2006 Canadian federal election

The 2006 Canadian federal election (more formally, the 39th General Election) was held on January 23, 2006, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 39th Parliament of Canada.

2006 Canadian federal election

January 23, 2006 (2006-01-23)
308 seats in the House of Commons 155 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	64.7% (3.8pp)
First party Second party   Leader Stephen Harper Paul Martin Party Conservative Liberal Leader since March 20, 2004 November 14, 2003 Leader's seat Calgary Southwest LaSalle—Émard Last election 99 seats, 29.63% 135 seats, 36.73% Seats before 98 133 Seats won 124 103 Seat change 26 30 Popular vote 5,374,071 4,479,415 Percentage 36.27% 30.23% Swing 6.64pp 6.50pp   Third party Fourth party   Leader Gilles Duceppe Jack Layton Party Bloc Québécois New Democratic Leader since March 15, 1997 January 24, 2003 Leader's seat Laurier— Sainte-Marie Toronto—Danforth Last election 54 seats, 12.39% 19 seats, 15.68% Seats before 53 18 Seats won 51 29 Seat change 2 11 Popular vote 1,553,201 2,589,597 Percentage 10.48% 17.48% Swing 1.91pp 1.80pp
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.
Prime Minister before election Paul Martin Liberal Prime Minister after election Stephen Harper Conservative

Results

     Conservatives (124)      Liberals (103)      Bloc Québécois (51)      New Democrats (29)      Independent (1)

Overall results

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124	103	51	29	1
Conservative	Liberal	BQ	NDP	I

Party		Party leader	Candi- dates	Seats				Popular vote
				2004	Dissol.	2006	% Change	#	%	Change
	Conservative	Stephen Harper	308	99	98	124	+26.3%	5,374,071	36.27%	+6.64pp
	Liberal	Paul Martin	308	135	133	103	-23.7%	4,479,415	30.23%	-6.50pp
	Bloc Québécois	Gilles Duceppe	75	54	53	51	-5.6%	1,553,201	10.48%	-1.90pp
	New Democrats	Jack Layton	308	19	18	29	+52.6%	2,589,597	17.48%	+1.71pp
	Independents and no affiliation		90	1	4	11	-	81,860	0.55%	-0.07pp
	Green	Jim Harris	308	-	-	-		664,068	4.48%	+0.19pp
	Christian Heritage	Ron Gray	45	-	-	-		28,152	0.19%	-0.11pp
	Progressive Canadian	Tracy Parsons	25	-	-	-		14,151	0.10%	+0.02pp
	Marijuana	Blair Longley	23	-	-	-		9,171	0.06%	-0.18pp
	Marxist-Leninist	Sandra L. Smith	69	-	-	-		8,980	0.06%	+0.00pp
	Canadian Action	Connie Fogal	34	-	-	-		6,102	0.04%	-0.02pp
	Communist	Miguel Figueroa	21	-	-	-		3,022	0.02%	-0.01pp
	Libertarian	Jean-Serge Brisson	10	-	-	-		3,002	0.02%	+0.01pp
	First Peoples National	Barbara Wardlaw	5	*	-	-	*	1,201	0.0081%	*
	Western Block	Doug Christie	4	*	-	-	*	1,094	0.0074%	*
	Animal Alliance	Liz White	1	*	-	-	*	72	0.00049%	*
	Vacant				2
Total			1634	308	308	308	±0.0%	14,817,159	100%
Source: Elections Canada

Notes:

Official candidate nominations closed January 2, 2006. Candidate totals cited above are based on official filings. Nominations were official on January 5, 2006.

"% change" refers to change from previous election

* indicates the party did not contest in the previous election.

¹ André Arthur was elected as an independent candidate in the Quebec City-area riding of Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier. He personally won 20,158 votes.

Vote and seat summaries

Popular vote
Conservative			36.27%
Liberal			30.23%
NDP			17.48%
Bloc Québécois			10.48%
Green			4.48%
Others			1.06%

Seat totals
Conservative			40.26%
Liberal			33.44%
Bloc Québécois			16.56%
NDP			9.4%
Independents			0.32%

Results by province

Party name			BC	AB	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	NS	PE	NL	NU	NT	YT	Total
	Conservative	Seats:	17[1]	28	12	8	40	10	3	3	-	3	-	-	-	124
		Vote:	37.3	65.0	48.9	42.8	35.1	24.6	35.7	29.69	33.4	42.67	29.6	19.8	23.67	36.25
	Liberal	Seats:	9[2]	-	2	3	54	13	6	6	4	4	1	-	1	103
		Vote:	27.6	15.3	22.4	26.0	39.9	20.7	39.2	37.15	52.5	42.82	39.1	34.9	48.52	30.2
	Bloc Québécois	Seats:						51								51
		Vote:						42.1								10.5
	New Democrat	Seats:	10	-	-	3	12	-	1	2	-	-	-	1	-	29
		Vote:	28.6	11.6	24.0	25.4	19.4	7.5	21.9	29.84	9.6	13.58	17.6	42.1	23.85	17.5
	Green	Vote:	5.3	6.5	3.2	3.9	4.7	4.0	2.4	2.6	3.9	0.9	5.9	2.1	4.0	4.5
	Independent / No affiliation	Seats:						1[3]								1
		Vote:						0.9								0.1
	Total seats:		36	28	14	14	106	75	10	11	4	7	1	1	1	308

2006 Canadian Federal Election Media

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  Gilles Duceppe 2011-04-01 (cropped)

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  Canadian federal election, 2006 results by riding

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  Election signs for the Conservatives, Liberals and NDP in the snow in Ottawa South, characterizing Canada's mid-winter election

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  Compiled polling/vote chart showing levels of party support over the course of the election campaign. Note the shift from the Liberals to the Conservatives, during late December and early January.

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    NDP: 29 seats

Notes

^  David Emerson, elected on January 23 as a Liberal in the British Columbia riding of Vancouver Kingsway, changed parties on February 6 to join the Conservatives before the new Parliament had taken office. He is reflected here as a Liberal.

^ André Arthur was elected as an independent candidate in the Quebec riding of Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier.