2008 Canadian federal election

The 2008 Canadian federal election  was held on October 14, 2008, to elect members to the House of Commons of Canada of the 40th Canadian Parliament after the previous parliament had been dissolved by Governor General Michaëlle Jean on September 7, 2008.

The election resulted in a second but stronger minority government for Harper's Conservatives. While they were a dozen seats away from a majority government, the Liberal Party led by Stéphane Dion lost 18 seats as the New Democratic Party and the Bloc Québécois made some gains. Following the election, the Liberals and New Democrats  tried to form a coalition government and topple the Conservatives from power, but were unsuccessful in doing so.

Results

+Elections to the 40th Canadian Parliament (2008)PartyLeaderCandidatesVotesSeats # ± % Change (pp) 2006 2008 ± G LStephen Harper 307   5,209,069   165,002  37.65 12419256Stéphane Dion 307   3,633,185   846,230  26.26 10326531Jack Layton 308   2,515,288   74,309  18.18 298113Gilles Duceppe 75   1,379,991   173,210  9.98 51213Elizabeth May 303   937,613   273,545   6.78    71   94,844   12,984   0.69 111 –Ron Gray 59   26,475   1,677  0.19  –Anna Di Carlo 59   8,565   415  0.06  –Dennis Young 26   7,300   4,298   0.05  0.03Sinclair Stevens 10   5,860   8,291  0.04  -0.05Miguel Figueroa 24   3,572   550   0.03  0.01Connie Fogal 20   3,455   2,647  0.02  -0.02Blair Longley 8   2,298   6,873  0.02  -0.05François Gourd 7   2,122   2,122   0.02 NewTom Hickey 3   1,713   1,713   0.01 NewBarbara Wardlaw 6   1,611   410   0.01  –Liz White 4   527   455   –  –Conrad Schmidt 1   425   425   – NewWestern BlockDoug Christie 1   195   899  –  -0.01Roger Poisson 2   186   186   – NewTotal 1,60113,834,294 100.00% Rejected ballots 94,799 3,255 Turnout13,929,093 979,61058.83% 5.84 Registered voters23,677,639 623,024

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