301 seats in the House of Commons 151 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout
67.0% (3.9pp)
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Jean Chrétien
Preston Manning
Gilles Duceppe
Party
Liberal
Reform
Bloc Québécois
Leader since
June 23, 1990
November 1, 1987
March 15, 1997
Leader's seat
Saint-Maurice
Calgary Southwest
Laurier— Sainte-Marie
Last election
177 seats, 41.24%
52 seats, 18.69%
54 seats, 13.52%
Seats before
174
50
50
Seats won
155
60
44
Seat change
19
10
6
Popular vote
4,994,277
2,513,080
1,385,821
Percentage
38.46%
19.35%
10.67%[i]
Swing
2.78pp
0.66pp
2.85pp
Fourth party
Fifth party
Leader
Alexa McDonough
Jean Charest
Party
New Democratic
Progressive Conservative
Leader since
October 14, 1995
April 29, 1995
Leader's seat
Halifax
Sherbrooke
Last election
9 seats, 6.88%
2 seats, 16.04%
Seats before
9
2
Seats won
21
20
Seat change
12
18
Popular vote
1,434,509
2,446,705
Percentage
11.05%
18.84%
Swing
4.17pp
2.80pp
Results by electoral district, shaded by winners' vote share
Results by province and territory
The Canadian parliament after the 1997 election
Prime Minister before election
Jean Chrétien
Liberal
Prime Minister after election
Jean Chrétien
Liberal
The 1997 Canadian federal election was held on June 2, 1997, to elect members to the House of Commons of the 36th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's Liberal Party won a second majority government. The Reform Party replaced the Bloc Québécois as the Official Opposition.
The election results closely followed the pattern of the 1993 election. The Liberals swept Ontario, while the Bloc won a majority in Quebec. Reform made sufficient gains in the West to allow Preston Manning to become leader of the Official Opposition, but lost its only seat east of Manitoba. The most significant change was major gains in Atlantic Canada by the New Democratic Party (NDP) and the rump Progressive Conservative Party. The Liberal victory was not in doubt, though some commentators on election night were predicting that the party would be cut down to a minority government and that Chrétien might lose his seat. Chrétien narrowly won his riding, and the Liberals maintained a nine-seat majority thanks to gains in Quebec at the expense of the Bloc. Jean Charest's Tories and Alexa McDonough's NDP both regained official party status in the House of Commons.
This was the first time that five political parties held official party status in a single session of Canada's Parliament, and the only time to date that five different parties have won the popular vote in at least one of the provinces and territories of Canada.
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