1993 Canadian federal election

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The 1993 Canadian federal election was a landmark national vote that resulted in a historic realignment of Canadian politics, with the Progressive Conservative Party collapsing and the Liberal Party under Jean Chrétien winning a dominant majority government.

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1993 Canadian federal election canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Canadian federal election ⓘ
campaignIssue constitutional reform ⓘ
federal deficit ⓘ
unemployment ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
date 1993-10-25 ⓘ
electoralSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
fifthPlaceLeader Kim Campbell ⓘ
fifthPlaceParty Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ⓘ
fifthPlacePopularVoteShare 16.0% ⓘ
fifthPlaceSeatCount 2 ⓘ
forOffice members of the House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
forParliament 35th Canadian Parliament ⓘ
fourthPlaceLeader Audrey McLaughlin ⓘ
fourthPlaceParty New Democratic Party ⓘ
fourthPlacePopularVoteShare 6.9% ⓘ
fourthPlaceSeatCount 9 ⓘ
governorGeneralAtTime Ray Hnatyshyn ⓘ
mainWinner Liberal Party of Canada ⓘ
monarchAtTime Elizabeth II ⓘ
nextElection 1997 Canadian federal election ⓘ
notableOutcome collapse of the Progressive Conservative Party seat count ⓘ
emergence of the Reform Party as a major force in Western Canada ⓘ
rise of the Bloc Québécois as Official Opposition ⓘ
numberOfSeatsContested 295 ⓘ
partOf history of Canada ⓘ
parliamentary elections in Canada ⓘ
previousElection 1988 Canadian federal election ⓘ
primeMinisterAfterElection Jean Chrétien ⓘ
primeMinisterAfterParty Liberal Party of Canada ⓘ
primeMinisterBeforeElection Kim Campbell ⓘ
primeMinisterBeforeParty Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ⓘ
regionWithStrongBlocSupport Quebec ⓘ
linked to: Quebec, Canada
regionWithStrongReformSupport Western Canada ⓘ
secondPlaceLeader Lucien Bouchard ⓘ
secondPlaceParty Bloc Québécois ⓘ
secondPlacePopularVoteShare 13.5% ⓘ
secondPlaceSeatCount 54 ⓘ
thirdPlaceLeader Preston Manning ⓘ
thirdPlaceParty Reform Party of Canada ⓘ
thirdPlacePopularVoteShare 18.7% ⓘ
thirdPlaceSeatCount 52 ⓘ
totalElectorsOnLists 18,422,478 ⓘ
totalRejectedBallots 85,989 ⓘ
totalValidVotes 12,549,829 ⓘ
triggeredBy dissolution of the 34th Canadian Parliament ⓘ
voterTurnout 69.6% ⓘ
winningLeader Jean Chrétien ⓘ
winningPartyLeaderSince 1990 ⓘ
winningPartyPopularVoteShare 41.3% ⓘ
winningPartySeatCount 177 ⓘ
winningPartyStatus majority government ⓘ

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1988 Canadian federal election → nextElection → 1993 Canadian federal election ⓘ
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada → electoralCollapse → 1993 Canadian federal election ⓘ
subject linked to: PC Party
Brenda Chamberlain → electedIn → 1993 Canadian federal election ⓘ
subject linked to: Brenda Chamberlain (politician)