1979 Canadian federal election

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The 1979 Canadian federal election was a national vote that ended 16 years of Liberal government by electing Joe Clark’s Progressive Conservatives to a short-lived minority government.

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instanceOf Canadian federal election
country Canada
date May 22, 1979
defeatedPrimeMinister Pierre Trudeau
electedBody House of Commons of Canada
electedPrimeMinister Joe Clark
electoralSystem first-past-the-post
endedContinuousRuleOf Liberal Party of Canada
endedYearsInPower 16
governmentDuration short-lived
governmentFormed Progressive Conservative minority government
jurisdiction federal
languageContext English
French
liberalLeader Pierre Trudeau
liberalPopularVoteShare 40.11%
liberalSeatsWon 114
mainLosingParty Liberal Party of Canada
mainWinningParty Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
majorityThreshold 142
ndpLeader Ed Broadbent
ndpPopularVoteShare 17.90%
ndpSeatsWon 26
nextElection 1980 Canadian federal election
notableOutcome first federal victory for Progressive Conservatives since 1958
return of Joe Clark as youngest-ever Canadian prime minister at the time
parliamentNumber 31st Canadian Parliament
partyOfPrimeMinisterAfterElection Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
partyOfPrimeMinisterBeforeElection Liberal Party of Canada
previousElection 1974 Canadian federal election
primeMinisterAfterElection Joe Clark
primeMinisterBeforeElection Pierre Trudeau
progressiveConservativeLeader Joe Clark
progressiveConservativePopularVoteShare 35.89%
progressiveConservativeSeatsWon 136
region North America
resultType minority government
socialCreditLeader Fabien Roy
socialCreditPopularVoteShare 4.61%
socialCreditSeatsWon 6
subsequentEvent 1980 Canadian federal election
fall of Joe Clark minority government
totalSeatsContested 282
triggeredBy dissolution of the 30th Canadian Parliament
voterTurnout 75.7%
voterTurnoutChange -4.0 percentage points
year 1979

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1980 Canadian federal election previousElection 1979 Canadian federal election