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Incumbent Prime Minister and party | Pierre Trudeau, Lib. |
% Popular vote | Lib - 40.1; PC - 35.9; NDP - 17.9 |
New House seat configuration: | PC - 136; Lib - 114; NDP - 26 |
New Prime Minister and party | Joe Clark, PC |
New official opposition leader and party | Pierre Trudeau, Lib. |
Province |
Progressive Conservative |
Liberal |
NDP |
Social Credit |
Other |
Total |
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Seats* |
Votes |
Seats |
Votes |
Seats |
Votes |
Seats |
Votes |
Seats |
Votes |
Seats |
Votes |
Alberta |
21 |
65.6 |
- |
22.1 |
- |
9.9 |
- |
1.0 |
- |
1.5 |
21 |
853,177 |
British Columbia |
19 |
44.3 |
1 |
23.0 |
8 |
31.9 |
- |
0.2 |
- |
0.6 |
28 |
1,195,912 |
Manitoba |
7 |
43.4 |
2 |
23.5 |
5 |
32.7 |
- |
0.2 |
- |
0.3 |
14 |
513,773 |
New Brunswick |
4 |
40.0 |
6 |
44.6 |
- |
15.3 |
- |
- |
- |
0.1 |
10 |
337,532 |
Newfoundland |
2 |
29.7 |
4 |
40.6 |
1 |
29.7 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
7 |
201,732 |
Northwest Territories |
1 |
32.3 |
- |
34.1 |
1 |
31.9 |
- |
- |
- |
1.6 |
2 |
16,475 |
Nova Scotia |
8 |
45.4 |
2 |
35.5 |
1 |
18.7 |
- |
- |
- |
0.4 |
11 |
425,609 |
Ontario |
57 |
41.8 |
32 |
36.4 |
6 |
21.1 |
- |
0.1 |
- |
0.6 |
95 |
4,142,995 |
Prince Edward Island |
4 |
52.8 |
- |
40.6 |
- |
6.5 |
- |
- |
- |
0.1 |
4 |
64,613 |
Quebec |
2 |
13.5 |
67 |
61.7 |
- |
5.1 |
6 |
16.0 |
- |
3.7 |
75 |
3,204,029 |
Saskatchewan |
10 |
41.2 |
- |
21.8 |
4 |
35.8 |
- |
0.5 |
- |
0.7 |
14 |
489,404 |
Yukon |
1 |
44.6 |
- |
30.1 |
- |
25.3 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
10,181 |
Totals |
136 |
35.9 |
114 |
40.1 |
26 |
17.9 |
6 |
4.6 |
0 |
1.5 |
282 |
11,455,702 |
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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