1993 Canadian federal election

The 1993 Canadian federal election was held on October 25, 1993, to elect members to the House of Commons of the 35th Parliament of Canada. Considered to be a major political realignment, it was one of the most eventful elections in Canada's history.

1993 Canadian federal election

October 25, 1993 (1993-10-25)
295 seats in the House of Commons 148 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	70.9% (4.4pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Jean Chrétien Lucien Bouchard Preston Manning Party Liberal Bloc Québécois Reform Leader since June 23, 1990 July 25, 1990 November 1, 1987 Leader's seat Saint-Maurice Lac-Saint-Jean Calgary Southwest Last election 83 seats, 31.92% pre-creation 0 seats, 2.09% Seats before 81 10 1 Seats won 177 54 52 Seat change 96 44 51 Popular vote 5,647,952 1,846,024 2,559,245 Percentage 41.24% 13.52% 18.69% Swing 9.32pp pre-creation 16.60pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Audrey McLaughlin Kim Campbell Party New Democratic Progressive Conservative Leader since December 5, 1989 June 13, 1993 Leader's seat Yukon Vancouver Centre (defeated) Last election 43 seats, 20.38% 169 seats, 43.02% Seats before 44 156 Seats won 9 2 Seat change 35 154 Popular vote 939,575 2,186,422 Percentage 6.88% 16.04% Swing 13.50pp 26.98pp
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The Canadian parliament after the 1993 election
Prime Minister before election Kim Campbell Progressive Conservative Prime Minister after election Jean Chrétien Liberal

The election was the worst defeat for a governing party at the federal level and one of the worst ever suffered by a governing party in the Western democratic world. The Liberal Party, led by Jean Chrétien, won a majority government, defeating the governing Progressive Conservative Party in a landslide.

Results

For a complete list of MPs elected in the 1993 election, see 35th Canadian parliament.

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats				Popular vote
				1988	Dissol.	Elected	% Change	#	%	Change
	Liberal	Jean Chrétien	295	83	79	177	+113.3%	5,647,952	41.24%	+9.32%
	Bloc Québécois	Lucien Bouchard	75	*	10	54	*	1,846,024	13.52%	*
	Reform	Preston Manning	207	-	1	52		2,559,245	18.69%	+16.59%
	New Democratic Party	Audrey McLaughlin	294	43	44	9	−79.1%	939,575	6.88%	−13.50%
	Progressive Conservative	Kim Campbell	295	169	154	2	−98.8%	2,186,422	16.04%	−26.97%
	Independent		129	-	3	1		60,434	0.73%	+0.56%
	National	Mel Hurtig	170	*	-	-	*	187,251	1.38%	*
	Natural Law	Neil Paterson	231	*	-	-	*	84,743	0.63%	*
	No affiliation		23	-	-	-	-	48,959	0.09%	−0.10%
	Green	Chris Lea	79	-	-	-	-	32,979	0.24%	−0.12%
	Christian Heritage	Heather Stilwell	59	-	-	-	-	30,358	0.22%	−0.55%
	Libertarian	Hilliard Cox	52	-	-	-	-	14,630	0.11%	−0.14%
	Abolitionist	John Turmel	80	*	-	-	*	9,141	0.07%	*
	Canada Party	Joseph Thauberger	56	*	-	-	*	7,506	0.06%	*
	Commonwealth	Gilles Gervais	59	-	-	-	-	7,316	0.06%	-
	Marxist–Leninist	Hardial Bains	51	-	-	-	-	5,136	0.04%	+0.04%
	Vacant				4
	Total		2,155	295	295	295	±0.0%	13,667,671	100%
Notes: *Party did not nominate candidates in the previous; "% change" refers to change from previous election.
Sources: http://www.elections.ca History of Federal Ridings since 1867 Archived December 4, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

1993 Canadian Federal Election Media

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  Graph of opinion polls conducted

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  Liberal Party logo during the election

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  The federal NDP logo during the election.

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  The distribution of seats in the House of Commons after the 1988 election. The blue is Progressive Conservative, the red Liberal, and the orange NDP