2000 Canadian federal election
Appearance
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301 seats in the House of Commons 151 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 64.1%[1] ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Popular vote by province, with graphs indicating the number of seats won. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote by province but instead via results by each riding. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2000 Canadian federal election was held on November 27, 2000, to elect 301 Members of Parliament of the House of Commons of Canada of the 37th Parliament of Canada.
Results
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172 | 66 | 38 | 13 | 12 |
Liberal | Canadian Alliance | BQ | NDP | PC |
Party | Party leader | Candidates | Seats | Popular vote | ||||||
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1997 | Dissol. | Elected | % Change | # | % | Change | ||||
Liberal | Jean Chrétien | 301 | 155 | 161 | 172 | +11.0% | 5,252,031 | 40.85% | +2.39pp | |
Alliance | Stockwell Day | 298 | 60 | 58 | 66 | +10.0% | 3,276,929 | 25.49% | +6.13pp1 | |
Bloc Québécois | Gilles Duceppe | 75 | 44 | 44 | 38 | -13.6% | 1,377,727 | 10.72% | +0.05pp | |
New Democratic | Alexa McDonough | 298 | 21 | 19 | 13 | -38.1% | 1,093,868 | 8.51% | -2.54pp | |
Progressive Conservative | Joe Clark | 291 | 20 | 15 | 12 | -40.0% | 1,566,998 | 12.19% | -6.65pp | |
Green | Joan Russow | 111 | - | - | - | - | 104,402 | 0.81% | +0.38pp | |
Marijuana | Marc-Boris St-Maurice | 73 | * | - | - | * | 66,258 | 0.52% | * | |
Independent and No Affiliation | 86 | 1 | 4 | - | -100% | 55,036 | 0.43% | -0.04pp | ||
Canadian Action | Paul T. Hellyer | 70 | - | - | - | - | 27,103 | 0.21% | +0.08pp | |
Natural Law | Neil Paterson | 69 | - | - | - | - | 16,577 | 0.13% | -0.16pp | |
Marxist–Leninist | Sandra L. Smith | 84 | - | - | - | - | 12,068 | 0.09% | - | |
Communist | Miguel Figueroa | 52 | * | - | - | * | 8,776 | 0.07% | * | |
Vacant | - | |||||||||
Total | 1,808 | 301 | 301 | 301 | ±0.0% | 12,857,773 | 100% | - | ||
Sources: Elections Canada Web Site History of Federal Ridings since 1867 Archived December 4, 2008, at the Wayback Machine |
Notes:
"% change" refers to change from previous election
* – Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election
1 – percentage change from Reform Party of Canada in previous election.
Vote and seat summaries
[change | change source]Results by province
[change | change source]Party name | BC | AB | SK | MB | ON | QC | NB | NS | PE | NL | NU | NT | YK | Total | ||
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Liberal | Seats: | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 100 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 172 | |
Popular vote: | 27.7 | 20.9 | 20.7 | 32.5 | 51.5 | 44.2 | 41.7 | 36.5 | 47.0 | 44.9 | 69.0 | 45.3 | 32.9 | 40.8 | ||
Canadian Alliance | Seats: | 27 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 66 | ||
Vote: | 49.4 | 58.9 | 47.7 | 30.4 | 23.6 | 6.2 | 15.7 | 9.6 | 5.0 | 3.9 | 17.6 | 27.0 | 25.5 | |||
Bloc Québécois | Seats: | 38 | 38 | |||||||||||||
Vote: | 39.9 | 10.7 | ||||||||||||||
New Democratic | Seats: | 2 | - | 2 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | |
Vote: | 11.3 | 5.4 | 26.2 | 20.9 | 8.3 | 1.8 | 11.7 | 24.0 | 9.0 | 13.1 | 18.3 | 26.9 | 32.1 | 8.5 | ||
Progressive Conservative | Seats: | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 4 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 12 | |
Vote: | 7.3 | 13.5 | 4.8 | 14.5 | 14.4 | 5.6 | 30.5 | 29.1 | 38.4 | 34.5 | 8.1 | 10.1 | 7.6 | 12.2 | ||
Total seats: | 34 | 26 | 14 | 14 | 103 | 75 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 301 | ||
Parties that won no seats: | ||||||||||||||||
Green | Vote: | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 4.5 | 0.8 | |||||
Marijuana | Vote: | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 | |||||||
Canadian Action | Vote: | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |||||||||
Natural Law | Vote: | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||||
Marxist–Leninist | Vote: | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||||||
Communist | Vote: | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||||||
Other | Vote: | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 4.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
Source: Elections Canada
Notes
[change | change source]- Number of parties: 11
- First appearance: Marijuana Party of Canada
- Reappearance after hiatus: Communist Party of Canada
- Final appearance: Natural Law Party of Canada, Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
- First-and-only appearance: Canadian Alliance
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Pomfret, R. "Voter Turnout at Federal Elections and Referendums". Elections Canada. Elections Canada. Retrieved February 10, 2012.
- ↑ "Parliament of Canada - Party Standings in the House of Commons". Parliament of Canada. Parliament of Canada. Archived from the original on October 26, 2012. Retrieved April 19, 2012.