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The 1984 Canadian federal election was held on September 4, 1984, to elect members to the House of Commons of the 33rd Parliament of Canada. In the largest landslide victory in Canadian political history, the Progressive Conservative Party (PC Party), led by Brian Mulroney , defeated the incumbent governing Liberal Party led by Prime Minister ...
This article is about polls leading up to the 1984 Canadian federal election. Campaign Period ... Election 1984: September 4, 1984: 50.2: 35.4 8.8 2.5 3.1
The number of seats has increased steadily over time, from 180 for the first election to the current total of 338. The current federal government structure was established in 1867 by the Constitution Act. For federal by-elections (for one or a few seats as a result of retirement, etc.) see List of federal by-elections in Canada.
Progressive Canadian: 1 7,720 0.22 Social Credit: 1 16 4 1 6,633 0.19 Commonwealth of Canada: 8 16 13 6 3 1 5,162 0.15 Independent 2 4 2 1 1 3,189 0.09 Green: 1 3 2,815 0.08 Libertarian: 2 4 1,709 0.05 Communist: 1 5 4 1 1,632 0.05 No affiliation to a recognised party 1 1 3 1 1 1,300 0.04 Total 78 3,440,360 100.0
Notable by-election upsets in Canadian history include the 1942 York South by-election in which the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation's Joseph Noseworthy upset Conservative leader and former prime minister Arthur Meighen's attempt to return to the House of Commons, Defence Minister Andrew McNaughton's defeat in the 1945 Grey North by-election, the 1949 by-election in Kamouraska where the ...
The New Democratic Party fielded a full slate of 282 candidates in the 1984 Canadian federal election, and won thirty seats to retain their status as the third-largest party in the House of Commons of Canada. Many of the party's candidates have individual biography pages on Wikipedia. Information on others may be found here.
Election Division Party Votes % Place Winner 1980 Brantford municipal: City Council, Ward Six n/a 520 65.16 1/2 himself 1982 Brantford municipal: City Council, Ward Two n/a 2,668 30.88 2/5 Bob Lancaster and himself 1984 federal: Brant: Liberal: 7,286 13.94 3/4 Derek Blackburn, New Democratic Party
The 33rd Canadian Parliament was in session from November 5, 1984, until October 1, 1988. The membership was set by the 1984 federal election on September 4, 1984, and it only changed slightly due to resignations and by-elections prior to being dissolved before the 1988 election .