1993 Canadian federal election

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The 1993 Canadian federal election was a landmark national vote that resulted in a historic realignment of Canadian politics, with the Progressive Conservative Party collapsing and the Liberal Party under Jean Chrétien winning a dominant majority government.

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instanceOf Canadian federal election
campaignIssue constitutional reform
federal deficit
unemployment
country Canada
date 1993-10-25
electoralSystem first-past-the-post
fifthPlaceLeader Kim Campbell
fifthPlaceParty Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
fifthPlacePopularVoteShare 16.0%
fifthPlaceSeatCount 2
forOffice members of the House of Commons of Canada
forParliament 35th Canadian Parliament
fourthPlaceLeader Audrey McLaughlin
fourthPlaceParty New Democratic Party
fourthPlacePopularVoteShare 6.9%
fourthPlaceSeatCount 9
governorGeneralAtTime Ray Hnatyshyn
mainWinner Liberal Party of Canada
monarchAtTime Elizabeth II
nextElection 1997 Canadian federal election
notableOutcome collapse of the Progressive Conservative Party seat count
emergence of the Reform Party as a major force in Western Canada
rise of the Bloc Québécois as Official Opposition
numberOfSeatsContested 295
partOf history of Canada
parliamentary elections in Canada
previousElection 1988 Canadian federal election
primeMinisterAfterElection Jean Chrétien
primeMinisterAfterParty Liberal Party of Canada
primeMinisterBeforeElection Kim Campbell
primeMinisterBeforeParty Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
regionWithStrongBlocSupport Quebec
linked to: Quebec, Canada
regionWithStrongReformSupport Western Canada
secondPlaceLeader Lucien Bouchard
secondPlaceParty Bloc Québécois
secondPlacePopularVoteShare 13.5%
secondPlaceSeatCount 54
thirdPlaceLeader Preston Manning
thirdPlaceParty Reform Party of Canada
thirdPlacePopularVoteShare 18.7%
thirdPlaceSeatCount 52
totalElectorsOnLists 18,422,478
totalRejectedBallots 85,989
totalValidVotes 12,549,829
triggeredBy dissolution of the 34th Canadian Parliament
voterTurnout 69.6%
winningLeader Jean Chrétien
winningPartyLeaderSince 1990
winningPartyPopularVoteShare 41.3%
winningPartySeatCount 177
winningPartyStatus majority government

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1988 Canadian federal election nextElection 1993 Canadian federal election
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada electoralCollapse 1993 Canadian federal election
subject linked to: PC Party
Brenda Chamberlain electedIn 1993 Canadian federal election
subject linked to: Brenda Chamberlain (politician)