1979 Canadian federal election

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The 1979 Canadian federal election was a national vote that ended 16 years of Liberal government by electing Joe Clark’s Progressive Conservatives to a short-lived minority government.

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1979 Canadian federal election canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Canadian federal election ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
date May 22, 1979 ⓘ
defeatedPrimeMinister Pierre Trudeau ⓘ
electedBody House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
electedPrimeMinister Joe Clark ⓘ
electoralSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
endedContinuousRuleOf Liberal Party of Canada ⓘ
endedYearsInPower 16 ⓘ
governmentDuration short-lived ⓘ
governmentFormed Progressive Conservative minority government ⓘ
jurisdiction federal ⓘ
languageContext English ⓘ
French ⓘ
liberalLeader Pierre Trudeau ⓘ
liberalPopularVoteShare 40.11% ⓘ
liberalSeatsWon 114 ⓘ
mainLosingParty Liberal Party of Canada ⓘ
mainWinningParty Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ⓘ
majorityThreshold 142 ⓘ
ndpLeader Ed Broadbent ⓘ
ndpPopularVoteShare 17.90% ⓘ
ndpSeatsWon 26 ⓘ
nextElection 1980 Canadian federal election ⓘ
notableOutcome first federal victory for Progressive Conservatives since 1958 ⓘ
return of Joe Clark as youngest-ever Canadian prime minister at the time ⓘ
parliamentNumber 31st Canadian Parliament ⓘ
partyOfPrimeMinisterAfterElection Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ⓘ
partyOfPrimeMinisterBeforeElection Liberal Party of Canada ⓘ
previousElection 1974 Canadian federal election ⓘ
primeMinisterAfterElection Joe Clark ⓘ
primeMinisterBeforeElection Pierre Trudeau ⓘ
progressiveConservativeLeader Joe Clark ⓘ
progressiveConservativePopularVoteShare 35.89% ⓘ
progressiveConservativeSeatsWon 136 ⓘ
region North America ⓘ
resultType minority government ⓘ
socialCreditLeader Fabien Roy ⓘ
socialCreditPopularVoteShare 4.61% ⓘ
socialCreditSeatsWon 6 ⓘ
subsequentEvent 1980 Canadian federal election ⓘ
fall of Joe Clark minority government ⓘ
totalSeatsContested 282 ⓘ
triggeredBy dissolution of the 30th Canadian Parliament ⓘ
voterTurnout 75.7% ⓘ
voterTurnoutChange -4.0 percentage points ⓘ
year 1979 ⓘ

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Leeds—Grenville → firstFederalElection → 1979 Canadian federal election ⓘ
1980 Canadian federal election → previousElection → 1979 Canadian federal election ⓘ