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Canada:1979 Parliamentary Elections


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Incumbent Prime Minister and partyPierre Trudeau, Lib.
% Popular voteLib - 40.1; PC - 35.9; NDP - 17.9
New House seat configuration:PC - 136; Lib - 114; NDP - 26
New Prime Minister and partyJoe Clark, PC
New official opposition leader and partyPierre Trudeau, Lib.

Province Progressive Conservative Liberal NDP Social Credit Other Total
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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