con Con 30,213 55.41% 19,749 36.22% 62.02% 30,213 10,464 7,227 – 6,372 – 250 54,526 AB Calgary Centre-North Con Con 31,174 56.00% 21,833 39.22% 63.80% 31,174 7,628 9,341 – 6,573 383 568 55,667 AB Calgary East Con Con 26,766 67.10% 21,356 53.54% 50.45% 26,766 5,410 4,338 – 2,954 – 422 39,890 AB Calgary Northeast Con Con 27,169 64.86% 17,928 42.80% 52.13% 27,169 9,241 3,284 – 1,833 364 – 41,891 AB Calgary—Nose Hill Con Con 37,815 68.49% 28,372 51.38% 63.83% 37,815 9,443 4,385 – 3,573 – – 55,216 AB Calgary Southeast Con Con 44,987 75.18% 38,794 64.83% 67.08% 44,987 6,193 4,584 – 4,076 – – 59,840 AB Calgary Southwest Con Con 41,549 72.36% 34,996 60.95% 66.57% 41,549 6,553 4,628 – 4,407 – 279 57,416 AB Calgary West Con Con 38,020 58.71% 23,692 36.58% 69.95% 38,020 14,328 5,370 – 6,653 – 390 64,761 AB Crowfoot Con Con 43,210 82.56% 39,335 75.15% 64.81% 43,210 2,908 3,875 – 2,347 – – 52,340 AB Edmonton Centre Lib Con 25,805 44.85% 3,609 6.27% 62.55% 25,805 22,196 6,187 – 3,021 204 117 57,530 AB Edmonton East Con Con 25,086 50.13% 11,998 23.98% 55.28% 25,086 13,088 9,243 – 2,623 – – 50,040 AB Edmonton—Leduc Con Con 33,764 60.53% 22,908 41.07% 66.80% 33,764 10,856 7,685 – 3,479 – – 55,784 AB Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont Lib Con 27,191 58.62% 17,382 37.47% 61.88% 27,191 9,809 6,749 – 2,073 477 85 46,384 AB Edmonton—St. Albert Con Con 34,997 59.69% 23,104 39.41% 63.60% 34,997 11,893 8,218 – 3,520 – – 58,628 AB Edmonton—Sherwood Park Con Con 34,740 63.97% 26,939 49.61% 64.53% 34,740 7,801 7,773 – 3,992 – – 54,306 AB Edmonton—Spruce Grove Con Con 38,826 66.83% 29,050 50.00% 63.45% 38,826 9,776 6,091 – 3,404 – – 58,097 AB Edmonton—Strathcona Con Con 22,009 41.71% 4,856 9.20% 68.23% 22,009 9,391 17,153 – 3,139 – 1,078 52,770 AB Fort McMurray—Athabasca Con Con 20,400 64.66% 15,737 49.88% 48.32% 20,400 4,663 4,602 – 1,547 – 337 31,549 AB Lethbridge Con Con 35,061 67.30% 27,926 53.61% 62.68% 35,061 5,859 7,135 – 1,846 735 1,458 52,094 AB Macleod Con Con 37,534 75.45% 32,938 66.21% 65.65% 37,534 4,596 3,251 – 3,075 1,055 235 49,746 AB Medicine Hat Con Con 35,670 79.71% 31,933 71.36% 56.32% 35,670 3,737 3,598 – 1,746 – – 44,751 AB Peace River Con Con 27,785 56.97% 17,903 36.71% 54.73% 27,785 4,573 5,427 – 1,102 9,882 – 48,769 AB Red Deer Con Con 38,375 75.75% 33,341 65.81% 58.73% 38,375 4,636 5,034 – 2,618 – – 50,663 AB Vegreville—Wainwright Con Con 37,954 74.17% 33,227 64.93% 64.57% 37,954 3,873 4,727 – 3,822 – 795 51,171 AB Westlock—St. Paul Con Con 29,698 68.22% 23,167 53.22% 60.44% 29,698 6,531 4,368 – 2,136 797 – 43,530 AB Wetaskiwin Con Con 35,776 75.15% 31,335 65.82% 62.86% 35,776 4,371 4,441 – 3,016 – – 47,604 AB Wild Rose Con Con 39,487 72.17% 33,558 61.33% 66.69% 39,487 5,331 3,968 – 5,929 – – 54,715 AB Yellowhead Con Con 30,640 71.19% 25,928 60.24% 60.19% 30,640 4,066 4,712 – 2,856 – 765 43,039 BC Abbotsford Con Con 29,825 63.27% 21,821 46.29% 60.33% 29,825 5,976 8,004 – 2,740 – 593 47,138 BC British Columbia Southern Interior Con NDP 22,742 48.96% 13,359 28.76% 65.27% 8,948 9,383 22,742 – 5,258 – 123 46,454 BC Burnaby—Douglas NDP NDP 17,323 35.57% 1,244 2.55% 62.26% 13,467 16,079 17,323 – 1,694 – 138 48,701 BC Burnaby—New Westminster NDP NDP 17,391 38.79% 3,971 8.86% 60.09% 12,364 13,420 17,391 – 1,654 – – 44,829 BC Cariboo—Prince George Con Con 19,624 44.94% 9,115 20.87% 59.18% 19,624 10,509 10,129 – 2,416 – 988 43,666 BC Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon Con Con 26,842 55.99% 16,827 35.10% 62.83% 26,842 8,106 10,015 – 1,929 – 1,049 47,941 BC Delta—Richmond East Con Con 23,595 48.44% 8,068 16.56% 64.13% 23,595 15,527 7,176 – 2,414 – – 48,712 BC Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca Lib Lib 20,761 34.93% 2,166 3.64% 68.08% 16,327 20,761 18,595 – 3,385 – 361 59,429 BC Fleetwood—Port Kells Con Con 14,577 33.47% 828 1.90% 59.44% 14,577 13,749Brenda Locke was a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. 10,961 – 1,059 3,202 – 43,548 BC Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo Con Con 20,948 39.27% 4,531 8.50% 63.02% 20,948 13,454 16,417 – 2,518 – – 53,337 BC Kelowna—Lake Country Con Con 28,174 49.17% 13,367 23.33% 63.40% 28,174 14,807 9,538 – 4,562 – 223 57,304 BC Kootenay—Columbia Con Con 22,181 54.36% 11,621 28.48% 64.39% 22,181 5,443 10,560 – 2,490 – 132 40,806 BC Langley Con Con 28,577 52.57% 16,024 29.48% 66.08% 28,577 12,553 9,993 – 3,023 – 211 54,357 BC Nanaimo—Alberni Con Con 26,102 41.36% 5,767 9.14% 68.77% 26,102 12,023 20,335 – 3,379 920 343 63,102 BC Nanaimo—Cowichan NDP NDP 28,558 46.77% 8,943 14.65% 66.63% 19,615 9,352 28,558 – 3,107 – 425 61,057 BC New Westminster—Coquitlam Con NDP 19,427 38.32% 2,933 5.79% 65.29% 16,494 11,931Joyce Murray was previously a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia 19,427 – 1,496 1,297 54 50,699 BC Newton—North Delta Con Lib 15,006 34.25% 1,000 2.28% 63.09% 13,416 15,006 14,006 – 853 425 112 43,818 BC North Vancouver Lib Lib 25,357 42.35% 3,336 5.57% 69.89% 22,021 25,357 7,903 – 4,483 – 112 59,876 BC Okanagan—Coquihalla Con Con 25,278 50.24% 13,703 27.23% 62.83% 25,278 11,575 9,660 – 3,802 – – 50,315 BC Okanagan—Shuswap Con Con 24,448 44.86% 9,897 18.16% 64.35% 24,448 12,330 14,551 – 2,215 784 172 54,500 BC Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission Con Con 20,946 40.19% 2,721 5.22% 64.14% 20,946 10,556 18,225 – 1,694 277 422 52,120 BC Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam Con Con 19,961 41.12% 6,827 14.06% 63.19% 19,961 13,134 11,196 – 1,623 2,317 309 48,540 BC Prince George—Peace River Con Con 22,412 59.89% 16,035 42.85% 53.35% 22,412 5,889 6,377 – 2,394 351 – 37,423 BC Richmond Lib Lib 18,712 42.83% 1,808 4.14% 56.28% 16,904 18,712 6,106 – 1,967 – – 43,689 BC Saanich—Gulf Islands Con Con 24,416 37.15% 6,971 10.61% 73.24% 24,416 17,144 17,445 – 6,533 – 183 65,721 BC Skeena—Bulkley Valley NDP NDP 18,496 48.33% 5,866 15.33% 63.13% 12,630 4,845 18,496 – 1,064 – 1,235 38,270 BC South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale Con Con 26,383 46.68% 9,047 16.01% 69.79% 26,383 17,336 9,525 – 2,980 – 293 56,517 BC Surrey North Ind NDP 16,307 45.69% 6,443 18.05% 55.23% 9,864 6,991 16,307Penny Priddy was previously a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia – 961 932 632 35,687 BC Vancouver Centre Lib Lib 25,013 43.80% 8,639 15.13% 62.06% 11,684 25,013 16,374 – 3,340 – 693 57,104 BC Vancouver East NDP NDP 23,927 56.57% 14,020 33.15% 55.42% 5,631 9,907 23,927 – 2,536 – 293 42,294 BC Vancouver Island North Con NDP 23,552 41.73% 616 1.09% 67.19% 22,936 7,239 23,552 – 2,715 – – 56,442 BC Vancouver Kingsway Lib Lib 20,062 43.45% 4,592 9.95% 58.74% 8,679 20,062 15,470 – 1,307 – 650 46,168 BC Vancouver Quadra Lib Lib 28,655 49.14% 11,811 20.25% 67.56% 16,844 28,655 9,379 – 2,974 263 199 58,314 BC Vancouver South Lib Lib 20,991 48.05% 9,135 20.91% 56.35% 11,856 20,991 9,205 – 1,435 – 202 43,689 BC Victoria Lib NDP 23,839 38.46% 6,783 10.94% 70.99% 15,249 17,056 23,839 – 5,036 282 519 61,981 BC West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country Con Lib 23,867 37.51% 976 1.53% 68.32% 22,891 23,867 12,766 – 3,966 – 145 63,635 MB Brandon—Souris Con Con 20,247 54.43% 12,719 34.19% 60.32% 20,247 6,696 7,528 – 1,707 611 410 37,199 MB Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia Con Con 20,791 46.98% 4,692 10.60% 69.39% 20,791 16,099 5,669 – 1,700 – – 44,259 MB Churchill NDP Lib 10,157 40.68% 3,064 12.27% 53.63% 2,886 10,157 7,093 – 401 4,429Bev Desjarlais, the incumbent elected under the NDP banner, received 4,283 votes. – 24,966 MB Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette Con Con 20,084 59.08% 13,863 40.78% 62.01% 20,084 6,171 6,221 – 1,246 – 273 33,995 MB Elmwood—Transcona NDP NDP 16,967 50.85% 6,247 18.72% 58.20% 10,720 4,108 16,967 – 1,211 – 363 33,369 MB Kildonan—St. Paul Con Con 17,524 43.13% 3,927 9.67% 65.99% 17,524 13,597 8,193 – 1,101 213 – 40,628 MB Portage—Lisgar Con Con 25,719 69.78% 21,520 58.39% 61.66% 25,719 4,199 4,072 – 1,880 – 987 36,857 MB Provencher Con Con 25,199 65.68% 19,122 49.84% 63.78% 25,199 6,077 5,259 – 1,830 – – 38,365 MB Saint Boniface Lib Lib 16,417 38.59% 1,524 3.58% 66.67% 14,893 16,417 9,311 – 1,640 – 285 42,546 MB Selkirk—Interlake Con Con 21,661 48.99% 5,303 11.99% 66.59% 21,661 4,436 16,358 – 1,283 277 204 44,219 MB Winnipeg Centre NDP NDP 13,805 48.43% 6,865 24.08% 49.03% 5,554 6,940 13,805 – 2,010 – 199 28,508 MB Winnipeg North NDP NDP 15,582 57.18% 9,830 36.07% 50.57% 4,810 5,752 15,582 – 779 – 330 27,253 MB Winnipeg South Lib Con 17,328 41.42% 111 0.27% 69.41% 17,328 17,217 5,743 – 1,289 – 259 41,836 MB Winnipeg South Centre Lib Lib 16,296 39.25% 3,219 7.75% 69.49% 13,077 16,296 9,055 – 1,848 246 1,000 41,522 NB Acadie—Bathurst NDP NDP 25,195 49.90% 9,691 19.19% 75.46% 8,513 15,504 25,195 – 699 581 – 50,492 NB Beauséjour Lib Lib 22,012 47.55% 7,093 15.32% 75.22% 14,919 22,012 7,717 – 1,290 357 – 46,295 NB Fredericton Lib Lib 19,649 41.80% 3,357 7.14% 67.99% 16,292 19,649 9,988 – 884 198 – 47,011 NB Fundy Royal Con Con 17,630 48.31% 7,651 20.97% 67.86% 17,630 9,979 7,696 – 1,189 – – 36,494 NB Madawaska—Restigouche Lib Lib 13,734 38.02% 885 2.45% 69.47% 12,849Jean-Pierre Ouellet was a member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick. 13,734 8,322 – 1,220 – – 36,125 NB Miramichi Lib Lib 13,960 42.27% 2,710 8.21% 73.72% 11,250 13,960 5,587 – 587 1,640Danny Gay was a member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick. – 33,024 NB Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe Lib Lib 22,918 47.71% 8,454 17.60% 66.87% 14,464 22,918 9,095 – 1,409 – 150 48,036 NB New Brunswick Southwest Con Con 18,155 54.80% 9,278 28.00% 66.79% 18,155 8,877 5,178 – 922 – – 33,132 NB Saint John Lib Lib 17,202 42.92% 1,449 3.62% 61.39% 15,753 17,202 6,267 – 858 – – 40,080 NB Tobique—Mactaquac Lib Con 15,894 43.78% 336 0.93% 67.75% 15,894 15,558 4,172 – 679 – – 36,303 NL Avalon Lib Con 19,132 51.55% 4,814 12.97% 59.61% 19,132Fabian Manning was previously a member of the Newfoundland House of Assembly 14,318 3,365 – 297 – – 37,112 NL Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor Lib Lib 19,866 52.04% 4,490 11.76% 54.20% 15,376 19,866 2,668 – 265 – – 38,175 NL Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte Lib Lib 17,208 52.90% 7,071 21.74% 54.82% 10,137 17,208 4,847 – 339 – – 32,531 NL Labrador Lib Lib 5,768 50.53% 1,240 10.86% 57.99% 4,528 5,768 1,037 – 82 – – 11,415 NL Random—Burin—St. George's Lib Lib 13,652 45.49% 1,420 4.73% 52.09% 12,232 13,652 3,702 – 426 – – 30,012 NL St. John's East Con Con 19,110 46.56% 4,765 11.61% 60.50% 19,110 14,345 7,190 – 402 – – 41,047 NL St. John's South—Mount Pearl Con Con 16,644 44.69% 4,349 11.68% 57.90% 16,644 12,295 8,073 – 235 – – 37,247 NS Cape Breton—Canso Lib Lib 21,424 53.19% 11,684 29.01% 66.52% 9,740 21,424 8,111 – 1,006 – – 40,281 NS Central Nova Con Con 17,134 40.66% 3,273 7.77% 69.17% 17,134 10,349 13,861 – 671 – 124 42,139 NS Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley Con Con 22,439 52.04% 12,140 28.16% 61.85% 22,439 10,299 8,944 – 910 524 – 43,116 NS Dartmouth—Cole Harbour Lib Lib 19,027 42.32% 4,415 9.82% 62.44% 10,259 19,027 14,612 – 1,005 – 56 44,959 NS Halifax NDP NDP 23,420 46.88% 7,983 15.98% 65.25% 8,993 15,437 23,420 – 1,948 – 164 49,962 NS Halifax West Lib Lib 21,818 49.36% 11,020 24.93% 63.05% 10,184 21,818 10,798 – 1,406 – – 44,206 NS Kings—Hants Lib Lib 19,491 45.56% 5,719 13.37% 65.19% 13,772 19,491 8,138 – 947 – 436 42,784 NS Sackville—Eastern Shore NDP NDP 22,848 52.95% 12,927 29.96% 62.44% 9,450 9,921 22,848 – 933 – – 43,152 NS South Shore—St. Margaret's Con Con 15,108 36.85% 3,419 8.34% 60.56% 15,108 11,629 11,689 – 1,198 – 1,376 41,000 NS Sydney—Victoria Lib Lib 20,277 49.88% 8,690 21.37% 63.30% 7,455 20,277 11,587 – 1,336 – – 40,655 NS West Nova Lib Lib 17,734 39.24% 512 1.13% 63.68% 17,222Greg Kerr was a member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. 17,734 8,512 – 1,040 682 – 45,190 ON Ajax—Pickering Lib Lib 25,636 49.38% 8,644 16.65% 67.64% 16,992 25,636 6,655 – 2,199 – 435 51,917 ON Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing Lib Lib 14,652 38.18% 1,408 3.67% 63.99% 8,957 14,652 13,244 – 1,025 164 338 38,380 ON Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale Lib Con 24,530 39.10% 2,874 4.58% 74.80% 24,530 21,656 13,376 – 2,767 303 112 62,744 ON Barrie Lib Con 23,999 41.88% 1,543 2.69% 65.35% 23,999 22,456 6,978 – 3,875 – – 57,308 ON Beaches—East York Lib Lib 20,678 40.39% 2,778 5.43% 70.51% 9,238 20,678 17,900Marilyn Churley was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. – 3,106 – 274 51,196 ON Bramalea—Gore—Malton Lib Lib 25,348 50.68% 8,981 17.96% 59.61% 16,367 25,348 6,343 – 1,721 – 233 50,012 ON Brampton—Springdale Lib Lib 22,294 47.34% 7,802 16.57% 61.15% 14,492 22,294 8,345 – 1,853 – 110 47,094 ON Brampton West Lib Lib 27,988 49.12% 7,643 13.41% 59.13% 20,345 27,988 6,310 – 2,340 – – 56,983 ON Brant Lib Lib 22,077 36.95% 582 0.97% 65.30% 21,495 22,077 12,713 – 2,729 213 526 59,753 ON Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound Con Con 25,133 48.18% 10,755 20.62% 67.88% 25,133 14,378 5,918 – 6,735 – – 52,164 ON Burlington Lib Con 28,030 43.11% 2,599 4.00% 72.96% 28,030 25,431 8,090 – 3,471 – – 65,022 ON Cambridge Con Con 25,337 43.85% 5,918 10.24% 64.97% 25,337 19,419 9,794 – 3,017 – 217 57,784 ON Carleton—Mississippi Mills Con Con 39,004 56.19% 22,644 32.62% 75.60% 39,004 16,360 8,677 – 4,544 – 834 69,419 ON Chatham-Kent—Essex Lib Con 20,820 42.81% 5,616 11.55% 65.27% 20,820 15,204 10,875 – 1,737 – – 48,636 ON Davenport Lib Lib 20,172 51.87% 7,491 19.26% 60.58% 4,202 20,172 12,681 – 1,440 – 397 38,892 ON Don Valley East Lib Lib 23,441 54.00% 10,780 24.83% 63.79% 12,661 23,441 5,597 – 1,714 – – 43,413 ON Don Valley West Lib Lib 28,709 53.36% 10,801 20.08% 68.50% 17,908 28,709 4,902 – 1,906 – 377 53,802 ON Dufferin—Caledon Con Con 23,641 47.94% 8,864 17.97% 64.94% 23,641 14,777 5,983 – 4,912 – – 49,313 ON Durham Con Con 27,087 47.02% 9,797 17.01% 69.26% 27,087 17,290 9,946 – 2,676 – 612 57,611 ON Eglinton—Lawrence Lib Lib 26,044 52.89% 11,147 22.64% 67.61% 14,897 26,044 5,660 – 2,520 123 – 49,244 ON Elgin—Middlesex—London Con Con 23,416 45.62% 9,899 19.29% 66.19% 23,416 13,517 9,873 – 2,873 – 1,648 51,327 ON Essex Con Con 23,125 40.40% 3,615 6.32% 66.37% 23,125 19,510 12,993 – 1,507 – 108 57,243 ON Etobicoke Centre Lib Lib 29,509 52.44% 10,807 19.21% 71.95% 18,702 29,509 5,426 – 2,111 – 519 56,267 ON Etobicoke—Lakeshore Lib Lib 24,337 43.63% 4,724 8.47% 69.04% 19,613 24,337 8,685 – 2,853 – 290 55,778 ON Etobicoke North Lib Lib 22,195 61.62% 14,146 39.27% 59.04% 8,049 22,195 3,820 – 950 273 731 36,018 ON Glengarry—Prescott—Russell Lib Con 22,990 41.56% 203 0.37% 71.33% 22,990 22,787 7,049 – 2,494 – – 55,320 ON Guelph Lib Lib 23,662 38.39% 5,320 8.63% 70.76% 18,342 23,662 13,561 – 5,376 – 694 61,635 ON Haldimand—Norfolk Con Con 25,885 48.33% 7,522 14.04% 67.74% 25,885 18,363 6,858 – 1,894 – 559 53,559 ON Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock Con Con 29,427 49.00% 12,161 20.25% 67.57% 29,427 17,266 10,340 – 3,017 – – 60,050 ON Halton Lib Con 30,577 44.18% 1,897 2.74% 70.31% 30,577 28,680 6,114 – 3,843 – – 69,214 ON Hamilton Centre NDP NDP 24,503 51.29% 13,279 27.79% 59.21% 9,696 11,224 24,503 – 2,022 – 332 47,777 ON Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Lib NDP 19,346 36.03% 466 0.87% 63.03% 13,581 18,880 19,346 – 1,573 – 316 53,696 ON Hamilton Mountain Lib NDP 21,970 37.43% 3,266 5.56% 67.27% 15,915 18,704 21,970 – 1,517 – 590 58,696 ON Huron—Bruce Lib Lib 21,260 39.84% 971 1.82% 70.18% 20,289 21,260 8,696 – 1,829 270 1,019 53,363 ON Kenora Lib Lib 9,937 36.52% 1,503 5.52% 63.48% 8,434 9,937 8,149 – 692 – – 27,212 ON Kingston and the Islands Lib Lib 28,548 45.86% 12,318 19.79% 65.97% 16,230 28,548 11,946 – 5,006 296 222 62,248 ON Kitchener Centre Lib Lib 21,714 43.26% 5,583 11.12% 64.70% 16,131 21,714 9,253 – 2,822 – 274 50,194 ON Kitchener—Conestoga Lib Con 20,615 41.22% 1,369 2.74% 64.65% 20,615 19,246 7,445 – 2,706 – – 50,012 ON Kitchener—Waterloo Lib Lib 31,136 46.85% 12,319 18.54% 70.39% 18,817 31,136 11,889 – 4,298 173 144 66,457 ON Lambton—Kent—Middlesex Lib Con 25,170 46.36% 8,335 15.35% 69.10% 25,170 16,835 9,330 – 2,156 – 797 54,288 ON Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington Con Con 30,367 51.07% 15,658 26.33% 67.67% 30,367 14,709 9,604 – 3,115 – 1,665 59,460 ON Leeds—Grenville Con Con 28,447 54.65% 15,786 30.33% 70.51% 28,447 12,661 7,945 – 3,003 – – 52,056 ON London—Fanshawe Lib NDP 16,067 34.51% 868 1.86% 62.23% 13,495 15,199 16,067Irene Mathyssen was previously a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. – 1,803 – – 46,564 ON London North Centre Lib Lib 24,109 40.12% 6,141 10.22% 66.14% 17,968 24,109 14,271 – 3,300 – 443 60,091 ON London West Lib Lib 23,019 37.70% 1,329 2.18% 70.57% 21,690 23,019 13,056 – 2,900 – 387 61,052 ON Markham—Unionville Lib Lib 32,769 61.89% 18,616 35.16% 61.74% 14,153 32,769 4,257 – 1,146 297 321 52,943 ON Mississauga—Brampton South Lib Lib 27,370 53.94% 11,765 23.19% 60.01% 15,605 27,370 5,521 – 1,927 – 319 50,742 ON Mississauga East—Cooksville Lib Lib 23,530 51.65% 9,204 20.20% 58.34% 14,326 23,530 5,180 – 1,393 496 631 45,556 ON Mississauga—Erindale Lib Lib 26,852 44.81% 3,328 5.55% 65.50% 23,524 26,852 6,644 – 2,613 289 – 59,922 ON Mississauga South Lib Lib 23,018 44.17% 2,130 4.09% 68.31% 20,888 23,018 5,607 – 2,393 – 203 52,109 ON Mississauga—Streetsville Lib Lib 23,913 45.95% 5,792 11.13% 64.16% 18,121 23,913 6,929 – 2,334 – 747 52,044 ON Nepean—Carleton Con Con 39,512 54.97% 19,401 26.99% 75.76% 39,512 20,111 8,274 – 3,976 – – 71,873 ON Newmarket—Aurora Con Lib 27,176 46.21% 4,800 8.16% 72.17% 22,376 27,176 5,639 – 2,813 – 808 58,812 ON Niagara Falls Con Con 23,485 40.36% 3,393 5.83% 63.22% 23,485 20,092 12,209 – 2,402 – – 58,188 ON Niagara West—Glanbrook Con Con 27,351 47.38% 9,639 16.70% 72.35% 27,351 17,712 9,251 – 2,284 – 1,132 57,730 ON Nickel Belt Lib Lib 19,775 43.31% 2,107 4.61% 66.32% 5,732 19,775 17,668 – 975 – 1,507 45,657 ON Nipissing—Timiskaming Lib Lib 21,393 44.69% 4,882 10.20% 67.59% 16,511 21,393 8,268 – 1,698 – – 47,870 ON Northumberland—Quinte West Lib Con 25,833 41.21% 3,267 5.21% 67.43% 25,833 22,566 11,334 – 2,946 – – 62,679 ON Oak Ridges—Markham Lib Lib 35,083 47.06% 6,400 8.58% 66.89% 28,683 35,083 7,367 – 3,423 – – 74,556 ON Oakville Lib Lib 25,892 43.35% 744 1.25% 73.95% 25,148Terence Young was previously a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 25,892 5,815 – 2,872 – – 59,727 ON Oshawa Con Con 20,657 38.61% 2,752 5.14% 63.87% 20,657 12,831 17,905 – 2,019 – 91 53,503 ON Ottawa Centre NDP NDP 24,609 36.94% 5,141 7.72% 72.80% 15,105 19,468 24,609 – 6,765 121 558 66,626 ON Ottawa—Orléans Lib Con 25,455 41.06% 1,231 1.99% 75.07% 25,455 24,224 9,354 – 2,377 578 – 61,988 ON Ottawa South Lib Lib 27,158 44.15% 4,130 6.71% 71.71% 23,028 27,158 8,138 – 2,913 – 273 61,510 ON Ottawa—Vanier Lib Lib 23,567 42.31% 7,597 13.64% 68.45% 15,970 23,567 12,145 – 3,675 – 338 55,695 ON Ottawa West—Nepean Lib Con 25,607 43.07% 5,357 9.01% 71.38% 25,607John Baird was previously a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and a provincial Cabinet minister. 20,250 9,626 – 2,941 905 121 59,450 ON Oxford Con Con 23,140 46.55% 9,179 18.46% 67.14% 23,140 13,961 8,639 – 1,566 – 2,409 49,715 ON Parkdale—High Park Lib NDP 20,790 40.41% 2,301 4.47% 70.33% 8,777 18,489 20,790 – 2,840 119 435 51,450 ON Parry Sound-Muskoka Lib Con 18,513 40.10% 28 0.06% 67.54% 18,513Tony Clement was previously a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and a provincial Cabinet minister. 18,485 5,472 – 3,701 – – 46,171 ON Perth Wellington Con Con 22,004 46.14% 9,703 20.34% 65.87% 22,004 12,301 8,876 – 3,117 – 1,396 47,694 ON Peterborough Lib Con 22,774 35.90% 2,242 3.53% 69.66% 22,774 20,532 16,286 – 3,205 179 455 63,431 ON Pickering—Scarborough East Lib Lib 27,719 52.68% 11,026 20.96% 69.28% 16,693 27,719 6,090 – 1,869 176 70 52,617 ON Prince Edward—Hastings Con Con 27,787 48.67% 9,753 17.08% 65.62% 27,787 18,034 8,474 – 2,386 416 – 57,097 ON Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke Con Con 29,923 57.69% 17,391 33.53% 69.24% 29,923 12,532 6,509 – 1,605 1,304 – 51,873 ON Richmond Hill Lib Lib 27,837 53.58% 11,273 21.70% 61.74% 16,564 27,837 5,176 – 2,379 – – 51,956 ON St. Catharines Lib Con 21,669 37.47% 246 0.43% 68.30% 21,669 21,423 11,848 – 2,305 – 582 57,827 ON St. Paul's Lib Lib 29,295 50.26% 14,274 24.49% 72.17% 15,021 29,295 11,189 – 2,785 – – 58,290 ON Sarnia—Lambton Lib Con 21,841 40.98% 4,192 7.87% 67.87% 21,841 17,649 10,673 – 1,712 316 1,108 53,299 ON Sault Ste. Marie NDP NDP 17,979 38.88% 2,154 4.66% 67.75% 11,099 15,825 17,979 – 1,056 – 284 46,243 ON Scarborough—Agincourt Lib Lib 28,065 62.59% 17,381 38.76% 61.74% 10,684 28,065 4,969 – 1,120 – – 44,838 ON Scarborough Centre Lib Lib 23,332 55.38% 11,810 28.03% 62.11% 11,522 23,332 5,884 – 1,396 – – 42,134 ON Scarborough-Guildwood Lib Lib 21,877 53.26% 10,087 24.56% 62.38% 11,790 21,877 5,847 – 1,235 232 98 41,079 ON Scarborough—Rouge River Lib Lib 30,285 65.62% 20,853 45.18% 56.97% 9,432 30,285 4,972 – 754 467 243 46,153 ON Scarborough Southwest Lib Lib 19,930 47.83% 9,913 23.79% 62.37% 10,017 19,930 9,626 – 1,827 147 120 41,667 ON Simcoe—Grey Con Con 30,135 49.76% 11,446 18.90% 67.60% 30,135 18,689 6,784 – 3,372 – 1,585 60,565 ON Simcoe North Lib Con 23,266 40.43% 1,188 2.06% 66.94% 23,266 22,078 8,132 – 3,451 – 617 57,544 ON Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry Con Con 28,014 54.73% 14,108 27.56% 67.86% 28,014 13,906 6,892 – 1,713 – 663 51,188 ON Sudbury Lib Lib 19,809 41.57% 4,584 9.62% 65.99% 10,332 19,809 15,225 – 1,301 54 929 47,650 ON Thornhill Lib Lib 29,934 53.10% 10,929 19.39% 63.75% 19,005 29,934 4,405 – 1,934 – 1,094 56,372 ON Thunder Bay—Rainy River Lib Lib 13,520 35.13% 658 1.71% 61.12% 10,485 13,520 12,862 – 1,193 – 424 38,484 ON Thunder Bay—Superior North Lib Lib 14,009 36.01% 408 1.05% 62.51% 8,578 14,009 13,601 – 2,231 – 486 38,905 ON Timmins-James Bay NDP NDP 19,195 50.58% 6,192 16.32% 62.40% 5,173 13,003 19,195 – 578 – – 37,949 ON Toronto Centre Lib Lib 30,874 52.23% 16,838 28.48% 66.53% 10,763 30,874 14,036 – 3,080 101 258 59,112 ON Toronto—Danforth NDP NDP 24,412 48.42% 7,156 14.19% 67.67% 4,992 17,256 24,412 – 3,583 – 172 50,415 ON Trinity—Spadina Lib NDP 28,748 46.03% 3,681 5.89% 70.87% 5,625 25,067 28,748 – 2,398 – 612 62,450 ON Vaughan Lib Lib 36,968 59.72% 20,844 33.67% 64.01% 16,124 36,968 5,114 – 3,004 – 688 61,898 ON Welland Lib Lib 20,267 35.53% 2,775 4.86% 67.06% 16,678 20,267 17,492 – 1,960 – 652 57,049 ON Wellington—Halton Hills Con Con 27,907 50.67% 11,842 21.50% 71.05% 27,907 16,065 6,785 – 3,362 355 606 55,080 ON Whitby—Oshawa Lib Con 29,294 43.86% 3,412 5.11% 70.60% 29,294Jim Flaherty was previously a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and a provincial Cabinet minister 25,882 8,716 – 2,407 – 491 66,790 ON Willowdale Lib Lib 30,623 55.23% 14,369 25.92% 62.77% 16,254 30,623 6,297 – 2,268 – – 55,442 ON Windsor—Tecumseh NDP NDP 22,646 44.63% 9,233 18.19% 60.21% 12,851 13,413 22,646 – 1,644 – 193 50,747 ON Windsor West NDP NDP 23,608 49.49% 11,498 24.10% 57.29% 9,592 12,110 23,608 – 1,444 224 722 47,700 ON York Centre Lib Lib 22,468 52.66% 9,640 22.59% 61.06% 12,828 22,468 5,813 – 1,560 – – 42,669 ON York—Simcoe Con Con 25,685 47.93% 9,229 17.22% 64.24% 25,685 16,456 7,139 – 3,719 – 595 53,594 ON York South—Weston Lib Lib 22,871 57.06% 14,346 35.79% 59.99% 6,991 22,871 8,525 – 1,506 189 – 40,082 ON York West Lib Lib 21,418 63.78% 15,174 45.19% 57.90% 6,244 21,418 4,724 – 1,002 192 – 33,580 PE Cardigan Lib Lib 11,542 56.21% 4,619 22.50% 75.33% 6,923 11,542 1,535 – 533 – – 20,533 PE Charlottetown Lib Lib 9,586 50.16% 3,062 16.02% 70.75% 6,524 9,586 2,126 – 586 – 290 19,112 PE Egmont Lib Lib 10,288 53.17% 4,297 22.21% 71.72% 5,991 10,288 1,847 – 1,005 219 – 19,350 PE Malpeque Lib Lib 9,779 50.48% 3,071 15.85% 75.10% 6,708 9,779 1,983 – 901 – – 19,371 QC Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou BQ BQ 13,928 46.57% 7,228 24.17% 53.82% 6,261 6,700 1,810 13,928 1,210 – – 29,909 QC Abitibi—Témiscamingue BQ BQ 24,637 52.34% 14,003 29.75% 60.02% 10,634 6,501 4,022 24,637 1,279 – – 47,073 QC Ahuntsic Lib BQ 19,428 38.91% 834 1.67% 67.26% 6,119 18,594 3,948 19,428 1,836 – – 49,925 QC Alfred-Pellan BQ BQ 23,193 42.97% 8,298 15.37% 68.18% 10,210 14,895 3,838 23,193 1,842 – – 53,978 QC Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel BQ BQ 27,855 52.13% 15,394 28.81% 62.66% 12,461 7,171 3,466 27,855 2,480 – – 53,433 QC Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour BQ BQ 27,742 55.92% 16,154 32.56% 66.86% 11,588 6,438 2,248 27,742 1,595 – – 49,611 QC Beauce Lib Con 36,915 67.02% 25,918 47.06% 67.62% 36,915 4,364 1,405 10,997 1,397 – – 55,078 QC Beauharnois—Salaberry BQ BQ 26,190 47.53% 11,581 21.02% 66.40% 14,609 8,272 4,163 26,190 1,864 – – 55,098 QC Beauport—Limoilou BQ Con 19,409 39.54% 820 1.67% 59.67% 19,409 4,929 3,917 18,589 2,005 – 234 49,083 QC Berthier—Maskinongé BQ BQ 26,191 48.50% 9,233 17.10% 63.96% 16,958 5,605 3,319 26,191 1,925 – – 53,998 QC Bourassa Lib Lib 18,705 43.41% 4,928 11.44% 59.68% 6,830 18,705 2,237 13,777 1,370 – 173 43,092 QC Brome—Missisquoi Lib BQ 18,596 38.33% 5,027 10.36% 66.24% 9,874 13,569 2,839 18,596 1,721 – 1,921 48,520 QC Brossard—La Prairie Lib BQ 21,433 37.17% 1,243 2.16% 67.06% 9,749 20,190 4,301 21,433 1,883 – 110 57,666 QC Chambly—Borduas BQ BQ 33,703 54.70% 21,000 34.08% 70.41% 12,703 6,933 5,167 33,703 3,113 – – 61,619 QC Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles BQ Con 20,406 41.04% 1,372 2.76% 65.19% 20,406 4,364 3,084 19,034 1,262 1,567 – 49,717 QC Châteauguay—Saint-Constant BQ BQ 28,274 51.38% 17,055 30.99% 67.95% 11,219 10,295 2,865 28,274 2,375 – – 55,028 QC Chicoutimi—Le Fjord BQ BQ 19,226 38.49% 4,645 9.30% 64.72% 12,350 14,581 2,571 19,226 1,226 – – 49,954 QC Compton—Stanstead BQ BQ 21,316 42.77% 9,185 18.43% 66.64% 12,131 11,126 3,099 21,316 2,171 – – 49,843 QC Drummond BQ BQ 22,575 49.69% 12,441 27.38% 64.41% 10,134 7,437 2,870 22,575 2,418 – – 45,434 QC Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine BQ BQ 17,678 42.69% 4,331 10.46% 61.15% 13,347 7,977 1,225 17,678 1,183 – – 41,410 QC Gatineau Lib BQ 21,093 39.25% 4,267 7.94% 64.88% 9,014 16,826 5,354 21,093 1,456 – – 53,743 QC Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia BQ BQ 15,721 46.04% 5,564 16.30% 58.13% 10,157 4,463 2,116 15,721 910 778 – 34,145 QC Hochelaga BQ BQ 25,570 55.58% 17,638 38.34% 58.31% 5,617 7,932 4,101 25,570 2,235 – 552 46,007 QC Honoré-Mercier Lib Lib 19,622 38.23% 1,743 3.40% 64.87% 8,952 19,622 3,191 17,879 1,502 – 183 51,329 QC Hull—Aylmer Lib Lib 17,576 32.67% 1,788 3.32% 64.25% 9,284 17,576 8,334 15,788 2,687 – 125 53,794 QC Jeanne-Le Ber Lib BQ 20,213 40.22% 3,095 6.16% 58.93% 5,951 17,118 4,621 20,213 2,357 – – 50,260 QC Joliette BQ BQ 28,630 54.12% 14,438 27.29% 63.77% 14,192 5,245 2,745 28,630 2,086 – – 52,898 QC Jonquière—Alma BQ Con 27,262 52.09% 6,693 12.79% 67.52% 27,262 1,550 2,028 20,569 928 – – 52,337 QC La Pointe-de-l'Île BQ BQ 29,368 60.46% 21,966 45.22% 62.32% 7,402 6,855 3,407 29,368 1,544 – – 48,576 QC Lac-Saint-Louis Lib Lib 25,588 48.17% 11,424 21.50% 66.30% 14,164 25,588 5,702 4,064 3,605 – – 53,123 QC LaSalle—Émard Lib Lib 22,751 48.41% 9,250 19.68% 62.10% 5,994 22,751 2,805 13,501 1,512 281 152 46,996 QC Laurentides—Labelle BQ BQ 28,217 53.82% 17,551 33.48% 61.42% 10,666 7,616 3,382 28,217 2,543 – – 52,424 QC Laurier—Sainte-Marie BQ BQ 26,773 54.69% 18,608 38.01% 61.26% 3,124 6,095 8,165 26,773 4,064 157 575 48,953 QC Laval BQ BQ 22,032 44.35% 9,334 18.79% 62.58% 9,236 12,698 4,047 22,032 1,666 – – 49,679 QC Laval—Les Îles Lib Lib 20,849 39.32% 3,312 6.25% 63.47% 9,055 20,849 3,817 17,537 1,557 – 211 53,026 QC Lévis—Bellechasse BQ Con 25,940 46.40% 9,717 17.38% 65.92% 25,940 4,581 2,590 16,223 2,293 4,275 – 55,902 QC Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher BQ BQ 27,425 55.20% 18,094 36.42% 65.78% 9,331 6,260 4,273 27,425 1,995 – 397 49,681 QC Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière BQ Con 28,236 54.34% 12,834 24.70% 68.36% 28,236 2,820 3,529 15,402 1,978 – – 51,965 QC Louis-Hébert BQ Con 20,332 34.47% 231 0.39% 71.85% 20,332 8,852 5,351 20,101 2,517 1,712 116 58,981 QC Louis-Saint-Laurent BQ Con 28,606 57.68% 16,609 33.49% 64.01% 28,606 3,180 2,848 11,997 1,468 1,498 – 49,597 QC Manicouagan BQ BQ 18,601 51.10% 11,691 32.12% 57.00% 6,910 5,214 4,657 18,601 824 195 – 36,401 QC Marc-Aurèle-Fortin BQ BQ 27,638 51.00% 16,540 30.52% 68.43% 11,098 8,407 4,313 27,638 2,733 – – 54,189 QC Mégantic—L'Érable BQ Con 23,550 49.85% 8,140 17.23% 68.64% 23,550 4,912 1,836 15,410 1,534 – – 47,242 QC Montcalm BQ BQ 34,975 62.28% 24,157 43.02% 63.59% 10,818 4,645 3,766 34,975 1,954 – – 56,158 QC Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup BQ BQ 24,117 52.44% 12,588 27.37% 59.53% 11,529 6,466 2,107 24,117 1,768 – – 45,987 QC Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord BQ BQ 22,169 49.11% 7,610 16.86% 61.53% 14,559 3,989 2,896 22,169 1,527 – – 45,140 QC Mount Royal Lib Lib 24,248 65.55% 17,627 47.65% 52.81% 6,621 24,248 2,479 2,112 1,423 – 106 36,989 QC Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine Lib Lib 20,235 43.85% 10,850 23.51% 60.86% 8,048 20,235 5,455 9,385 2,754 – 270 46,147 QC Outremont Lib Lib 14,282 35.18% 2,504 6.17% 60.78% 5,168 14,282 6,984 11,778Jacques Léonard was previously a member of the National Assembly of Quebec and a provincial Cabinet minister. 1,957 242 182 40,593 QC Papineau Lib BQ 17,775 40.75% 990 2.27% 61.10% 3,630 16,785 3,358 17,775 1,572 – 502 43,622 QC Pierrefonds—Dollard Lib Lib 24,388 51.12% 13,375 28.04% 59.89% 11,013 24,388 3,664 5,901 2,645 – 96 47,707 QC Pontiac Lib Con 16,069 33.68% 2,371 4.97% 61.76% 16,069Lawrence Cannon was previously a member of the National Assembly of Quebec and a provincial Cabinet minister. 11,561 4,759 13,698 1,512 – 107 47,706 QC Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier BQ Ind 20,158 39.84% 7,064 13.96% 69.43% 11,472 2,489 1,956 13,094 1,431 20,158 – 50,600 QC Québec BQ BQ 20,845 41.53% 5,902 11.76% 63.04% 14,943 5,743 4,629 20,845 2,372 813 845 50,190 QC Repentigny BQ BQ 34,958 62.42% 24,834 44.34% 67.46% 10,124 4,847 4,337 34,958 1,742 – – 56,008 QC Richmond—Arthabaska BQ BQ 24,466 47.89% 8,001 15.66% 65.95% 16,465 5,294 2,507 24,466 2,355 – – 51,087 QC Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques BQ BQ 19,804 46.38% 10,323 24.18% 63.76% 9,481 8,254 4,186 19,804 973 – – 42,698 QC Rivière-des-Mille-Îles BQ BQ 26,272 53.90% 16,099 33.03% 67.55% 10,173 6,239 3,418 26,272 2,643 – – 48,745 QC Rivière-du-Nord BQ BQ 27,789 59.08% 18,020 38.31% 60.44% 9,769 4,365 3,393 27,789 1,722 – – 47,038 QC Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean BQ BQ 17,586 45.20% 3,123 8.03% 62.15% 14,463 3,014 2,151 17,586 1,689 – – 38,903 QC Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie BQ BQ 29,336 55.99% 21,077 40.23% 64.02% 4,873 8,259 6,051 29,336 3,457 – 419 52,395 QC Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert BQ BQ 26,509 50.29% 16,058 30.46% 68.01% 10,451 8,643 4,359 26,509 2,364 387 – 52,713 QC Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot BQ BQ 27,838 56.02% 15,515 31.22% 66.39% 12,323 4,884 2,723 27,838 1,925 – – 49,693 QC Saint-Jean BQ BQ 28,070 53.98% 16,554 31.83% 66.18% 11,516 6,426 3,622 28,070 2,371 – – 52,005 QC Saint-Lambert BQ BQ 20,949 45.30% 10,172 22.00% 62.31% 9,097 10,777 3,404 20,949 1,819 – 196 46,242 QC Saint-Laurent—Cartierville Lib Lib 25,412 59.85% 19,220 45.27% 55.32% 5,590 25,412 3,279 6,192 1,810 – 177 42,460 QC Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel Lib Lib 23,705 57.17% 15,933 38.43% 57.00% 5,975 23,705 2,831 7,772 961 – 219 41,463 QC Saint-Maurice—Champlain BQ BQ 21,532 44.34% 5,504 11.33% 61.95% 16,028 5,612 3,684 21,532 1,705 – – 48,561 QC Shefford BQ BQ 22,159 43.09% 9,425 18.33% 66.75% 12,734 12,043 2,431 22,159 2,061 – – 51,428 QC Sherbrooke BQ BQ 27,112 52.20% 16,349 31.48% 64.14% 10,763 6,863 4,646 27,112 2,238 315 – 51,937 QC Terrebonne—Blainville BQ BQ 30,197 59.17% 19,985 39.16% 66.59% 10,212 4,576 3,829 30,197 2,216 – – 51,030 QC Trois-Rivières BQ BQ 22,331 45.87% 6,908 14.19% 64.14% 15,423 5,268 3,774 22,331 1,513 – 371 48,680 QC Vaudreuil-Soulanges BQ BQ 26,925 43.08% 9,151 14.64% 70.74% 11,888 17,774 3,468 26,925 2,450 – – 62,505 QC Verchères—Les Patriotes BQ BQ 30,250 57.43% 18,771 35.64% 72.13% 11,479 4,602 4,293 30,250 2,047 – – 52,671 QC Westmount—Ville-Marie Lib Lib 18,884 45.68% 11,589 28.03% 53.69% 7,295 18,884 6,356 5,191 3,451 – 163 41,340 SK Battlefords—Lloydminster Con Con 16,491 53.96% 11,662 38.16% 60.33% 16,491 3,901 4,829 – 637 4,396 306 30,560 SK Blackstrap Con Con 19,430 47.99% 7,054 17.42% 68.94% 19,430 6,841 12,376 – 1,334 412 94 40,487 SK Cypress Hills—Grasslands Con Con 20,035 66.48% 14,959 49.64% 66.53% 20,035 3,885 5,076 – 1,141 – – 30,137 SK Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River Con Lib 10,191 41.37% 67 0.27% 58.43% 10,124 10,191 3,787 – 534 – – 24,636 SK Palliser Con Con 14,906 42.99% 3,446 9.94% 68.69% 14,906 7,006 11,460 – 1,182 – 121 34,675 SK Prince Albert Con Con 17,271 54.44% 9,709 30.60% 61.09% 17,271 6,149 7,562 – 744 – – 31,726 SK Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre Con Con 14,176 42.15% 4,709 14.00% 68.45% 14,176 8,956 9,467 – 1,035 – – 33,634 SK Regina—Qu'Appelle Con Con 12,753 41.21% 2,712 8.76% 63.72% 12,753 7,134 10,041 – 1,016 – – 30,944 SK Saskatoon—Humboldt Con Con 18,285 49.07% 7,310 19.62% 67.27% 18,285 6,281 10,975 – 1,382 342 – 37,265 SK Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar Con Con 13,331 45.54% 1,919 6.56% 59.72% 13,331 3,536 11,412 – 738 – 258 29,275 SK Saskatoon—Wanuskewin Con Con 17,753 49.39% 9,098 25.31% 66.31% 17,753 8,655 7,939 – 1,292 – 307 35,946 SK Souris—Moose Mountain Con Con 19,282 62.82% 13,601 44.31% 65.28% 19,282 5,681 4,284 – 1,448 – – 30,695 SK Wascana Lib Lib 20,666 51.78% 8,676 21.74% 69.85% 11,990 20,666 5,880 – 1,378 – – 39,914 SK Yorkton—Melville Con Con 20,736 63.47% 14,571 44.60% 64.32% 20,736 4,558 6,165 – 923 287 – 32,669 Terr Nunavut Lib Lib 3,673 39.98% 1,003 10.92% 54.14% 2,670 3,673 1,576 – 544 – 724 9,187 Terr Western Arctic Lib NDP 6,802 42.16% 1,159 7.18% 56.22% 3,200 5,643 6,802 – 338 149 – 16,132 Terr Yukon Lib Lib 6,847 48.52% 3,481 24.67% 66.10% 3,341 6,847 3,366 – 559 – – 14,113 a AFEEEE #BFBFBF = went to a judicial recount #B9E5B9 silver = Open seat #D8BFD8 silver = turnout is above national average #EABB94 silver = Incumbent had switched allegiance #FFFF00 silver = Previously incumbent in another riding #EEBBBB silver = Not incumbent; was previously elected to the House #87CEFA silver = Incumbency arose from by-election gain #DCD0FF silver = other incumbents defeated #00FFFF silver = changed allegiance immediately after election #F0E68C silver = Multiple candidates Summary analysis Ternary plots - shift of electoral support (2004-2006) 350 200 yes center Electoral districts identified by colours of winning parties File:Ternary CA2004.svg 2004 Ternary plot of 2004 results File:Ternary CA2006.svg 2006 Ternary plot of 2006 results + Party candidates in 2nd place Party in 1st place Party in 2nd place TotalCon Lib NDP BQ Grn IndCA Conservative row-name 79 33 10 1 1 124CA Liberal row-name 75 19 9 103CA NDP row-name 6 23 29CA BQ row-name 36 14 1 51CA Independent row-name 1 1 Total117 116 53 20 1 1 308 + Candidates ranked 1st to 5th place, by party Parties 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5thCA Conservative colour&name124 117 63 3 1CA Liberal colour&name103 116 84 5 CA BQ colour&name51 20 1 3 CA NDP colour&name29 53 156 68 2CA Independent colour&name1 1 2 4 44CA Green colour&name 1 2 221 79CA Christian Heritage colour&name 2 33CA Progressive Canadian colour&name 1 19CA Marijuana colour&name 1 11CA Marxist-Leninist colour&name 13CA Canadian Action colour&name 12CA Communist colour&name 9CA Libertarian colour&name 5CA FPNP colour&name 3CA Western Block colour&name 3 + Resulting composition of the 40th Canadian Parliament Source PartyConLibNDPBlocIndTotalSeats retained Incumbents returned86 96 17 41 1 241Open seats held6 3 1 4 14Seats changing hands Incumbents defeated23 1 6 6 36Open seats gained9 2 5 16Incumbent changing allegiance 1 1Total124 103 29 51 1 308 Results by province 300px|center Party nameBCABSKMBONQCNBNSPENLNUNTYTTotalCA Conservative row Conservative Seats:17Emerson 28 12 8 40 10 3 3 - 3 - - - 124 CA Conservative row Vote:37.3 65.0 48.9 42.8 35.1 24.6 35.7 29.7 33.4 42.7 29.6 19.8 23.7 36.2 CA Liberal rowLiberal Seats:9Emerson - 2 3 54 13 6 6 4 4 1 - 1 103 CA Liberal row Vote:27.6 15.3 22.4 26.0 39.9 20.7 39.2 37.1 52.5 42.8 39.1 34.9 48.5 30.2 CA BQ rowBloc Québécois Seats:          51               51 CA BQ row Vote:          42.1               10.5 CA NDP rowNew Democrat Seats:10 - - 3 12 - 1 2 - - - 1 - 29 CA NDP row Vote:28.6 11.6 24.0 25.4 19.4 7.5 21.9 29.8 9.6 13.6 17.6 42.1 23.8 17.5 CA Green row-name Vote:5.3 6.5 3.2 3.9 4.7 4.0 2.4 2.6 3.9 0.9 5.9 2.1 4.0 4.5 CA Independents row Independent / No affiliation Seats: 1Arthur         1 CA Independents row Vote:    0.9               0.1 CA Independents rowTotal seats: 36 28 14 14 106 75 10 11 4 7 1 1 1 308 Notes Emerson David Emerson, elected on January 23 as a Liberal in the British Columbia riding of Vancouver Kingsway, changed parties on February 6 to join the Conservatives before the new Parliament had taken office. He is reflected here as a Liberal. ArthurAndré Arthur was elected as an independent candidate in the Quebec riding of Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier. 10 closest ridings Parry Sound-Muskoka, ON: Tony Clement (Cons) def. Andy Mitchell (Lib) by 28 votes Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River, SK: Gary Merasty (Lib) def. Jeremy Harrison (Cons) by 73 votes Winnipeg South, MB: Rod Bruinooge (Cons) def. Reg Alcock (Lib) by 111 votes Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, ON: Pierre Lemieux (Cons) def. René Berthiaume (Lib) by 203 votes Louis-Hébert, QC: Luc Harvey (Cons) def. Roger Clavet (BQ) by 231 votes St. Catharines, ON: Rick Dykstra (Cons) def. Walt Lastewka (Lib) by 244 votes Tobique—Mactaquac, NB: Mike Allen (Cons) def. Andy Savoy (Lib) by 336 votes Thunder Bay—Superior North, ON: Joe Comuzzi (Lib) def. Bruce Hyer (NDP) by 408 votes West Nova, NS: Robert Thibault (Lib) def. Greg Kerr (Cons) by 511 votes Brant, ON: Lloyd St. Amand (Lib) def. Phil McColeman (Cons) by 582 votes Results by region Results of the 2006 Canadian federal election by riding Western Canada and Territories Ontario Quebec and Atlantic Canada See also Canada Politics Articles on parties' candidates in this election: Independents Canadian Action Communists Progressive Canadian Party List of Canadian political scandals Libertarians Marijuana Party Bloc Québécois Conservatives Green Party New Democrats Christian Heritage In and Out scandal References lower-roman Further reading Dornan Christopher Pammett Jon H. The Canadian General Election of 2006 2006 Dundurn Press Toronto 978-1-55002-650-4 https://archive.org/details/canadianfederale0000unse registration Mutimer David Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs, 2006 2013 University of Toronto Press Toronto 978-1-4426-4569-1 https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_u6j8 registration External links Conservative party wins minority government in Canada Canadian federal elections underway Election Prediction Project UBC Election Stock Market 2006 Which party to vote for? (saplin.com) – Vote by issue quiz TrendLines Riding Projections (2004, 2006 & 2009) Predicting the 2006 Canadian Election Government links Elections Canada nominations database National media coverage First French Leaders' Debate Windows Media Video stream CTV News – Election 2006 The Globe and Mail – Decision 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20081019151822/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/decision2006/ October 19, 2008 Humour 2006 Election Editorial Cartoon Gallery by Graeme MacKay of The Hamilton Spectator. Leaders 2006 Federal Category:January 2006 in Canada