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Canadian federal election, 1867

The 1867 election was the first election for the new nation of Canada. The Conservative Party won a majority of seats and votes in Ontario and Quebec. Both provinces had previously been united as "The Province of Canada" where the Conservative Party was the government.

Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick had to adjust its parties to match with the parties in the rest of Canada. Both provinces had weak Conservative parties. Any opposition to the Conservatives joined the Liberal Party of Canada which took the majority of seats and votes in both provinces.

Sir John A. Macdonald was elected as Canada's first Prime Minister as a result of this election

This election was an interesting one, in that only a year prior, the major issue in the 4 provinces was weather or not to even create Canada. The Liberal Party was opposed, and therefore had trouble in the election, trying to form the government of a nation they did not want to see exist in the first place. All Liberals in Nova Scotia ran as Anti-Confederates, but later sat with the Liberal Caucus
Party Party Leader Seats Popular Vote
# %
Anti-Confederate Joseph Howe 18 21,239 7.9%
Conservative Party of Canada   70 62,060 23.2%
Liberal Party of Canada George Brown 62 60,818 22.7%
Liberal-Conservative Sir John A. Macdonald 29 29,730 11.1%
Independents   0 1,756 0.7%
Liberal-Independent   0 1,048 0.4%
Unknown      0 90,804 34.0%
  179  
Source: http://www.parl.gc.ca
Other elections: 1867 1872 1874 1878 1882
Canadian federal elections



Province-by-Province results. Seats and Popular Vote.

Party Name Ont Que NB NS Canada/Total
Conservative Seats 33 35 1 1 70
Pop Vote 26.2% 28.5%   13.8% 23.2%
Liberal-Conservative Seats 16 11 2   29
Pop Vote 12.5% 12.3% 11.1% 3.5% 11.1%
Liberal Seats 33 17 12   62
Pop Vote 23.7% 25.2% 49.5%   22.7%
Anti-Confederate Seats       18 18
Pop Vote       58.2% 7.9%
Unknown Seats          
Unknown Pop Vote 35.6% 34.1% 39.3% 24.4% 34.0%
Independent Seats          
Independent Pop Vote 1.3%       0.7%
Independent Liberal Seats          
Independent Liberal Pop Vote 0.7%       0.4%
Party Name Ont Que NB NS Canada/Total

Riding Results

Elected, Party (won by)

see also: By-elections of the 1st Canadian Parliament

Preceded by:
No prior elections. 1867 was first.
see list of elections in the Province of Canada 		Canadian federal elections Followed by:
1872 Canadian election




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