Liberal Party of Canada
Electoral history
Columns: Year | Seats in House | Liberal candidates | Seats won | Seat Change | Popular vote | % of popular vote | Result | Liberal leader
1867 | 180 | 65 | 62 | +62 | 60818 | 22.7% | Cons. majority | Brown | 1872 | 200 | 111 | 95 | +33 | 110556 | 34.7% | Cons. minority | Blake | 1874 | 206 | 140 | 133 | +38 | 128059 | 39.5% | Majority gov't | Mackenzie | 1878 | 206 | 121 | 63 | −70 | 180074 | 33.1% | Cons. majority | Mackenzie | 1882 | 211 | 112 | 73 | +10 | 160547 | 31.1% | Cons. majority | Blake | 1887 | 215 | 184 | 80 | +7 | 312736 | 43.1% | Cons. majority | Blake | 1891 | 215 | 194 | 90 | +10 | 350512 | 45.2% | Cons. majority | Laurier | 1896 | 213 | 190 | 118 | +28 | 401425 | 41.4% | Majority gov't | Laurier | 1900 | 213 | 209 | 132 | +14 | 477758 | 50.3% | Majority gov't | Laurier | 1904 | 214 | 208 | 139 | +7 | 521041 | 50.9% | Majority gov't | Laurier | 1908 | 221 | 213 | 133 | −6 | 570311 | 48.9% | Majority gov't | Laurier | 1911 | 221 | 214 | 85 | −48 | 596871 | 45.8% | Cons. majority | Laurier | 1917* | 235 | 213 | 82 | −3 | 729756 | 38.8% | Coalition gov't | Laurier | 1921 | 235 | 204 | 118 | +36 | 1285998 | 41.2% | Majority gov't | King | 1925 | 245 | 216 | 100 | −18 | 1252684 | 39.7% | minority gov't | King | 1926 | 245 | 189 | 116 | +16 | 1294072 | 42.7% | Majority gov't | King | 1930 | 245 | 226 | 90 | −26 | 1716798 | 44.0% | Cons. majority | King | 1935 | 245 | 245 | 173 | +83 | 1967839 | 44.7% | Majority gov't | King | 1940 | 245 | 242 | 181 | +8 | 2365979 | 51.3% | Majority gov't | King | 1945 | 245 | 236 | 125 | −56 | 2086545 | 39.8% | Majority gov't | King | 1949 | 262 | 259 | 190 | +65 | 2878097 | 49.2% | Majority gov't | St. Laurent | 1953 | 265 | 263 | 171 | −19 | 2743013 | 48.6% | Majority gov't | St. Laurent | 1957 | 265 | 265 | 105 | −66 | 2703687 | 40.9% | PC minority | St. Laurent | 1958 | 265 | 265 | 49 | −56 | 2444909 | 33.5% | PC majority | Pearson | 1962 | 265 | 264 | 100 | +51 | 2862001 | 37.2% | PC minority | Pearson | 1963 | 265 | 265 | 128 | +28 | 3276995 | 41.5% | minority gov't | Pearson | 1965 | 265 | 265 | 131 | +3 | 3099521 | 40.2% | minority gov't | Pearson | 1968 | 264 | 263 | 155 | +24 | 3686801 | 45.4% | Majority gov't | Trudeau | 1972 | 264 | 263 | 109 | −46 | 3717804 | 38.4% | minority gov't | Trudeau | 1974 | 264 | 264 | 141 | +32 | 4102853 | 43.2% | Majority gov't | Trudeau | 1979 | 282 | 282 | 114 | −27 | 4595319 | 40.1% | PC minority | Trudeau | 1980 | 282 | 282 | 147 | +33 | 4855425 | 44.4% | Majority gov't | Trudeau | 1984 | 282 | 282 | 40 | −107 | 3516486 | 28.0% | PC majority | Turner | 1988 | 295 | 294 | 83 | +43 | 4205072 | 31.9% | PC majority | Turner | 1993 | 295 | 295 | 177 | +94 | 5598775 | 41.2% | Majority gov't | Chrétien | 1997 | 301 | 301 | 155 | −22 | 4994377 | 38.5% | Majority gov't | Chrétien | 2000 | 301 | 301 | 172 | +17 | 5251961 | 40.9% | Majority gov't | Chrétien | 2004 | 308 | 308 | 135 | −37 | 4951107 | 36.7% | minority gov't | Martin | 2006 | 308 | 308 | 103 | −32 | 4477217 | 30.1% | Cons. minority | Martin | 2008 | 308 | 307 | 77 | −26 | 3629990 | 26.2% | Cons. minority | Dion | 2011 | 308 | 308 | 34 | −43 | 2783175 | 18.9% | Cons. majority | Ignatieff