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Canada:1972 Parliamentary Elections

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Incumbent Prime Minister and partyPierre Trudeau, Lib.
% Popular voteLib - 35.8; PC - 35; NDP - 17
New House seat configuration:Lib - 109; PC - 107; NDP - 31
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 19 57.6 - 25.0 - 12.6 - 4.5 - 0.3 19 710,952
British Columbia 8 33.0 4 28.9 11 35.0 - 2.6 - 0.3 23 948,289
Manitoba 8 41.6 2 30.9 3 26.3 - 0.7 - 0.5 13 443,154
New Brunswick 5 44.9 2 30.9 - 5.7 - 5.6 - 0.7 10 292,491
Newfoundland 4 49.0 3 44.8 - 4.7 - 0.2 - 1.3 7 175,046
Northwest Territories - 30.9 - 29.3 1 39.8 - - - - 1 14,057
Nova Scotia 10 53.4 1 33.9 - 12.3 - 0.3 - 0.1 11 383,087
Ontario 40 39.1 36 38.2 11 21.5 - 0.4 1 0.9 88 3,578,052
Prince Edward Island 3 51.9 1 40.5 - 7.5 - 0.1 - - 4 56,653
Quebec 2 17.4 56 49.1 - 6.4 15 24.4 1 2.7 74 2,625,036
Saskatchewan 7 36.9 1 25.3 5 35.9 - 1.8 - 0.1 13 432,504
Yukon 1 53.0 - 32.2 - 11.6 - - - 3.1 1 8,168
Totals 107 35.0 109 38.5 31 17.7 15 7.6 2 1.2 264 9,667,489

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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