1988 Canadian federal election

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Canadian federal election

The 1988 Canadian federal election was a national vote that centered on the contentious issue of free trade with the United States and resulted in the Progressive Conservative government retaining power.

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1988 Canadian federal election canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Canadian federal election ⓘ
campaignIssue Canada–United States relations ⓘ
economic policy ⓘ
chiefElectoralOfficer Jean-Pierre Kingsley ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
date 1988-11-21 ⓘ
electionFor House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
electorateType federal ⓘ
governingPartyAfterElection Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ⓘ
governingPartyBeforeElection Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ⓘ
headOfStateDuringElection Elizabeth II ⓘ
incumbentGovernment Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ⓘ
incumbentPrimeMinister Brian Mulroney ⓘ
isInChronology History of Canadian federal elections ⓘ
jurisdiction federal electoral districts of Canada ⓘ
languageContext English ⓘ
French ⓘ
leaderOfSecondPlaceParty John Turner ⓘ
leaderOfThirdPlaceParty Ed Broadbent ⓘ
leaderOfWinningParty Brian Mulroney ⓘ
legislature 34th Canadian Parliament ⓘ
location Canada ⓘ
mainIssue Canada–United States Free Trade Agreement ⓘ
free trade with the United States ⓘ
nextElection 1993 Canadian federal election ⓘ
notableFor being fought largely over free trade with the United States ⓘ
numberOfSeatsContested 295 ⓘ
organizedBy Elections Canada ⓘ
parliamentNumberElected 34 ⓘ
previousElection 1984 Canadian federal election ⓘ
primeMinisterAfterElection Brian Mulroney ⓘ
primeMinisterBeforeElection Brian Mulroney ⓘ
result Progressive Conservative majority government re-elected ⓘ
secondPlaceParty Liberal Party of Canada ⓘ
thirdPlaceParty Canadian New Democratic Party ⓘ
surface form: New Democratic Party
typeOfVote first-past-the-post ⓘ
votingSystem single-member plurality ⓘ
winningParty Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ⓘ
year 1988 ⓘ

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Brian Mulroney → election → 1988 Canadian federal election ⓘ
1984 Canadian federal election → nextElection → 1988 Canadian federal election ⓘ