2000 Canadian federal election facts for kids
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301 seats in the House of Commons 151 seats needed for a majority |
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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.
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The 2000 Canadian federal election was held on November 27, 2000, to elect 301 Members of Parliament of the House of Commons of Canada of the 37th Parliament of Canada.
Results
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172 | 66 | 38 | 13 | 12 |
Liberal | Canadian Alliance | BQ | NDP | PC |
Party | Party leader | Candidates | Seats | Popular vote | ||||||
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1997 | Dissol. | Elected | % Change | # | % | Change | ||||
Liberal | Jean Chrétien | 301 | 155 | 161 | 172 | +11.0% | 5,252,031 | 40.85% | +2.39pp | |
Alliance | Stockwell Day | 298 | 60 | 58 | 66 | +10.0% | 3,276,929 | 25.49% | +6.13pp1 | |
Bloc Québécois | Gilles Duceppe | 75 | 44 | 44 | 38 | -13.6% | 1,377,727 | 10.72% | +0.04pp | |
New Democratic | Alexa McDonough | 298 | 21 | 19 | 13 | -38.1% | 1,093,868 | 8.51% | -2.54pp | |
Progressive Conservative | Joe Clark | 291 | 20 | 15 | 12 | -40.0% | 1,566,998 | 12.19% | -6.65pp | |
Green | Joan Russow | 111 | - | - | - | - | 104,402 | 0.81% | +0.38pp | |
Marijuana | Marc-Boris St-Maurice | 73 | * | - | - | * | 66,258 | 0.52% | * | |
No affiliation | 57 | - | - | - | - | 37,591 | 0.29% | +0.28pp | ||
Canadian Action | Paul T. Hellyer | 70 | - | - | - | - | 27,103 | 0.21% | +0.08pp | |
Independent | 29 | 1 | 4 | - | -100% | 17,445 | 0.14% | -0.32pp | ||
Natural Law | Neil Paterson | 69 | - | - | - | - | 16,577 | 0.13% | -0.16pp | |
Marxist–Leninist | Sandra L. Smith | 84 | - | - | - | - | 12,068 | 0.09% | - | |
Communist | Miguel Figueroa | 52 | * | - | - | * | 8,776 | 0.09% | * | |
Vacant | - | |||||||||
Total | 1,808 | 301 | 301 | 301 | ±0.0% | 12,857,773 | 100% | - | ||
Sources: http://www.elections.ca History of Federal Ridings since 1867 |
Notes:
"% change" refers to change from previous election
* - Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election
1 - percentage change from Reform Party of Canada in previous election.
Vote and seat summaries
Popular vote | ||||
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Liberal | 40.85% | |||
Canadian Alliance | 25.49% | |||
PC | 12.19% | |||
Bloc Québécois | 10.72% | |||
NDP | 8.51% | |||
Green | 0.81% | |||
Others | 1.43% | |||
Seat totals | ||||
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Liberal | 57.14% | |||
Canadian Alliance | 21.93% | |||
Bloc Québécois | 12.62% | |||
NDP | 4.32% | |||
PC | 3.99% | |||
Results by province
Party name | BC | AB | SK | MB | ON | QC | NB | NS | PE | NL | NU | NT | YK | Total | ||
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Liberal | Seats: | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 100 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 172 | |
Popular vote: | 27.7 | 20.9 | 20.7 | 32.5 | 51.5 | 44.2 | 41.7 | 36.5 | 47.0 | 44.9 | 69.0 | 45.3 | 32.9 | 40.8 | ||
Canadian Alliance | Seats: | 27 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 66 | ||
Vote: | 49.4 | 58.9 | 47.7 | 30.4 | 23.6 | 6.2 | 15.7 | 9.6 | 5.0 | 3.9 | 17.6 | 27.0 | 25.5 | |||
Bloc Québécois | Seats: | 38 | 38 | |||||||||||||
Vote: | 39.9 | 10.7 | ||||||||||||||
New Democratic | Seats: | 2 | - | 2 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | |
Vote: | 11.3 | 5.4 | 26.2 | 20.9 | 8.3 | 1.8 | 11.7 | 24.0 | 9.0 | 13.1 | 18.3 | 26.9 | 32.1 | 8.5 | ||
Progressive Conservative | Seats: | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 4 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 12 | |
Vote: | 7.3 | 13.5 | 4.8 | 14.5 | 14.4 | 5.6 | 30.5 | 29.1 | 38.4 | 34.5 | 8.1 | 10.1 | 7.6 | 12.2 | ||
Total seats: | 34 | 26 | 14 | 14 | 103 | 75 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 301 | ||
Parties that won no seats: | ||||||||||||||||
Green | Vote: | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 4.5 | 0.8 | |||||
Marijuana | Vote: | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 | |||||||
Canadian Action | Vote: | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |||||||||
Natural Law | Vote: | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||||
Marxist–Leninist | Vote: | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||||||
Communist | Vote: | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | ||||||||||
Other | Vote: | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 4.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
Source: Elections Canada
- Number of parties: 11
- First appearance: Marijuana Party of Canada
- Reappearance after hiatus: Communist Party of Canada
- Final appearance: Natural Law Party of Canada, Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
- First-and-only appearance: Canadian Alliance
See also
In Spanish: Elecciones federales de Canadá de 2000 para niños
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