Canadian Federal Election, 1887

The Canadian federal election of 1887 was held on February 22, 1887. The Conservative Party of Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald's retained power, defeating the Liberal Party of Edward Blake.

National results

owspan="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
John A. Macdonald
align="right"| 172 align="right"| 94 align="right"| 87 align="right"| -7.4% align="right"| 291,138 align="right"| 40.15% align="right"| +12.32 %
Liberal-Conservative
John A. Macdonald
align="right"| 31 align="right"| 42 align="right"| 24 align="right"| -42.9% align="right"| 52,667 align="right"| 7.26% align="right"| -5.30%
Liberal
Edward Blake
align="right"| 184 align="right"|72 align="right"| 79 align="right"| -9.7% align="right"| 312,736 align="right"| 43.13% align="right"| +12.03%
Independent Liberal
align="right"| 9 align="right"| 2 align="right"| 5 align="right"| +150% align="right"| 15,695 align="right"| 2.16% align="right"| +1.05%
Independent Conservative
align="right"| 8 align="right"| 1 align="right"| 3 align="right"| +200% align="right"| 11,345 align="right"| 1.56% align="right"| +1.39%
Independent
align="right"| 10 align="right"| 1 align="right"| 3 align="right"| +200% align="right"| 8,984 align="right"| 1.24% align="right"| -0.35%
Nationalist Conservative
align="right"| 2 align="right"| 1 align="right"| 2 align="right"| +100% align="right"| 3,522 align="right"| 0.49% align="right"| +0.28%
Unknown
align="right"| 18 align="right"| - align="right"| 1 align="right"| align="right"| 24,172 align="right"| 3.33% align="right"| -22.08%
Nationalist
align="right"| 6 align="right"| - align="right"| 1 align="right"| align="right"| 4,784 align="right"| 0.66% align="right"| +0.66%
Total
440
213
205
-3.8%
725,043
100.0%
-
align="center" colspan="9"|Sources: http://www.elections.ca -- History of Federal Ridings since 1867
Note: "Before" refers to the standings in the House of Commons at the last election, and not to the standings at dissolution. 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

| rowspan="2"|Conservative>
align="center" colspan="2"|Party Name align="center"|BC align="center"|NW align="center"|MB align="center"|ON align="center"|QC align="center"|NB align="center"|NS align="center"|PE align="center"|Total
Seats: align="right"| 4 align="right"| 1 align="right"| 2 align="right"| 45 align="right"| 23 align="right"| 3 align="right"| 9 align="right"|   align="right"| 87
Popular Vote (%): align="right"| 62.3 align="right"| 65.5 align="right"| 32.9 align="right"| 43.4 align="right"| 35.6 align="right"| 39.4 align="right"| 41.3 align="right"| 39.0 align="right"| 40.2
rowspan="2" |Liberal-Conservative Seats: align="right"| 2 align="right"|   align="right"| 1 align="right"| 9 align="right"| 8 align="right"|   align="right"| 4 align="right"|   align="right"| 24
Vote (%): align="right"| 22.1 align="right"|   align="right"| 17.4 align="right"| 5.7 align="right"| 9.2 align="right"| 6.0 align="right"| 10.7 align="right"| 7.5 align="right"| 7.3
rowspan="2"|Liberal Seats: align="right"|   align="right"| 1 align="right"| 2 align="right"| 37 align="right"| 24 align="right"| 3 align="right"| 7 align="right"| 5 align="right"| 79
Vote (%): align="right"| 15.6 align="right"| 34.5 align="right"| 44.6 align="right"| 46.9 align="right"| 41.7 align="right"| 40.9 align="right"| 41.9 align="right"| 41.8 align="right"| 43.1
rowspan="2"| Independent Liberal Seats: align="right"|   align="right"|   align="right"|   align="right"| 1 align="right"| 3 align="right"|- align="right"|   align="right"| 1 align="right"| 5
Vote (%): align="right"|   align="right"|   align="right"| 5.2 align="right"| 0.8 align="right"| 3.7 align="right"| 3.8 align="right"|   align="right"| 11.7 align="right"| 2.2
rowspan="2" |Independent Conservative Seats: align="right"| - align="right"| - align="right"|   align="right"| - align="right"| 3 align="right"|   align="right"| - align="right"|   align="right"| 3
Vote (%): align="right"| 18.6 align="right"| 12.2 align="right"|   align="right"| 0.3 align="right"| 5.7 align="right"|   align="right"| 0.4 align="right"|   align="right"| 1.6
rowspan="2"| Independent Seats: align="right"|   align="right"|   align="right"|   align="right"| - align="right"| 1 align="right"| 2 align="right"| - align="right"|   align="right"| 3
Vote (%): align="right"|   align="right"|   align="right"|   align="right"| xx align="right"| 1.3 align="right"| 3.4 align="right"| 5.8 align="right"|   align="right"| 1.2
rowspan="2" |Nationalist Conservative Seats: align="right"|   align="right"|   align="right"|   align="right"|   align="right"| 2 align="right"|   align="right"|   align="right"|   align="right"| 2
Vote (%): align="right"|   align="right"|   align="right"|   align="right"|   align="right"| 2.4 align="right"|   align="right"|   align="right"|   align="right"| 0.5
rowspan="2"| Unknown Seats: align="right"|   align="right"|   align="right"|   align="right"| - align="right"| - align="right"| 1 align="right"|   align="right"|   align="right"| 1
Vote (%): align="right"|   align="right"|   align="right"|   align="right"| 3.1 align="right"| 6.1 align="right"| 6.5 align="right"| 0.2 align="right"|   align="right"| 3.3
rowspan="2" |Nationalist Seats: align="right"|   align="right"|   align="right"|   align="right"|   align="right"| 1 align="right"|   align="right"|   align="right"|   align="right"| 1
Vote (%): align="right"|   align="right"|   align="right"|   align="right"|   align="right"| 3.3 align="right"|   align="right"|   align="right"|   align="right"| 0.7
Total Seats   align="right"| 6 align="right"| 2 align="right"| 5 align="right"| 92 align="right"| 65 align="right"| 9 align="right"| 20 align="right"| 6 align="right"| 205
xx less than 0.05% of the popular vote

 

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