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1979 Canadian federal election
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May 22, 1979
1980 →
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elected members →
282 seats in the House of Commons 142 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout
75.7%[1] (4.7pp)
First party
Second party
Leader
Joe Clark
Pierre Trudeau
Party
Progressive Conservative
Liberal
Leader since
February 22, 1976
April 6, 1968
Leader's seat
Yellowhead
Mount Royal
Last election
95 seats, 35.46%
141 seats, 43.15%
Seats before
98
133
Seats won
136
114
Seat change
38
19
Popular vote
4,111,606
4,595,319
Percentage
35.89%
40.11%
Swing
0.43pp
3.04pp
Third party
Fourth party
SC
Leader
Ed Broadbent
Fabien Roy
Party
New Democratic
Social Credit
Leader since
July 7, 1975
March 30, 1979
Leader's seat
Oshawa
Beauce
Last election
16 seats, 15.44%
11 seats, 5.06%
Seats before
17
9
Seats won
26
6
Seat change
9
3
Popular vote
2,048,988
527,604
Percentage
17.88%
4.61%
Swing
2.45pp
0.46pp
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.
The Canadian parliament after the 1979 election
Prime Minister before election
Pierre Trudeau
Liberal
Prime Minister after election
Joe Clark
Progressive Conservative
The 1979 Canadian federal election was held on May 22, 1979, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 31st Parliament of Canada. It resulted in the defeat of the Liberal Party of Canada after 16 years in power, 11 of them under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Joe Clark led the Progressive Conservative Party to power but with only a minority of seats in the House of Commons. The Liberals, however, beat the Progressive Conservatives in the overall popular vote by more than 400,000 votes (40.11% to 35.89%). Taking office on the eve of his 40th birthday, Clark became the youngest prime minister in Canadian history.
^Pomfret, R. "Voter Turnout at Federal Elections and Referendums". Elections Canada. Elections Canada. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
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