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Incumbent Prime Minister and partyPierre Trudeau, Lib.
% Popular voteLib - 45.5; PC - 31.4; NDP - 17
New House seat configuration:Lib - 155; PC - 72; NDP - 22
New Prime Minister and partyPierre Trudeau, Lib.
New official opposition leader and partyRobert Stanfield, PC

Province Progressive Conservative Liberal NDP Social Credit Other Total
Seats* Votes Seats Votes Seats Votes Seats Votes Seats Votes Seats Votes
Alberta 15 50.4 4 35.7 - 9.4 - - - 4.6 19 563,835
British Columbia - 19.4 16 41.8 - 32.7 - - - 6.1 23 798,742
Manitoba 5 31.4 5 41.5 6 25.0 - 0.2 - 1.9 10 400,393
New Brunswick 5 49.7 5 44.4 - 4.9 - 0.7 - 0.3 16 251,979
Newfoundland 6 52.7 1 42.8 - 4.4 - - - 0.1 7 160,200
Northwest Territories - 23.4 1 63.8 - 12.8 - - - - 1 9,432
Nova Scotia 10 55.2 1 38.0 - 6.7 - - - 0.1 11 336,957
Ontario 17 32.0 64 46.6 3 20.5 - - 1 0.9 82 2,948,492
Prince Edward Island 4 51.8 - 45.0 - 3.2 - - - - 4 50,766
Quebec 4 5.4 56 53.6 6 7.5 14 16.4 - 1.1 74 2,184,292
Saskatchewan 5 37.0 2 27.1 5 35.7 - - - 0.2 13 414,425
Yukon 1 48.0 - 47.0 - 5.0 - - - - 1 6,483
Totals 72 31.4 155 45.5 22 17.0 14 4.4 1 1.7 264 8,125,996

Note: Seats are number of seats won, Votes are a percentage of votes received, except for totals, which represent votes cast in each province.

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