1980 Canadian federal election

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The 1980 Canadian federal election was a national vote that returned Pierre Trudeau’s Liberal Party to majority government, reversing the Progressive Conservative victory of 1979.

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1980 Canadian federal election canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Canadian federal election ⓘ
campaignIssue Quebec sovereignty ⓘ
linked to: Quebec nationalism

constitutional reform ⓘ
economic policy ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
date 1980-02-18 ⓘ
electedBody House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
electionOutcome Liberal majority government ⓘ
electoralSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
governingPartyAfterElection Liberal Party of Canada ⓘ
governingPartyBeforeElection Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ⓘ
heldUnderMonarch Elizabeth II ⓘ
jurisdiction federal ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
leaderOfSecondPlaceParty Joe Clark ⓘ
leaderOfThirdPlaceParty Ed Broadbent ⓘ
leaderOfWinningParty Pierre Trudeau ⓘ
legislativeTermEnd 1984 ⓘ
legislativeTermStart 1980 ⓘ
mainOppositionLeaderAfterElection Joe Clark ⓘ
nextElection 1984 Canadian federal election ⓘ
notableConsequence strengthened federalist position before 1980 Quebec referendum ⓘ
numberOfSeatsContested 282 ⓘ
parliamentNumber 32nd Canadian Parliament ⓘ
popularVoteRunnerUp Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ⓘ
popularVoteWinner Liberal Party of Canada ⓘ
previousElection 1979 Canadian federal election ⓘ
primeMinisterAfterElection Pierre Trudeau ⓘ
primeMinisterBeforeElection Joe Clark ⓘ
regionWithSignificantLiberalSupport Quebec ⓘ
linked to: Quebec, Canada
regionWithSignificantPCSupport Western Canada ⓘ
resultDescription reversed the Progressive Conservative minority victory of 1979 ⓘ
secondPlaceParty Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ⓘ
thirdPlaceParty New Democratic Party ⓘ
totalSeatsForMajority 142 ⓘ
typeOfGovernmentFormed majority government ⓘ
voterTurnoutChange -3.0 percentage points ⓘ
voterTurnoutPercentage 69.3 ⓘ
winningParty Liberal Party of Canada ⓘ

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1984 Canadian federal election → previousElection → 1980 Canadian federal election ⓘ
1979 Canadian federal election → nextElection → 1980 Canadian federal election ⓘ
1979 Canadian federal election → subsequentEvent → 1980 Canadian federal election ⓘ