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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 ...
1984 Canadian federal election ... Commonwealth of Canada: 1 136 0.01 Total 21 1,019,539 100.0 British Columbia. Results in British Columbia [1] Party Seats
For the eight general elections of the Province of Canada held in 1843 to 1864 before confederation in 1867, see List of elections in the Province of Canada. There were also earlier elections in Canada, such as for the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada (held in 1792–1836, now part of Ontario) and the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada ...
The Liberal Party of Canada held a leadership election on June 16, 1984, to replace retiring Liberal leader and sitting prime minister Pierre Trudeau.The convention elected former finance minister John Turner, who at the time was not sitting in the House of Commons, as its leader on the second ballot, defeating another former finance minister, Jean Chrétien.
May 19 – Ottawa 67's win their first Memorial Cup by defeating the Kitchener Rangers 7 to 2. The final game was played at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium in Kitchener, Ontario; August 12 – At the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles Canada has its best performance ever, mostly due to the boycott of the games by the Eastern Bloc countries.
Canadian Federal Election, 1984 - Parties, Leaders, Seats Won and Popular Vote Party Leaders Seats Won Popular Vote Progressive Conservative: Brian Mulroney 1: 211: 50.0% Liberal: John Turner 2: 40: 28.0% New Democratic Party: Ed Broadbent: 30: 18.8% Non-affiliated – 1: 0.3% Total 282 97.1% 3; Sources: Library of Parliament – History of ...
The timeline of elections in Canada covers all the provincial, territorial and federal elections from when each province was joined Confederation through to the present day. The table below indicates which party won the election. Several provinces held elections before joining Canada, but only their post-Confederation elections are shown. These ...
Following his election as party leader in 1984, Turner called a general election. The Liberals were defeated by Brian Mulroney, going from government to opposition. Brian Mulroney won the largest majority in the Commons (in number of seats) in Canadian history, and the Liberals won only ten more seats than the third party, the New Democratic Party.