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Canada: 1984 Parliamentary Elections

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DateSeptember 4, 1984
Total number of seats282
Incumbent Prime Minister and partyJohn Turner, Lib
Turn-out75%
% Popular votePC - 50; Lib - 28; NDP - 18.8
New House seat configuration:PC - 211 Lib - 40; NDP - 30
New Prime Minister and partyBrian Mulroney, PC
New official opposition leader and partyJohn Turner, Lib

Province Progressive Conservative Liberal NDP Social Credit Other Total
Seats* Votes Seats Votes Seats Votes Seats Votes Seats Votes Seats Votes
Alberta 21 68.8 - 12.7 - 14.1 - 0.6 - 3.8 21 1,019,539
British Columbia 19 46.6 1 16.4 8 35.1 - 0.2 - 1.7 28 1,443,048
Manitoba 9 43.2 1 21.8 4 27.2 - - - - 14 513,834
New Brunswick 9 53.6 1 31.9 - 14.1 - 0.1 - 0.4 10 377,350
Newfoundland 4 57.6 3 36.4 - 5.8 - - - 0.2 7 241,159
Northwest Territories 2 41.3 - 26.9 - 28.2 - - - 3.5 2 19,510
Nova Scotia 9 50.7 2 33.6 - 15.2 - - - 0.4 11 460,592
Ontario 67 47.6 14 29.8 13 20.8 - 0.1 1 1.7 95 4,435,411
Prince Edward Island 3 52.0 1 41.0 - 6.5 - - - 0.6 4 73,414
Quebec 58 50.2 17 35.4 - 8.8 - 0.2 - 5.4 75 3,440,360
Saskatchewan 9 41.7 - 18.2 5 38.4 - - - 1.7 14 522,800
Yukon 1 50.0 - 21.7 - 16.1 - - - 5.4 1 11,704
Totals 211 50.0 40 28.0 30 18.8 0 0.1 1 3.0 282 12,548,721

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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