CANADIAN FEDERAL ELECTION, 1887

The 'Canadian federal election of 1887' was held on February 22, 1887 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 6th Parliament of Canada.
The Conservative Party of Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald's retained power, defeating the Liberal Party of Edward Blake.
Voter turn-out: 70.1%

Contents

National results

Results by province

National results

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular vote
				1882	'Elected'	Change	#	%	Change	Conservative	John A. Macdonald	172	94	'96'	-7.4%	291,138	40.15%	+12.32 %	Liberal-Conservative	31	42	'26'	-42.9%	52,667	7.26%	-5.30%	Liberal	Edward Blake	184	72	'80'	+9.7%	312,736	43.13%	+12.03%	Independent Liberal		9	2	'6'	+150%	15,695	2.16%	+1.05%	Independent Conservative		8	1	'3'	+200%	11,345	1.56%	+1.39%	Independent		10	1	' 1'	0%	8,984	1.24%	-0.35%	Nationalist Conservative		2	1	'2'	+100%	3,522	0.49%	+0.28%	Unknown		18	-			24,172	3.33%	-22.08%	Nationalist		6	★	'1'	★	4,784	0.66%	★
Total			440	213	215	-3.8%	725,043	100%	-
'Sources:' http://www.elections.ca -- History of Federal Ridings since 1867

'Note:'

★ Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.
'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

Party name			BC	NW	MB	ON	QC	NB	NS	PE	Total	Conservative	Seats:	4	4	2	45	23	8	10		96	Popular vote (%):	62.3	65.5	32.9	43.4	35.6	39.4	41.3	39.0	40.2	Liberal-Conservative	Seats:	2		1	9	8	2	4		26	Vote (%):	22.1		17.4	5.7	9.2	6.0	10.7	7.5	7.3	Liberal	Seats:			2	37	24	5	7	5	80	Vote (%):	15.6	34.5	44.6	46.9	41.7	40.9	41.9	41.8	43.1	Independent Liberal	Seats:				1	3	- 1		1	6	Vote (%):			5.2	0.8	3.7	3.8		11.7	2.2	Independent Conservative	Seats:	-	-		-	3		-		3	Vote (%):	18.6	12.2		0.3	5.7		0.4		1.6	Independent	Seats:				-	1		-		1	Vote (%):				xx	1.3	3.4	5.8		1.2	Nationalist Conservative	Seats:					2				2	Vote (%):					2.4				0.5	Unknown	Seats:				-	-				0	Vote (%):				3.1	6.1	6.5	0.2		3.3	Nationalist	Seats:					1				1	Vote (%):					3.3				0.7
'Total seats'			' 6 '	' 4 '	' 5 '	' 92 '	' 65 '	' 16'	' 21'	' 6 '	' 215 '

xx – less than 0.05% of the popular vote