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| Canadian federal election, 1980 282 seats in the 32nd Canadian Parliament |
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| February 18, 1980 | ||||
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| Leader | Pierre Trudeau | Joe Clark | Ed Broadbent | |
| Party | Liberal | PC | New Democrat | |
| Leader's seat | Mount Royal | Yellowhead | Oshawa | |
| Last election | 114 | 136 | 26 | |
| Seats won | 147 | 103 | 32 | |
| Seat change | +33 | -33 | +6 | |
| Popular vote | 4,855,425 | 3,552,994 | 2,165,087 | |
| Percentage | 44. The Canadian federal election of 1979 was held on May 22, 1979 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 31st Parliament The 31st Canadian Parliament was a briefly-lived parliament in session from October 9 until December 14, 1979. The 33rd Canadian Parliament was in session from November 5, 1984 until October 1, 1988. The Canadian federal election of 1984 was held on September 4 of that year to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 33rd Parliament The 32nd Canadian Parliament was in session from April 14, 1980 until July 9, 1984 Events 3102 BC - Epoch (origin of the Kali Yuga. 1229 - The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II Holy Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Charles Joseph "Joe" Clark PC CC AOE (born June 5 1939 is a Canadian Journalist, Politician, Statesman John Edward "Ed" Broadbent PC, CC (born March 21, 1936 in Oshawa, Ontario) is a Canadian Social The Liberal Party of Canada ( Parti libéral du Canada) colloquially known as the Grits (originally " Clear Grits " is a major Canadian political The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ( PC) ( Parti progressiste-conservateur du Canada) ( 1867 – 2003) was a Canadian Principles policies and electoral achievement The NDP grew from populist, agrarian and democratic socialist roots Mount Royal is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1925 Yellowhead is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1979 Oshawa (formerly known as Oshawa—Whitby) is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented 34% | 32. 45% | 19. 77% | |
| Swing | +4. 23% | -3. 44% | +1. 89% | |
 Popular vote map showing seat totals by province |
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The Canadian federal election of 1980 was held on February 18, 1980 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 32nd Parliament of Canada. Charles Joseph "Joe" Clark PC CC AOE (born June 5 1939 is a Canadian Journalist, Politician, Statesman The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ( PC) ( Parti progressiste-conservateur du Canada) ( 1867 – 2003) was a Canadian The Liberal Party of Canada ( Parti libéral du Canada) colloquially known as the Grits (originally " Clear Grits " is a major Canadian political Events 3102 BC - Epoch (origin of the Kali Yuga. 1229 - The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II Holy Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) The House of Commons (Chambre des communes is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and The 32nd Canadian Parliament was in session from April 14, 1980 until July 9, 1984 Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page It was called when the minority Progressive Conservative government led by Prime Minister Joe Clark was defeated on a motion of no confidence in the Commons. A minority government or a minority cabinet is a Cabinet of a Parliamentary system formed when the governing Political party or The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ( PC) ( Parti progressiste-conservateur du Canada) ( 1867 – 2003) was a Canadian The Prime Minister of Canada ( French: Premier ministre du Canada) is the primary Minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus Charles Joseph "Joe" Clark PC CC AOE (born June 5 1939 is a Canadian Journalist, Politician, Statesman
Clark and his government had been under attack for its perceived inexperience, for example, in its handling of its 1979 election campaign commitment to move Canada's embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Tel Aviv-Yafo (תֵּל ־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ تل أبيب Tal ʾAbīb) (usually Tel Aviv) is the second-largest city in Israel Jerusalem (יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, he-Latn Yerushaláyim; Arabic: ar القُدس, ar-Latn al-Quds) is the Clark had maintained uneasy relations with the fourth largest party in the House of Commons, Social Credit. The Social Credit Party of Canada ( French: Parti Crédit social du Canada) was a conservative - Populist political party in While he needed the six votes that the conservative-populist Quebec-based party had in order to get legislation passed, he was unwilling to agree to the conditions they imposed for their support. Clark had managed to recruit one Social Credit MP, Richard Janelle, to join the PC caucus. Richard Janelle (born 13 November 1947 in Warwick Quebec) was a member of the Canadian House of Commons.
Clark's Minister of Finance, John Crosbie, introduced an austere government budget in late 1979 that proposed to increase the excise tax on gasoline by 18 cents per Imperial gallon to reduce the federal government's deficit. John Carnell Crosbie PC OC QC ONL (born January 30, 1931) is a retired provincial and federal The five remaining Social Credit MPs demanded that the revenues raised be allocated to Quebec, and decided to abstain from a vote of non-confidence introduced by Bob Rae of the New Democratic Party. Robert Keith "Bob" Rae PC OC QC OOnt MP (born August 2, 1948) is a Canadian Principles policies and electoral achievement The NDP grew from populist, agrarian and democratic socialist roots In addition, several Conservative MPs were either stuck abroad or too ill to attend the crucial vote, while the Liberals had assembled their entire caucus, even going as far as to bring in several bedridden MPs by ambulance. This resulted in the defeat of the government in the House of Commons, and forced a new election to be called.
Clark's Tories campaigned under the slogan, "Real change deserves a fair chance", but the voters were unwilling to give Clark another chance. The loss of the budget vote just seven months into his mandate and his subsequent defeat in the February 18 general election would eventually cost him the leadership of the Progressive Conservatives. The 1983 Progressive Conservative leadership convention was held on June 11 1983 in Ottawa, Ontario to elect a leader of the Progressive
Former Liberal prime minister Pierre Trudeau had announced his resignation as leader of the Liberal Party following its defeat in 1979. The Liberal Party of Canada ( Parti libéral du Canada) colloquially known as the Grits (originally " Clear Grits " is a major Canadian political However, no leadership convention had been held when the Progressive Conservative government fell. Trudeau quickly rescinded his resignation to lead the party to victory, winning 34 more seats than in the 1979 federal election. The Canadian federal election of 1979 was held on May 22, 1979 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 31st Parliament This enabled the Liberals to form a majority government that would last until its defeat in the 1984 election. In the Westminster System, there is a majority government when the governing party enjoys an Absolute majority of seats in the Legislature or The Canadian federal election of 1984 was held on September 4 of that year to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 33rd Parliament
The abstention by Social Credit on the crucial budget vote (while the Liberals and NDP voted to bring down the government) contributed to the growing perception that the party had become irrelevant following the death of iconic leader Réal Caouette. David Réal Caouette ( September 26, 1917 - December 16, 1976) was a Canadian Politician The Social Credit Party lost its last five seats in the House of Commons, and rapidly declined into obscurity after this election. The Social Credit Party of Canada ( French: Parti Crédit social du Canada) was a conservative - Populist political party in
Voter turn-out: 69. 3%
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National results
Despite winning at least one seat in every province and territory, the Progressive Conservatives lost to the Liberals, who won a majority government. This was mainly because the Liberals won all but one seat in their stronghold of Quebec, and captured the majority of the seats in Ontario, Canada's two most populous provinces. Progressive Conservative Premier Bill Davis's criticism of the gas tax was brought up by the Trudeau's Liberals and that sapped federal PC support in Ontario. William Grenville "Bill" Davis, PC, CC, OOnt, QC (born July 30, 1929 in Brampton Ontario) was Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec The Liberals were shut out west of Manitoba, highlighted a sharp geographical divide in the country.
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| 1979 | Dissolution | Elected | % Change | # | % | Change | ||||
| Liberal | Pierre Trudeau | 282 | 114 | 114 | 147 | +28. The Canadian federal election of 1979 was held on May 22, 1979 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 31st Parliament In Parliamentary systems a dissolution of parliament is the dispersal of a Legislature at the call of an Election. The Liberal Party of Canada ( Parti libéral du Canada) colloquially known as the Grits (originally " Clear Grits " is a major Canadian political 9% | 4,855,425 | 44. 34% | +4. 23% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Joe Clark | 282 | 136 | 136 | 103 | -24. The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ( PC) ( Parti progressiste-conservateur du Canada) ( 1867 – 2003) was a Canadian Charles Joseph "Joe" Clark PC CC AOE (born June 5 1939 is a Canadian Journalist, Politician, Statesman 3% | 3,552,994 | 32. 45% | -3. 44% | |
| New Democratic Party | Ed Broadbent | 280 | 26 | 27 | 32 | +23. Principles policies and electoral achievement The NDP grew from populist, agrarian and democratic socialist roots John Edward "Ed" Broadbent PC, CC (born March 21, 1936 in Oshawa, Ontario) is a Canadian Social 1% | 2,165,087 | 19. 77% | +1. 89% | |
| Social Credit | Fabien Roy | 81 | 6 | 5 | - | -100% | 185,486 | 1. The Social Credit Party of Canada ( French: Parti Crédit social du Canada) was a conservative - Populist political party in Fabien Roy (born April 17, 1928) was a politician in Quebec, Canada, in the 1970s 70% | -2. 91% | |
| Rhinoceros | Cornelius I | 121 | - | - | - | 110,597 | 1. Policies and politics Cornelius the First was a Canadian Black rhinoceros from the Granby Zoo in Granby Quebec, who was the nominal leader of the satirical 01% | +0. 46% | ||
| Marxist-Leninist | Hardial Bains | 177 | - | - | - | - | 14,728 | 0. History and ideology Hardial Bains founded the Internationalists at the University of British Columbia on March 13 1963. Hardial Bains ( August 15, 1939 &ndash August 24, 1997) was the founder and leader of the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist 13% | +0. 01% | |
| Libertarian | 58 | - | - | - | - | 14,656 | 0. The Libertarian Party of Canada is a political party in Canada that subscribes to the tenets of the libertarian movement 13% | -0. 01% | ||
| Union Populaire | 54 | - | - | - | - | 14,474 | 0. The Union populaire was a federal political party in Canada that nominated candidates in the 1979 and 1980 federal elections 13% | -0. 04% | ||
| Independent | 55 | - | - | - | - | 14,472 | 0. 13% | -0. 13% | ||
| Unknown | 41 | - | - | - | - | 12,532 | 0. 11% | -0. 07% | ||
| Communist | William Kashtan | 52 | - | - | - | - | 6,022 | 0. History Origins The Communist Party was organized with great secrecy in a barn near the city of Guelph Ontario, on May 28 and 29 1921 William Kashtan (1909-1993 became General secretary of the Communist Party of Canada in January 1965 several months following the death of Leslie Morris 05% | -0. 02% | |
| No affiliation | 14 | - | - | - | - | 3,063 | 0. 03% | +0. 03% | ||
| Total | 1,497 | 282 | 282 | 282 | - | 10,934,475 | 100% | |||
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Notes:
"% change" refers to change from previous election.
Changes to party standings from previous election: Social Credit MP Richard Janelle cross the floor to join the PC Party. PC MP John Diefenbaker died during the parliamentary session. A New Democrat was elected in the subsequent by-election.
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Results by province
| Party name | BC | AB | SK | MB | ON | QC | NB | NS | PE | NL | NT | YK | Total | ||
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| Liberal | Seats: | - | - | - | 2 | 52 | 74 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 5 | - | - | 147 | |
| Popular Vote: | 22. British Columbia (ˌbrɪtɨʃ kəˈlʌmbiə ( BC) ( (la Colombie-Britannique C Alberta (ælˈbɝtə is one of Canada's prairie provinces. It became a province on September 1 1905 Saskatchewan (səˈskætʃəwən) is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of 588276 Manitoba (English ˌmænɨˈtoʊbə French /manitoba/ is a province of Canada, spanning 647797 square kilometres (250116 sq mi of North America Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk New Brunswick ( French: Nouveau-Brunswick /nuvobʁɔnzwik/ is one of Canada 's three Maritime provinces and is the only constitutionally Nova Scotia (ˌnəʊvəˈskəʊʃə ( Latin for New Scotland; Alba Nuadh Nouvelle-Écosse is a Canadian province located on Canada 's Prince Edward Island (ˌprɪns ˌɛdwɚd ˈaɪlɨnd ( PEI or P Newfoundland and Labrador (ˈnuːfɨn(dlənd ən(d ˈlæbrəˌdɔr (Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador is a province of Canada, the tenth and latest to join the Confederation The Northwest Territories (ˌnɔrθˌwɛstˈtɛrɨtɔriz ( NWT or NT; French, les Territoires du Nord-Ouest) is a territory Yukon (ˈjuːkɒn is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three territories. The Liberal Party of Canada ( Parti libéral du Canada) colloquially known as the Grits (originally " Clear Grits " is a major Canadian political 2 | 22. 2 | 24. 2 | 28. 0 | 41. 9 | 68. 2 | 50. 1 | 39. 9 | 46. 8 | 47. 0 | 35. 8 | 39. 6 | 44. 3 | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Seats: | 16 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 38 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 103 | |
| Vote: | 41. The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ( PC) ( Parti progressiste-conservateur du Canada) ( 1867 – 2003) was a Canadian 5 | 64. 9 | 38. 9 | 37. 7 | 35. 5 | 12. 6 | 32. 5 | 38. 7 | 46. 3 | 36. 0 | 24. 7 | 40. 6 | 32. 4 | ||
| New Democratic Party | Seats: | 12 | - | 7 | 7 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 32 | |
| Vote: | 35. Principles policies and electoral achievement The NDP grew from populist, agrarian and democratic socialist roots 3 | 10. 3 | 36. 3 | 33. 5 | 21. 8 | 9. 1 | 16. 2 | 20. 9 | 6. 6 | 16. 7 | 38. 4 | 19. 8 | 19. 8 | ||
| Total seats: | 28 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 95 | 75 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 282 | ||
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| Social Credit | Vote: | 0. The Social Credit Party of Canada ( French: Parti Crédit social du Canada) was a conservative - Populist political party in 1 | 1. 0 | xx | xx | 5. 9 | 1. 7 | ||||||||
| Rhinoceros | Vote: | 0. Policies and politics 4 | 0. 7 | 0. 1 | 0. 4 | 0. 2 | 3. 0 | 0. 5 | 0. 2 | 1. 1 | 1. 0 | ||||
| Marxist-Leninist | Vote: | 0. History and ideology Hardial Bains founded the Internationalists at the University of British Columbia on March 13 1963. 1 | 0. 1 | 0. 1 | 0. 2 | 0. 1 | 0. 2 | xx | xx | xx | 0. 1 | 0. 1 | |||
| Libertarian | Vote: | xx | 0. The Libertarian Party of Canada is a political party in Canada that subscribes to the tenets of the libertarian movement 3 | 0. 1 | xx | 0. 1 | |||||||||
| Union Populaire | Vote: | 0. The Union populaire was a federal political party in Canada that nominated candidates in the 1979 and 1980 federal elections 5 | 0. 1 | ||||||||||||
| Independent | Vote: | 0. 3 | 0. 3 | 0. 1 | xx | 0. 1 | 0. 1 | 0. 1 | 0. 4 | 0. 3 | 0. 1 | 0. 1 | |||
| Unknown | Vote: | xx | 0. 5 | 0. 2 | 0. 1 | xx | 0. 2 | 0. 3 | 0. 1 | 0. 1 | |||||
| Communist | Vote: | 0. History Origins The Communist Party was organized with great secrecy in a barn near the city of Guelph Ontario, on May 28 and 29 1921 1 | 0. 1 | xx | 0. 1 | 0. 1 | xx | 0. 1 | |||||||
| No affiliation | Vote: | xx | 0. 1 | 0. 1 | xx | ||||||||||
xx - less than 0. 05% of the popular vote.
Notes
- Number of parties: 9
- First appearance: none
- Final appearance: Union Populaire
- Final appearance before hiatus: Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada (returned in 1993)
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