1997 Canadian federal election

The 1997 Canadian federal election was held on June 2 to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 36th Parliament of Canada.

1997 Canadian federal election

June 2, 1997 (1997-06-02)
301 seats in the House of Commons 151 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	67.0% (3.9pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Jean Chrétien Preston Manning Gilles Duceppe Party Liberal Reform Bloc Québécois Leader's seat Saint-Maurice Calgary Southwest Laurier— Sainte-Marie Last election 177 seats, 41.24% 52 seats, 18.69% 54 seats, 13.52% Seats before 174 50 50 Seats won 155 60 44 Seat change 19 10 6 Popular vote 4,994,277 2,513,080 1,385,821 Percentage 38.46% 19.35% 10.67% Swing 2.78pp 0.66pp 2.85pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Alexa McDonough Jean Charest Party New Democratic Progressive Conservative Leader's seat Halifax Sherbrooke Last election 9 seats, 6.88% 2 seats, 16.04% Seats before 9 2 Seats won 21 20 Seat change 12 18 Popular vote 1,434,509 2,446,705 Percentage 11.05% 18.84% Swing 4.17pp 2.80pp
Popular vote by province, with graphs indicating the number of seats won. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote by province but instead via results by each riding.
Prime Minister before election Jean Chrétien Liberal Prime Minister after election Jean Chrétien Liberal

Results

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155	60	44	21	20	1
Liberal	Reform	BQ	NDP	PC	I

Party		Party Leader	Candidates	Seats				Popular vote
				1993	Dissol.	Elected	% Change	#	%	Change
	Liberal	Jean Chrétien	301	177	174	155	-12.4%	4,994,277	38.46%	-2.78pp
	Reform	Preston Manning	227	52	50	60	+15.4%	2,513,080	19.35%	+0.66pp
	Bloc Québécois	Gilles Duceppe	75	54	50	44	-18.5%	1,385,821	10.67%	-2.85pp
	New Democratic	Alexa McDonough	301	9	9	21	+133.3%	1,434,509	11.05%	+4.17pp
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Charest	301	2	2	20	+900%	2,446,705	18.84%	+2.80pp
	Independent and No Affiliation		76	1	6	1		60,759	0.47%	-0.09pp
	Green	Joan Russow	79	-	-	-	-	55,583	0.43%	+0.18pp
	Natural Law	Neil Paterson	136	-	-	-	-	37,085	0.29%	+x
	Christian Heritage	Ron Gray	53	-	-	-	-	29,085	0.22%	+x
	Canadian Action	Paul T. Hellyer	58	*	-	-	*	17,502	0.13%	*
	Marxist–Leninist	Hardial Bains	65	-	-	-	-	11,468	0.09%	+0.05pp
	Vacant				4
Total			1,672	295	295	301	+2.0%	12,985,974	100%
Sources: http://www.elections.ca History of Federal Ridings since 1867 Archived 2008-12-04 at the Wayback Machine

Notes:

*: Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

x: Less than 0.005% of the popular vote

Vote and seat summaries

Popular vote Liberal   38.46% Reform   19.35% PC   18.84% NDP   11.05% Bloc Québécois   10.67% Green   0.43% Others   1.20%

Seat totals Liberal   51.50% Reform   19.93% Bloc Québécois   14.62% NDP   6.98% PC   6.64% Independents   0.33%

Results by province

Party Name			BC	AB	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	NS	PE	NL	NT	YK	Total
	Liberal	Seats:	6	2	1	6	101	26	3		4	4	2		155
		Popular vote:	28.8	24.0	24.7	34.3	49.5	36.7	32.9	28.4	44.8	37.9	43.1	22.0	38.5
	Reform	Seats:	25	24	8	3									60
		Vote:	43.1	54.6	36.0	23.7	19.1	0.3	13.1	9.7	1.5	2.5	11.7	25.3	19.4
	Bloc Québécois	Seats:						44							44
		Vote:						37.9							10.7
	New Democrats	Seats:	3		5	4			2	6				1	21
		Vote:	18.2	5.7	30.9	23.2	10.7	2.0	18.4	30.4	15.1	22.0	20.9	28.9	11.0
	Progressive Conservative	Seats:				1	1	5	5	5		3			20
		Vote:	6.2	14.4	7.8	17.8	18.8	22.2	35.0	30.8	38.3	36.8	16.7	13.9	18.8
	Other	Seats:					1								1
		Vote:	0.6	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.6	0.4		0.4		0.5	7.6	8.9	0.5
Total seats:			34	26	14	14	103	75	10	11	4	7	2	1	301
Parties that won no seats:
	Green	Vote:	2.0	0.4			0.4	0.1				0.2			0.4
	Natural Law	Vote:	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.2			0.3
	Christian Heritage	Vote:	0.4	0.1		0.4	0.4				0.2			1.0	0.2
	Canadian Action	Vote:			0.3		0.2								0.1
	Marxist–Leninist	Vote:	0.1			0.2	0.1	0.1							0.1

Source: Elections Canada

Notes

• Number of parties: 10
  • First appearance: Canadian Action Party
  • Final appearance: Reform Party of Canada
  • Final appearance before hiatus: Christian Heritage Party of Canada (returned in 2004)
• 1997 was one of only three elections in Canadian history (the others were 1993 and 2008) where the official Opposition did not have the majority of the opposition's seats. 60 seats for the Reform Party, yet 86 seats for the other opposition parties and independents combined.