1887 Canadian federal election

The 1887 Canadian federal election was held on February 22, 1887, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 6th Parliament of Canada.

1887 Canadian federal election

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215 seats in the House of Commons 108 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	70.1%[1] (0.2pp)
First party Second party   Leader John A. Macdonald Edward Blake Party Conservative Liberal Leader since 1867 1880 Leader's seat Kingston[lower-alpha 1] Durham West Last election 133 seats, 40.4% 73 seats, 31.1% Seats won 123 79 Seat change 10 6 Popular vote 343,805 312,736 Percentage 47.4% 43.1% Swing 7.0% 12.0%
1887 Canadian electoral map
The Canadian parliament after the 1887 election
Prime Minister before election John A. Macdonald Conservative Prime Minister after election John A. Macdonald Conservative

The Conservative Party of Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald retained power, defeating the Liberal Party of Edward Blake.

National results

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular vote
				1882	Elected	Change	#	%	Change
	Conservative	John A. Macdonald	172	94	96	-7.4%	291,138	40.15%	+2.12pp
	Liberal-Conservative		32	42	27	-35.7%	52,667	7.26%	-5.30pp
	Liberal	Edward Blake	183	73	79	+8.2%	312,736	43.13%	+12.03pp
	Independent Liberal		9	2	6	+150%	15,695	2.16%	+1.05pp
	Independent Conservative		8	1	3	+200%	11,345	1.56%	+1.39pp
	Independent		10	1	1	0%	8,984	1.24%	-0.35pp
	Nationalist Conservative		2	1	2	+100%	3,522	0.49%	+0.28pp
	Unknown		18	-			24,172	3.33%	-22.08pp
	Nationalist		6	*	1	*	4,784	0.66%	*
Total			440	213	215	-3.8%	725,043	100%	-
Sources: http://www.elections.ca -- History of Federal Ridings since 1867 Archived 2008-12-04 at the Wayback Machine

Note:

* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

Acclamations:

The following Members of Parliament were elected by acclamation:

• British Columbia: 1 Conservative
• Manitoba: 1 Liberal-Conservative
• Quebec: 1 Conservative, 3 Liberals

Results by province and in the North-West Territories

Party name			BC	NWT	MB	ON	QC	NB	NS	PE	Total
	Conservative	Seats:	4	4	2	45	23	8	10	-	96
		Popular vote (%):	62.3	65.5	32.9	43.4	35.6	39.4	41.3	39.0	40.2
	Liberal-Conservative	Seats:	2		2	9	8	2	4	-	27
		Vote (%):	22.1		17.4	5.7	9.2	6.0	10.7	7.5	7.3
	Liberal	Seats:	-	-	1	37	24	5	7	5	79
		Vote (%):	15.6	34.5	44.6	46.9	41.7	40.9	41.9	41.8	43.1
	Independent Liberal	Seats:			-	1	3	1		1	6
		Vote (%):			5.2	0.8	3.7	3.8		11.7	2.2
	Independent Conservative	Seats:	-	-		-	3		-		3
		Vote (%):	18.6	12.2		0.3	5.7		0.4		1.6
	Independent	Seats:				-	1	-	-		1
		Vote (%):				xx	1.3	3.4	5.8		1.2
	Nationalist Conservative	Seats:					2				2
		Vote (%):					2.4				0.5
	Unknown	Seats:				-	-				0
		Vote (%):				3.1	6.1	6.5	0.2		3.3
	Nationalist	Seats:					1				1
		Vote (%):					3.3				0.7
Total seats			6	4	5	92	65	16	21	6	215

See also

• Canada portal
• Politics portal

• List of Canadian federal general elections
• List of political parties in Canada
• 6th Canadian Parliament

Notes

1. Macdonald was also elected in Carleton; he chose to sit for Kingston instead, and resigned as the member of Parliament for Carleton.

References

1. "Voter Turnout at Federal Elections and Referendums". Elections Canada. Retrieved March 10, 2019.