1984 Canadian federal election

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The 1984 Canadian federal election was a landmark national vote in which Brian Mulroney’s Progressive Conservative Party won one of the largest majority governments in Canadian history, ending decades of Liberal dominance.

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instanceOf Canadian federal election ⓘ
general election ⓘ
campaignIssue federal deficits and unemployment ⓘ
free trade and economic renewal ⓘ
patronage and ethics in government ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
date 1984-09-04 ⓘ
defeatedLeader John Turner ⓘ
electedBody House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
electionType parliamentary ⓘ
governingPartyAfterElection Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ⓘ
governingPartyBeforeElection Liberal Party of Canada ⓘ
historicalSignificance ended 21 years of almost continuous Liberal rule at the federal level ⓘ
marked a major realignment in Canadian federal politics ⓘ
produced one of the largest majority governments in Canadian history ⓘ
mainOppositionParty Liberal Party of Canada ⓘ
mainWinningParty Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ⓘ
nextElection 1988 Canadian federal election ⓘ
numberOfSeatsContested 282 ⓘ
otherMajorLeader Ed Broadbent ⓘ
otherMajorLeaderParty New Democratic Party ⓘ
otherParty Parti Québécois (federal allies in Quebec politics context) ⓘ
linked to: Parti Québécois

Social Credit Party of Canada ⓘ
parliamentNumberFormed 33rd Canadian Parliament ⓘ
previousElection 1980 Canadian federal election ⓘ
primeMinisterAfterElection Brian Mulroney ⓘ
primeMinisterAfterParty Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ⓘ
primeMinisterBeforeElection John Turner ⓘ
primeMinisterBeforeParty Liberal Party of Canada ⓘ
result landslide majority government for Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ⓘ
secondPartyPopularVote about 3.56 million votes ⓘ
secondPartyPopularVoteShare 28.0% ⓘ
secondPartySeatChange -95 ⓘ
secondPartySeats 40 ⓘ
socialCreditPopularVoteShare about 0.7% ⓘ
socialCreditSeats 0 ⓘ
thirdParty New Democratic Party ⓘ
thirdPartyPopularVote about 2.39 million votes ⓘ
thirdPartyPopularVoteShare 18.8% ⓘ
thirdPartySeatChange +10 ⓘ
thirdPartySeats 30 ⓘ
voterTurnout 75.3% ⓘ
voterTurnoutChangeFromPrevious +3.0 percentage points (approximate) ⓘ
winningLeader Brian Mulroney ⓘ
winningPartyLeaderSince 1983 ⓘ
winningPartyPopularVote about 6.35 million votes ⓘ
winningPartyPopularVoteShare 50.0% ⓘ
winningPartySeatChange +111 ⓘ
winningPartySeats 211 ⓘ
year 1984 ⓘ

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Brian Mulroney → election → 1984 Canadian federal election ⓘ
1988 Canadian federal election → previousElection → 1984 Canadian federal election ⓘ
1980 Canadian federal election → nextElection → 1984 Canadian federal election ⓘ
33rd Canadian Parliament → election → 1984 Canadian federal election ⓘ
Burin—St. George's → lastFederalElection → 1984 Canadian federal election ⓘ