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Results of the 1979 Canadian federal election

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1979 Canadian federal election
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Results by Province and Territory

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Alberta

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Results in Alberta[1]
Party Seats Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Seventh Votes % +/-
  Progressive Conservative 21 559,588 66.47
  Liberals 19 1 180,452 21.43
  NDP 19 1 81,466 9.68
  Independent 1 1 1 9,601 1.14
  Social Credit 7 1 7,519 0.89
  No affiliation to a recognised party 2 1,649 0.2
  Communist 3 3 1 969 0.12
  Marxist–Leninist 1 3 1 1 500 0.06
  Libertarian 1 174 0.02
Total 21 841,918 100.0

British Columbia

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Results in British Columbia[1]
Party Seats Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Seventh Votes % +/-
  Progressive Conservative 19 6 3 530,380 44.35
  NDP 8 13 7 381,678 31.92
  Liberals 1 9 18 274,946 22.99
  Independent 3 1 1 2,306 0.19
  Social Credit 3 1,885 0.16
  Communist 8 4 1,853 0.15
  No affiliation to a recognised party 4 1 1,533 0.13
  Marxist–Leninist 2 7 2 1 736 0.06
  Rhinoceros 1 332 0.03
  Libertarian 2 263 0.02
Total 28 1,195,912 100.0

Manitoba

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Results in Manitoba[1]
Party Seats Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Votes % +/-
  Progressive Conservative 7 6 1 222,787 43.36
  NDP 5 5 4 167,850 32.67
  Liberals 2 3 9 120,493 23.45
  Social Credit 4 1,044 0.2
  Marxist–Leninist 2 5 651 0.13
  Communist 3 486 0.09
  Independent 1 319 0.06
  No affiliation to a recognised party 1 1 143 0.03
Total 14 513,773 100.0

New Brunswick

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Results in New Brunswick[1]
Party Seats Second Third Fourth Votes % +/-
  Liberals 6 4 150,634 44.63
  Progressive Conservative 4 6 134,998 40
  NDP 10 51,642 15.3
  Independent 1 258 0.08
Total 10 337,532 100.0

Newfoundland and Labrador

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Results in Newfoundland and Labrador[1]
Party Seats Second Third Votes % +/-
  Liberals 4 3 81,861 41.72
  NDP 1 3 3 59,978 30.57
  Progressive Conservative 2 1 4 54,376 27.71
Total 7 196,215 100.0

Northwest Territories

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Results in Northwest Territories[1]
Party Seats Second Third Fourth Votes % +/-
  Liberals 2 5,714 34.12
  Progressive Conservative 1 1 5,410 32.31
  NDP 1 1 5,348 31.94
  Independent 1 273 1.63
Total 2 16,745 100.0

Nova Scotia

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Results in Nova Scotia[1]
Party Seats Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Votes % +/-
  Progressive Conservative 8 2 1 193,099 45.37
  Liberals 2 9 151,078 35.5
  NDP 1 10 79,603 18.7
  Independent 4 1,458 0.34
  Marxist–Leninist 1 1 155 0.04
  No affiliation to a recognised party 1 152 0.04
  Communist 1 64 0.02
Total 11 425,609 100.0

Ontario

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Results in Ontario[1]
Party Seats Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Seventh Eighth Ninth Tenth Votes % +/-
  Progressive Conservative 57 20 18 1,732,764 41.82
  Liberals 32 57 6 1,509,926 36.44
  NDP 6 18 71 873,394 21.08
  Libertarian 45 2 13,377 0.32
  Marxist–Leninist 9 25 20 7 1 4,521 0.11
  Independent 7 10 2 1 2 1 3,992 0.1
  Communist 7 14 4 3 3,246 0.08
  Social Credit 3 2 1,002 0.02
  No affiliation to a recognised party 1 3 1 634 0.02
  Rhinoceros 2 1 378 0.01
Total 95 4,143,234 100.0

Prince Edward Island

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Results in Prince Edward Island[1]
Party Seats Second Third Fourth Votes % +/-
  Progressive Conservative 4 34,147 52.85
  Liberals 4 26,231 40.6
  NDP 4 4,181 6.47
  Libertarian 1 54 0.08
Total 4 64,613 100.0

Quebec

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Results in Quebec[1]
Party Seats Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Seventh Eighth Ninth Tenth Votes % +/-
  Liberals 67 8 1,975,526 61.66
  Social Credit 6 37 20 10 1 512,995 16.01
  Progressive Conservative 2 27 38 8 432,199 13.49
  NDP 2 14 48 10 1 163,489 5.1
  Rhinoceros 1 6 47 5 61,891 1.93
  Union Populaire 14 34 16 3 1 1 19,514 0.61
  No affiliation to a recognised party 1 1 1 1 1 17,333 0.54
  Independent 1 1 4 1 1 9,289 0.29
  Marxist–Leninist 2 10 20 14 5 7,419 0.23
  Communist 3 6 6 4 2,458 0.08
  Libertarian 7 1 1,984 0.06
Total 75 3,204,097 100.0

Saskatchewan

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Results in Saskatchewan[1]
Party Seats Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Votes % +/-
  Progressive Conservative 10 4 201,803 41.23
  NDP 4 10 175,011 35.76
  Liberals 14 106,550 21.77
  Independent 3 3,212 0.66
  Social Credit 7 1 2,514 0.51
  Marxist–Leninist 2 2 249 0.05
  Communist 1 65 0.01
Total 14 489,404 100.0

Yukon

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Results in Yukon[1]
Party Seats Second Third Votes % +/-
  Progressive Conservative 1 4,538 40.59
  Liberals 1 4,065 36.36
  NDP 1 2,578 23.06
Total 1 11,181 100.0

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "General Election (1979-05-22)". Library of Parliament. Retrieved January 25, 2024.