canadian federal election, 1872

The Canadian federal election, 1872 was held on July 20, 1872. Sir John A. Macdonald's Conservatives remained in power, defeating the Liberals. Edward Blake, who had a seat in both the Canadian House of Commons and the Ontario legislature, resigned as Premier of Ontario in order to run in the 1872 federal election as dual mandates had been abolished. Had the Liberals won the election, he likely would have been offered the position of Prime Minister of Canada. The party had no formal leader as such until 1873 when Alexander Mackenzie was given the title after Blake declined due to ill health. Blake was ill during much of the 1872 campaign, and it was Mackenzie who essentially led the Liberal campaign in Ontario, though not outside of the province.

Results

National

colspan="10"\|2nd Parliament
owspan="2" colspan="2"\|Party	rowspan="2"\|Party Leader	rowspan="2"\|# of candidates	colspan="3"\|Seats	colspan="3"\|Popular Vote
lign="center"\|Before	align="center"\|After	align="center"\|Change	align="center"\|#	align="center"\|%	align="center"\|Change	\|Conservative	width="200" rowspan="2"\|Sir John A. Macdonald	align="right"\|92	align="right"\|71	align="right" width="51"\|63	align="right"\|-11.3%	align="right" width="56"\|82,024	align="right" width="41"\|25.76%	align="right"\|+2.31%	width="200"\|Liberal-Conservative	align="right"\|48	align="right"\|29	align="right" width="51"\|36	align="right"\|+24.1%	align="right" width="56"\|41,076	align="right" width="41"\|12.90%	align="right"\|+1.82%	width="200"\|Liberal	width="200"\|Edward Blake, Alexander Mackenzie Antoine Dorion	align="right"\|111	align="right"\|62	align="right" width="51"\|95	align="right"\|+53.2%	align="right" width="56"\|110,556	align="right" width="41"\|34.72%	align="right"\|+12.05%	width="200"\|Independents	width="200"\|	align="right"\|4	align="right"\|-	align="right" width="51"\|1	align="right"\|	align="right" width="56"\|5,213	align="right" width="41"\|1.64%	align="right"\|+1.25%	width="200"\|Independent Conservative	width="200"\|	align="right"\|3	align="right"\|-	align="right" width="51"\|2	align="right"\|	align="right" width="56"\|2,220	align="right" width="41"\|0.70%	align="right"\|+0.70%	width="200"\|Independent Liberal	width="200"\|	align="right"\|4	align="right"\|-	align="right" width="51"\|2	align="right"\|	align="right" width="56"\|5,232	align="right" width="41"\|1.64%	align="right"\|+0.98%	width="200"\|Conservative Labour	width="200"\|	align="right"\|1	align="right"\|-	align="right" width="51"\|1	align="right"\|	align="right" width="56"\|1,422	align="right" width="41"\|0.45%	align="right"\|+0.45%	width="200"\|Unknown	width="200"\|	align="right"\|104	align="right"\|-	align="right" width="51"\|-	align="right"\|-	align="right" width="56"\|70,704	align="right" width="41"\|22.20%	align="right"\|-11.64%
colspan="3"\|	align="right"\|367	align="right"\|180	align="right" width="51"\|200	align="right"\|+11.1%	align=right"\|320,037	align="right"\| 100%	align="right"\|
align="center" colspan="10"\|Source: http://www.parl.gc.ca

Notes: "Before" refers to standings in the House of Commons at the last election, and not standings at dissolution. Acclamations
The following MPs were acclaimed:

British Columbia: 3 Liberal-Conservatives
Manitoba: 1 Liberal-Conservative
Ontario: 3 Conservatives, 3 Liberal-Conservatives, 10 Liberals
Quebec: 9 Conservatives, 5 Liberal-Conservatives, 5 Liberals
New Brunswick: 6 Liberals
Nova Scotia: 1 Conservative, 4 Liberal-Conservatives, 2 Liberals

Results by province

colspan="2"\|Party Name	BC	Man	Ont	Que	NB	NS	Canada/Total	Conservative Seats	1	1	26	26	2	7	63	Pop Vote	4.5	29.7	25.9	31.5	8.4	23.5	25.8	Liberal-Conservative Seats	3	1	12	11	3	6	36	Pop Vote	11.9	10.5	17.8	19.8	12.9	Liberal Seats	2	1	48	27	9	8	95	Pop Vote	83.7	35.6	35.3	32.6	46.8	28.1	34.7	Conservative Labour	1	1	Pop Vote	0.9	0.4	Unknown Seats	Unknown Pop Vote	11.8	14.9	23.4	21.5	26.9	16.4	22.2	Independent Seats	-	-	1	-	1	Independent Pop Vote	0.8	1.7	6.1	1.6	Independent Liberal Seats	1	1	2	Independent Liberal Pop Vote	1.7	6.1	1.6	Independent Conservative Seats	1	1	2	Independent Conservative Pop Vote	19.8	2.2	0.7
colspan="2"\|Total Seats	6	4	88	65	16	21	200
colspan="2"\|Party Name	BC	Man	Ont	Que	NB	NS	Canada/Total

Liberal-Conservatives sat with the Conservative Party

For a list of candidates elected in the 1872 election, including by-elections held before 1874, see 2nd Canadian parliament.

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