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Canada:1980 Parliamentary Elections

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Incumbent Prime Minister and partyJoe Clark, PC
% Popular voteLib - 44.3; PC - 32.5; NDP - 18.8
New House seat configuration: Lib - 147; PC - 103; NDP - 32
New Prime Minister and partyPierre Trudeau, Lib.
New official opposition leader and partyJoe Clark, PC

Province Progressive Conservative Liberal NDP Social Credit Other Total
Seats* Votes Seats Votes Seats Votes Seats Votes Seats Votes Seats Votes
Alberta 21 64.9 - 22.2 - 10.3 - 1.0 - 1.6 21 795,445
British Columbia 16 41.5 - 22.2 12 35.3 - 0.1 - 0.9 28 1,209,812
Manitoba 5 35.7 2 28.0 7 33.5 - - - 0.8 14 475,904
New Brunswick 3 32.5 7 50.1 - 16.2 - - - 1.1 10 335,730
Newfoundland 2 36.0 5 47.0 - 16.7 - - - 0.4 7 203,045
Northwest Territories 1 24.7 - 35.8 1 38.4 - - - 1.1 2 16,205
Nova Scotia 6 38.7 5 39.9 - 20.9 - - - 0.6 11 422,242
Ontario 38 35.5 52 41.9 5 21.9 - 0.1 - 0.7 95 4,000,841
Prince Edward Island 2 46.3 2 46.8 - 6.5 - - - 0.3 4 66,205
Quebec 1 12.6 74 68.2 - 9.1 - 5.9 - 4.2 75 2,957,042
Saskatchewan 7 38.9 - 24.2 7 36.3 - - - 0.5 14 455,774
Yukon 1 40.6 - 39.6 - 19.8 - - - - 1 9,669
Totals 103 32.5 147 44.3 32 19.8 0 1.7 0 1.7 282 10,947,914

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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