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| election_name = 1972 Canadian federal election |
| election_name = 1972 Canadian federal election |
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| election_date = October 30, 1972 |
| election_date = October 30, 1972 |
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| next_election = 1974 Canadian federal election |
| next_election = 1974 Canadian federal election |
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| opinion_polls = Opinion polling for the 1972 Canadian federal election |
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| next_year = 1974 |
| next_year = 1974 |
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| seats_for_election = 264 seats in the [[House of Commons of Canada|House of Commons]] |
| seats_for_election = 264 seats in the [[House of Commons of Canada|House of Commons]] |
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| majority_seats = 133 |
| majority_seats = 133 |
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| turnout = 76.7%<ref>{{cite web|last=Pomfret|first=R.|title=Voter Turnout at Federal Elections and Referendums|url=http://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=ele&dir=turn&document=index&lang=e|work=Elections Canada|publisher=Elections Canada|access-date=11 January 2014}}</ref> ({{increase}}1.0[[Percentage Point|pp]]) |
| turnout = 76.7%<ref>{{cite web|last=Pomfret|first=R.|title=Voter Turnout at Federal Elections and Referendums|url=http://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=ele&dir=turn&document=index&lang=e|work=Elections Canada|publisher=Elections Canada|access-date=11 January 2014}}</ref> ({{increase}}1.0[[Percentage Point|pp]]) |
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| image1 = Pierre Trudeau (1975) (cropped).jpg |
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| colour1 = {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|nohash}} |
| colour1 = {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|nohash}} |
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| leader1 = [[Pierre Trudeau]] |
| leader1 = [[Pierre Trudeau]] |
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| percentage1 = 38.42% |
| percentage1 = 38.42% |
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| swing1 = {{decrease}}6.95[[Percentage Point|pp]] |
| swing1 = {{decrease}}6.95[[Percentage Point|pp]] |
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| Results by electoral district, shaded by winners' vote share |
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| map_caption = Popular vote by province, with graphs indicating the number of seats won. As this is an [[FPTP]] election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote by province but instead via results by each riding. |
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| Results by province and territory}} |
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| before_election = [[Pierre Trudeau]] |
| before_election = [[Pierre Trudeau]] |
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| before_party = {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|name}} |
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| elected_mps = 29th Canadian Parliament |
| elected_mps = 29th Canadian Parliament |
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| previous_mps = 28th Canadian Parliament |
| previous_mps = 28th Canadian Parliament |
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| image2 = [[File: |
| image2 = [[File:Robert Stanfield 1968 press photo (3x4).jpg|175x175px]] |
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| colour2 = {{Canadian party colour|CA|PC|nohash}} |
| colour2 = {{Canadian party colour|CA|PC|nohash}} |
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| leader2 = [[Robert Stanfield]] |
| leader2 = [[Robert Stanfield]] |
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| leader_since2 = [[1967 Progressive Conservative leadership election|September 9, 1967]] |
| leader_since2 = [[1967 Progressive Conservative leadership election|September 9, 1967]] |
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| party2 = {{Canadian party colour|CA|PC|name}} |
| party2 = {{Canadian party colour|CA|PC|name}} |
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| leaders_seat2 = [[Halifax (electoral district)|Halifax]] |
| leaders_seat2 = [[Halifax (federal electoral district)|Halifax]] |
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| last_election2 = 72 seats, 31.36% |
| last_election2 = 72 seats, 31.36% |
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| seats_before2 = 73 |
| seats_before2 = 73 |
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| percentage2 = 35.02% |
| percentage2 = 35.02% |
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| swing2 = {{increase}}3.59[[Percentage Point|pp]] |
| swing2 = {{increase}}3.59[[Percentage Point|pp]] |
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| image4 = [[File: |
| image4 = [[File: David Lewis c007253 (cropped).jpg|175x175px]] |
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| colour4 = {{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP|nohash}} |
| colour4 = {{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP|nohash}} |
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| leader4 = [[David Lewis (Canadian politician)|David Lewis]] |
| leader4 = [[David Lewis (Canadian politician)|David Lewis]] |
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| leader_since4 = [[1971 New Democratic Party leadership election|April 24, 1971]] |
| leader_since4 = [[1971 New Democratic Party leadership election|April 24, 1971]] |
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| party4 = {{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP|name}} |
| party4 = {{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP|name}} |
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| leaders_seat4 = [[York South]] |
| leaders_seat4 = [[York South (federal electoral district)|York South]] |
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| last_election4 = 22 seats, 16.96% |
| last_election4 = 22 seats, 16.96% |
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| seats_before4 = 25 |
| seats_before4 = 25 |
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| percentage4 = 17.83% |
| percentage4 = 17.83% |
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| swing4 = {{increase}}0.87[[Percentage Point|pp]] |
| swing4 = {{increase}}0.87[[Percentage Point|pp]] |
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| colour5 = {{Canadian party colour|CA|Social Credit|nohash}} |
| colour5 = {{Canadian party colour|CA|Social Credit|nohash}} |
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| leader5 = [[Réal Caouette]] |
| leader5 = [[Réal Caouette]] |
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| swing5 = {{increase}}2.27[[Percentage Point|pp]] |
| swing5 = {{increase}}2.27[[Percentage Point|pp]] |
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| map2_image = Chambre des Communes 1972.png |
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| map2_caption = The Canadian parliament after the 1972 election |
| map2_caption = The Canadian parliament after the 1972 election |
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The '''1972 Canadian federal election''' was held on October 30, 1972, to elect members of the [[House of Commons of Canada]] of the [[29th Canadian Parliament|29th Parliament]] of [[Canada]]. |
The '''1972 Canadian federal election''' was held on October 30, 1972, to elect members of the [[House of Commons of Canada]] of the [[29th Canadian Parliament|29th Parliament]] of [[Canada]]. It resulted in a slim victory for the governing [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]] led by [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Pierre Trudeau]], which won 109 seats, compared to 107 seats for the opposition [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservatives]] led by [[Robert Stanfield]]. Trudeau's Liberals experienced a decline in support as a result of rising unemployment. |
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A further 48 seats were won by other parties and independents. On election night, the results appeared to give 109 seats to the Tories, but once the counting had finished the next day, the final results gave the Liberals a minority government and left the [[New Democratic Party (Canada)|New Democratic Party]] led by [[David Lewis (Canadian politician)|David Lewis]] holding the [[Balance of power (parliament)|balance of power]]. |
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==Overview== |
==Overview== |
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The election was the second fought |
The election was the second fought between Liberal leader, [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Pierre Trudeau]], and Progressive Conservative leader [[Robert Stanfield]]. The Liberals entered the election campaign with a 10-point lead over the Progressive Conservatives, but the spirit of [[Trudeaumania]] had worn off, and a slumping economy and rising unemployment hurt his party. Stanfield's Tories tried to capitalize on the public's perception that the Liberals were mismanaging the economy with the slogan, "A Progressive Conservative government ''will'' do better."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bradburn |first1=Jamie |title=How the NDP saved Pierre Trudeau's government |url=https://www.tvo.org/article/how-the-ndp-saved-pierre-trudeaus-government |website=TVO |access-date=23 April 2022 |date=15 October 2019}}</ref> |
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The Liberals campaigned on the slogan, "The Land is Strong", and television ads illustrating Canada's scenery. The slogan quickly became much derided, and the party had developed few real issues to campaign on. As a result, their entire campaign was viewed as being one of the worst managed in recent decades. |
The Liberals campaigned on the slogan, "The Land is Strong", and television ads illustrating Canada's scenery. The slogan quickly became much derided, and the party had developed few real issues to campaign on. As a result, their entire campaign was viewed as being one of the worst managed in recent decades. |
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* eliminate 3% increase in personal income tax rates scheduled for January 1, 1973, and reduce rates by 8% for ordinary Canadians; |
* eliminate 3% increase in personal income tax rates scheduled for January 1, 1973, and reduce rates by 8% for ordinary Canadians; |
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* introduce controls on prices and rents, but not on wages; |
* introduce controls on prices and rents, but not on wages; |
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* create a $ |
* create a $430 million program to fund public works during winter months to reduce unemployment; |
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* increase old age security payments, but eliminate them for wealthy senior citizens; |
* increase old age security payments, but eliminate them for wealthy senior citizens; |
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* legislate greater autonomy for Canadian trade unions that are branches of international unions; |
* legislate greater autonomy for Canadian trade unions that are branches of international unions; |
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The voter turn-out was 76.7%. |
The voter turn-out was 76.7%. |
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One independent candidate was elected: [[Roch |
One independent candidate was elected: [[Roch La Salle]] was re-elected in the [[Quebec]] riding of [[Joliette (federal electoral district)|Joliette]]. La Salle had left the PC caucus to protest the party's failure to recognize what he considered Quebec's right to [[self-determination]], and was the only candidate to win the support of the [[Quebec sovereignty movement|separatist]] ''[[Parti Québécois]]''. He returned to the PC caucus in 1974. |
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One candidate with no affiliation was elected: [[Lucien Lamoureux]], in the [[Ontario]] riding of |
One candidate with no affiliation was elected: [[Lucien Lamoureux]], in the [[Ontario]] riding of [[Stormont—Dundas]]. Lamoureux, originally elected as a Liberal, had been serving as [[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]] of the [[House of Commons of Canada|House of Commons]]. He ran without affiliation in order to preserve his impartiality as Speaker. He retired after this Parliament, and did not run again in [[1974 Canadian federal election|1974]]. |
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The Liberals won a minority government, with the [[ |
The Liberals won a minority government, with the [[New Democratic Party]], led by [[David Lewis (Canadian politician)|David Lewis]], holding the balance of power. Requiring NDP support to continue, the Trudeau government would move left politically, including the creation of [[Petro-Canada]]. |
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This was the first of two elections in which the national [[Social Credit Party of Canada |
This was the first of two elections in which [[Réal Caouette]] led the national [[Social Credit Party of Canada]]. Caouette, who had contested the previous two elections as leader of the breakaway Quebec-based [[Ralliement créditiste]], had successfully taken over the leadership of the original western-based party and overseen the reintegration of the two factions. He successfully held on to the seats he had previously won under the RC banner, but these were the only ridings Social Credit managed to win as it continued to lose support outside Quebec. |
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|style="background:lightcoral;width:41.2%;color:white;" | '''109''' |
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|style="background:#9999ff;width:40.5%;color:white;" | '''107''' |
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|style="background:sandybrown;width:11.7%;color:white;" | '''31''' |
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| style="color:lightcoral;" | '''Liberal''' |
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| style="color:#9999ff;" | '''Progressive Conservative''' |
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| style="color:sandybrown;" | '''NDP''' |
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| style="color:lightgreen;" | '''SC''' |
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| style="color:gray;" | '''O''' |
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{{Bar percent|Liberal|#F08080|38.42}} |
{{Bar percent|Liberal|#F08080|38.42}} |
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{{Bar percent|PC|# |
{{Bar percent|PC|#9999FF|35.02}} |
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{{Bar percent|NDP|#F4A460|17.83}} |
{{Bar percent|NDP|#F4A460|17.83}} |
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{{Bar percent|Social Credit|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Social Credit}}|7.55}} |
{{Bar percent|Social Credit|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Social Credit}}|7.55}} |
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{{Bar percent|Liberal|#F08080|41. |
{{Bar percent|Liberal|#F08080|41.28}} |
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{{Bar percent|PC|# |
{{Bar percent|PC|#9999FF|40.53}} |
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{{Bar percent|NDP|#F4A460|11.74}} |
{{Bar percent|NDP|#F4A460|11.74}} |
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{{Bar percent|Social Credit|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Social Credit}}|5.68}} |
{{Bar percent|Social Credit|{{Canadian party colour|CA|Social Credit}}|5.68}} |
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{{Bar percent|Independent|#DCDCDC|0.75}} |
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==Results by province== |
==Results by province== |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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{{Portal|Canada|Politics}} |
{{Portal|Canada|Politics}} |
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*[[List of Canadian federal general elections]] |
*[[List of Canadian federal general elections]] |
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*[[List of political parties in Canada]] |
*[[List of political parties in Canada]] |
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*[[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada candidates in the 1972 Canadian federal election]] |
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*[[Social Credit Party of Canada candidates, 1972 Canadian federal election]] |
*[[Social Credit Party of Canada candidates, 1972 Canadian federal election]] |
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The 1972 Canadian federal election was held on October 30, 1972, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 29th Parliament of Canada. It resulted in a slim victory for the governing Liberal Party led by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, which won 109 seats, compared to 107 seats for the opposition Progressive Conservatives led by Robert Stanfield. Trudeau's Liberals experienced a decline in support as a result of rising unemployment.
A further 48 seats were won by other parties and independents. On election night, the results appeared to give 109 seats to the Tories, but once the counting had finished the next day, the final results gave the Liberals a minority government and left the New Democratic Party led by David Lewis holding the balance of power.
Overview
The election was the second fought between Liberal leader, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, and Progressive Conservative leader Robert Stanfield. The Liberals entered the election campaign with a 10-point lead over the Progressive Conservatives, but the spirit of Trudeaumania had worn off, and a slumping economy and rising unemployment hurt his party. Stanfield's Tories tried to capitalize on the public's perception that the Liberals were mismanaging the economy with the slogan, "A Progressive Conservative government will do better."[2]
The Liberals campaigned on the slogan, "The Land is Strong", and television ads illustrating Canada's scenery. The slogan quickly became much derided, and the party had developed few real issues to campaign on. As a result, their entire campaign was viewed as being one of the worst managed in recent decades.
Party platforms
Liberal Party:
- increase bilingualism in the Canadian civil service;
- re-introduce a bill controlling foreign take-overs of Canadian businesses;
- specialized programs to reduce unemployment;
- a program to expand and create new parks across Canada, including Toronto's "Harbourfront" and Mont-Sainte-Anne near Quebec City;
- make-work programs to create jobs;
- reduce abuse of Unemployment Insurance; and
- incentives to reduce pollution.
Progressive Conservative Party:
- increase the discipline in government spending, and increase the power of the Auditor General of Canada to fight waste and inefficiency in government;
- ban strikes in essential services;
- introduce price and wage controls if necessary to control inflation;
- require foreign-owned companies operating in Canada to have a majority of Canadians on their boards of directors;
- introduce an incentive to encourage Canadians to invest in small businesses;
- develop a national economic strategy in co-operation with the provincial governments;
- expand re-training opportunities for unemployed workers;
- adjust tariffs to encourage secondary processing in Canada of Canada's natural resources;
- eliminate the 11% sales tax on building materials;
- eliminate 3% increase in personal income tax rates scheduled for January 1, 1973, and reduce rates by 4% on July 1, 1973;
- adjust old age security payments regularly to reflect changes in the cost of living;
- index tax brackets to inflation so that taxes do not rise as the cost of living rises;
- provide assistance to set up residential land banks to reduce the cost of housing.
New Democratic Party:
- eliminate 3% increase in personal income tax rates scheduled for January 1, 1973, and reduce rates by 8% for ordinary Canadians;
- introduce controls on prices and rents, but not on wages;
- create a $430 million program to fund public works during winter months to reduce unemployment;
- increase old age security payments, but eliminate them for wealthy senior citizens;
- legislate greater autonomy for Canadian trade unions that are branches of international unions;
- tough tax laws for corporations;
- eliminate "corporate welfare", i.e., grants and subsidies for corporations, and use this money to build housing and transportation infrastructure, and fund municipal services to create jobs.
Social Credit Party:
- reform the monetary system in line with social credit theories;
- increase old age security payments to $200 per month beginning at age 60, and to $150 per month for spouses of seniors regardless of age.
National results
The voter turn-out was 76.7%.
One independent candidate was elected: Roch La Salle was re-elected in the Quebec riding of Joliette. La Salle had left the PC caucus to protest the party's failure to recognize what he considered Quebec's right to self-determination, and was the only candidate to win the support of the separatist Parti Québécois. He returned to the PC caucus in 1974.
One candidate with no affiliation was elected: Lucien Lamoureux, in the Ontario riding of Stormont—Dundas. Lamoureux, originally elected as a Liberal, had been serving as Speaker of the House of Commons. He ran without affiliation in order to preserve his impartiality as Speaker. He retired after this Parliament, and did not run again in 1974.
The Liberals won a minority government, with the New Democratic Party, led by David Lewis, holding the balance of power. Requiring NDP support to continue, the Trudeau government would move left politically, including the creation of Petro-Canada.
This was the first of two elections in which Réal Caouette led the national Social Credit Party of Canada. Caouette, who had contested the previous two elections as leader of the breakaway Quebec-based Ralliement créditiste, had successfully taken over the leadership of the original western-based party and overseen the reintegration of the two factions. He successfully held on to the seats he had previously won under the RC banner, but these were the only ridings Social Credit managed to win as it continued to lose support outside Quebec.
Party | Party leader | # of candidates |
Seats | Popular vote | ||||||
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1968 | Dissol. | Elected | % Change | # | % | Change | ||||
Liberal | Pierre Trudeau | 263 | 155 | 147 | 109 | -29.7% | 3,717,804 | 38.42% | -6.95pp | |
Progressive Conservative | Robert Stanfield | 264 | 72 | 73 | 107 | +48.6% | 3,388,980 | 35.02% | +3.59pp | |
New Democratic Party | David Lewis | 252 | 22 | 25 | 31 | +40.9% | 1,725,719 | 17.83% | +0.87pp | |
Social Credit1 | Real Caouette | 164 | 14 | 15 | 15 | +7.1% | 730,759 | 7.55% | +2.27pp | |
Independent2 | 53 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 56,685 | 0.59% | +0.14pp | ||
No affiliation3 | 26 | 1 | 23,938 | 0.25% | ||||||
Unknown | 93 | - | 32,013 | 0.33% | ||||||
Rhinoceros4 | Cornelius I | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1,565 | 0.02% | +0.02pp | |
Vacant | 4 | |||||||||
Total | 1,117 | 264 | 264 | 264 | -0.4% | 9,677,463 | 100% | |||
Sources: Elections Canada;History of Federal Ridings since 1867; Toronto Star, October 30, 1972 |
Notes:
"% change" refers to change from previous election
1 Indicates increase from total Social Credit + Ralliement creditiste seats/vote in 1968.
2 Roch LaSalle, who was elected in 1968 as a Progressive Conservative, won re-election as an independent.
3 Lucien Lamoureux who was elected as a Liberal but served as Speaker of the House, won re-election with no party affiliation.
4 The Rhinoceros Party ran a total of 12 candidates, but because it was not recognized by Elections Canada as a registered party, its candidates were listed as independents.
Vote and seat summaries
Results by province
Party name | BC | AB | SK | MB | ON | QC | NB | NS | PE | NL | NT | YK | Total | ||
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Liberal | Seats: | 4 | - | 1 | 2 | 36 | 56 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 109 | |
Popular Vote: | 28.9 | 25.0 | 25.3 | 30.9 | 38.2 | 48.9 | 43.1 | 33.9 | 40.5 | 44.8 | 29.3 | 32.2 | 38.4 | ||
Progressive Conservative | Seats: | 8 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 40 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 4 | - | 1 | 107 | |
Vote: | 33.0 | 57.6 | 36.9 | 41.6 | 39.1 | 17.4 | 46.8 | 53.4 | 51.9 | 49.0 | 30.9 | 53.0 | 35.0 | ||
New Democratic Party | Seats: | 11 | - | 5 | 3 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 31 | |
Vote: | 35.0 | 12.6 | 35.9 | 26.3 | 21.5 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 12.3 | 7.5 | 4.7 | 39.8 | 11.6 | 17.8 | ||
Social Credit | Seats: | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | - | - | - | - | 15 | |||
Vote: | 2.6 | 4.5 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 24.3 | 3.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 7.6 | ||||
Independent | Seats: | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | ||||
Vote: | 0.2 | xx | xx | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 3.1 | 0.6 | |||||
No affiliation | Seats: | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | ||||||
Vote: | xx | 0.1 | xx | xx | 0.5 | 0.2 | xx | 0.2 | |||||||
Total seats: | 23 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 88 | 74 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 264 | ||
Parties that won no seats: | |||||||||||||||
Unknown | Vote: | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.3 | ||||
Rhinoceros | Vote: | 0.1 | xx |
xx - less than 0.05% of the popular vote
See also
- 29th Canadian Parliament
- List of Canadian federal general elections
- List of political parties in Canada
- Progressive Conservative Party of Canada candidates in the 1972 Canadian federal election
- Social Credit Party of Canada candidates, 1972 Canadian federal election
References
- ^ Pomfret, R. "Voter Turnout at Federal Elections and Referendums". Elections Canada. Elections Canada. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
- ^ Bradburn, Jamie (October 15, 2019). "How the NDP saved Pierre Trudeau's government". TVO. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
- Party platforms
- Liberal Party of Canada (1972). Together...The Land is Strong (PDF). Liberal Party of Canada. OCLC 1000921684.
- Social Credit Party of Canada (1972). Platform of the Social Credit Party of Canada (PDF). Social Credit Party of Canada. OCLC 243480055.
- Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (1972). P.C. (PDF). Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.
Further reading
- LeDuc, Lawrence; Pammett, Jon H.; McKenzie, Judith L.; Turcotte, André (2010). Dynasties and Interludes: Past and Present in Canadian Electoral Politics. Toronto: Dundurn Press. ISBN 978-1-55488-886-3.