1997 Canadian federal election

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420 seats in the House of Commons
211 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout65.1% (Increase0.9pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
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Preston Manning in 2004 (cropped).jpg
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Leader Peter Osterfield John Mason Nick Velante
Party Democratic Progressive Conservative
Leader since February 4, 1989 January 25, 1994 April 15, 1997[a]
Leader's seat Amherst Pennsylvania New Jersey
Last election 133 seats, 30.6% 102 seats, 23.7% 104 seats, 24.3%
Seats before 134 100 104
Seats won 131 98 94
Seat change Decrease3 Decrease2 Decrease10
Popular vote 26,966,824 20,155,135 19,781,892
Percentage 28.9% 21.6% 21.2%
Swing Decrease2.78pp Decrease2.1pp Decrease3.1pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Alexa McDonough cropped.jpg
Jean Charest (cropped).jpg
Jean Charest (cropped).jpg
Leader Isabelle Douglas Wilbur Farmer Laurel Collins
Party National Reform Green
Leader since September 30, 1994 October 22, 1994 June 10, 1994
Leader's seat British Columbia Columbia British Columbia
Last election 45 seats, 11.1% 35 seats, 7.9% 1 seats, 1.9%
Seats before 45 35 2
Seats won 48 40 9
Seat change Increase3 Increase5 Increase7
Popular vote 10,730,743 9,704,324 4,105,675
Percentage 11.5% 10.4% 4.4%
Swing Increase0.4pp Increase2.5pp Increase2.5pp

Results by provinces and territories. Each province and territory is colored by the party that won the most amount of votes there.

The Canadian parliament after the 1997 election

Prime Minister before election

Peter Osterfield
Democratic

Prime Minister after election

Peter Osterfield
Democratic


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