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 Canadian New Democratic Party
surface form: New Democratic Party
otherParty Parti Québécois
surface form: Parti Québécois (federal allies in Quebec politics context)

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 Canadian New Democratic Party
surface form: 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