canadian federal election, 1997

The Canadian federal election of 1997 was held on June 2, 1997, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons. Jean Chrtien's Liberal Party of Canada won a second majority government. The Reform Party of Canada replaced the Bloc Qubcois as the Official Opposition. The election closely reflected the pattern that had been set out in the 1993 election. The Liberals swept Ontario, the Bloc took much of Quebec, and much of the west was won by Reform, particularly its Alberta base. The major change was that the New Democratic Party (NDP) and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada all but wiped out the Liberals in the Maritimes. Maritime voters, upset over cuts to employment insurance and other programs, defeated two cabinet ministers. David Dingwall, Minister of Public Works from Nova Scotia, and Doug Young, Minister of National Defence from New Brunswick, both lost to NDP candidates in a major blow to the Liberals. Because of losses in the Maritimes, the Liberal majority was reduced considerably from the 1993 total. Mostly because of these wins in the Maritimes, Jean Charest's Tories and Alexa McDonough's NDP both regained official party status in the House of Commons. Independent member John Nunziata, who had been expelled from the Liberal Party for opposing the GST, was re-elected in his riding in Toronto.

National results

Voter turnout was 67.0%, one of the lowest ever federal election turnouts.

owspan="2" colspan="2"\|Party	rowspan="2"\|Party Leader	rowspan="2"\|# of candidates	colspan="3"\|Seats	colspan="3"\|Popular Vote
lign="center"\|Before¹	align="center"\|After	align="center"\|% Change	align="center"\|#	align="center"\|%	align="center"\|% Change	Liberal	Jean Chrtien	align="right"\|301	align="right"\|174	align="right"\|155	align="right"\|-10.9%	align="right"\|4,994,277	align="right"\|38.46%	align="right"\|-2.78%	Reform	Preston Manning	align="right"\|227	align="right"\|50	align="right"\|60	align="right"\|+20.0%	align="right"\|2,513,080	align="right"\|19.35%	align="right"\|+0.66%	Bloc Qubcois	Gilles Duceppe	align="right"\|75	align="right"\|50	align="right"\|44	align="right"\|-12.0%	align="right"\|1,385,821	align="right"\|10.67%	align="right"\|-2.85%	New Democratic	Alexa McDonough	align="right"\|301	align="right"\|9	align="right"\|21	align="right"\|+133.3%	align="right"\|1,434,509	align="right"\|11.05%	align="right"\|+4.17%	Progressive Conservative	Jean Charest	align="right"\|301	align="right"\|2	align="right"\|20	align="right"\|+900%	align="right"\|2,446,705	align="right"\|18.84%	align="right"\|+2.80%	Green	Joan Russow	align="right"\|79	align="right"\|-	align="right"\|-	align="right"\|	align="right"\|55,583	align="right"\|0.43%	align="right"\|+0.18%	Natural Law	Neil Paterson	align="right"\|136	align="right"\|-	align="right"\|-	align="right"\|	align="right"\|37,085	align="right"\|0.29%	align="right"\|+0.00%	Christian Heritage	Ron Gray	align="right"\|53	align="right"\|-	align="right"\|-	align="right"\|	align="right"\|29,085	align="right"\|0.22%	align="right"\|+0.00%	Canadian Action	Paul T. Hellyer	align="right"\|58	align="right"\|-	align="right"\|-	align="right"\|	align="right"\|17,502	align="right"\|0.13%	align="right"\|n.a.	Marxist-Leninist	Hardial Bains	align="right"\|65	align="right"\|-	align="right"\|-	align="right"\|	align="right"\|11,468	align="right"\|0.09%	align="right"\|+0.05%	colspan="2"\|Independent	align="right"\|71	align="right"\|6	align="right"\|1	align="right"\|	align="right"\|34,507	align="right"\|0.46%	align="right"\|	colspan="2"\|No Affiliation	align="right"\|5	align="right"\|-	align="right"\|-	align="right"\|	align="right"\|26,252	align="right"\|0.01%	align="right"\|
owspan="2"\|	colspan="3"\|Vacant	align="right"\|4	align="center" colspan="5"\|N/A
colspan="2"\|Total	align="right"\|1,672	align="right"\|295	align="right"\|301	align="right"\|+2.03%	align="right"\|12,985,974	align="right"\|100.0	align="right"\|
align="center" colspan="10"\|Sources: http://www.elections.ca History of Federal Ridings since 1867

Notes: ¹ "Before" refers to standings in the House of Commons at dissolution, and not to standings at the previous election. n.a. = not applicable - party was not recognized in previous election

Results by province

colspan=3\|Total seats:	align="right"\|34	align="right"\|26	align="right"\|14	align="right"\|14	align="right"\|101	align="right"\|75	align="right"\|10	align="right"\|11	align="right"\|4	align="right"\|7	align="right"\|2	align="right"\|1	align="right"\|301
align="center" colspan="3"\|Party Name	align="center"\|BC	align="center"\|AB	align="center"\|SK	align="center"\|MB	align="center"\|ON	align="center"\|QC	align="center"\|NB	align="center"\|NS	align="center"\|PE	align="center"\|NL	align="center"\|NT	align="center"\|YK	align="center"\|Total	rowspan="2"\|Liberal	Seats:	align="right"\|6	align="right"\|2	align="right"\|1	align="right"\|6	align="right"\|101	align="right"\|26	align="right"\|3	align="right"\|	align="right"\|4	align="right"\|4	align="right"\|2	align="right"\|	align="right"\|155	Popular Vote:	align="right"\|28.8	align="right"\|24.0	align="right"\|24.7	align="right"\|34.3	align="right"\|49.5	align="right"\|36.7	align="right"\|32.9	align="right"\|28.4	align="right"\|44.8	align="right"\|37.9	align="right"\|43.1	align="right"\|22.0	align="right"\|38.5	rowspan="2"\|Reform	Seats:	align="right"\|25	align="right"\|24	align="right"\|8	align="right"\|3	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|60	Vote:	align="right"\|43.1	align="right"\|54.6	align="right"\|36.0	align="right"\|23.7	align="right"\|19.1	align="right"\|0.3	align="right"\|13.1	align="right"\|9.7	align="right"\|1.5	align="right"\|2.5	align="right"\|11.7	align="right"\|25.3	align="right"\|19.4	rowspan="2"\|Bloc Qubcois	Seats:	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|44	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|44	Vote:	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|37.9	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|10.7	rowspan="2"\|New Democratic	Seats:	align="right"\|3	align="right"\|	align="right"\|5	align="right"\|4	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|2	align="right"\|6	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|1	align="right"\|21	Vote:	align="right"\|18.2	align="right"\|5.7	align="right"\|30.9	align="right"\|23.2	align="right"\|10.7	align="right"\|2.0	align="right"\|18.4	align="right"\|30.4	align="right"\|15.1	align="right"\|22.0	align="right"\|20.9	align="right"\|28.9	align="right"\|8.5	rowspan="2"\|Progressive Conservative	Seats:	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|1	align="right"\|1	align="right"\|5	align="right"\|5	align="right"\|5	align="right"\|	align="right"\|3	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|20	Vote:	align="right"\|6.2	align="right"\|14.4	align="right"\|7.8	align="right"\|17.8	align="right"\|18.8	align="right"\|22.2	align="right"\|35.0	align="right"\|30.8	align="right"\|38.3	align="right"\|36.8	align="right"\|16.7	align="right"\|13.9	align="right"\|18.8	rowspan="2"\|Other	Seats:	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|1	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|1	Vote:	align="right"\|0.6	align="right"\|0.2	align="right"\|0.1	align="right"\|0.3	align="right"\|0.6	align="right"\|0.4	align="right"\|	align="right"\|0.4	align="right"\|	align="right"\|0.5	align="right"\|7.6	align="right"\|8.9	align="right"\|0.5
colspan=16\|Parties that won no seats:	Green	Vote:	align="right"\|2.0	align="right"\|0.4	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|0.4	align="right"\|0.1	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|0.2	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|0.4	Natural Law	Vote:	align="right"\|0.3	align="right"\|0.3	align="right"\|0.2	align="right"\|0.1	align="right"\|0.2	align="right"\|0.3	align="right"\|0.6	align="right"\|0.4	align="right"\|0.1	align="right"\|0.2	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|0.3	Christian Heritage	Vote:	align="right"\|0.4	align="right"\|0.1	align="right"\|	align="right"\|0.4	align="right"\|0.4	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|0.2	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|1.0	align="right"\|0.2	Canadian Action	Vote:	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|0.3	align="right"\|	align="right"\|0.2	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|0.1	Marxist-Leninist	Vote:	align="right"\|0.1	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|0.2	align="right"\|0.1	align="right"\|0.1	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|	align="right"\|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 two elections in Canadian history (the other was 1993) 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.

10 closest ridings

SackvilleEastern Shore, NS: Peter Stoffer, NDP def. Ken Streatch, PC by 41 votes
BellechasseEtcheminsMontmagnyL'Islet, QC: Gilbert Normand, Lib def. Franois Langlois, BQ by 47 votes
SelkirkInterlake, MB: Howard Hilstrom, Ref def. Jon Gerrard, Lib by 66 votes
Cardigan, PE: Lawrence MacAulay, Lib def. Dan Hughes, PC by 99 votes
BonaventureGasples-de-la-MadeleinePabok, QC: Yvan Bernier, BQ def. Patrick Gagnon, Lib by 179 votes
SaskatoonHumboldt, SK: Jim Pankiw, Ref def. Dennis Gruending, NDP by 220 votes
HumberSt. BarbeBaie Verte, NF: Gerry Byrne, Lib def. Art Bull, PC by 232 votes
Chicoutimi, QC: Andr Harvey, PC def. Gilbert Fillion, BQ by 317 votes
FrontenacMgantic, QC: Jean-Guy Chrtien, BQ def. Manon Lecours, Lib by 465 votes
SimcoeGrey, ON: Paul Bonwick, Lib def. Paul Shaw, Ref by 481 votes

External links

Elections Canada: 1997 election

1997

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