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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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Canadian federal election ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| date | May 22, 1979 ⓘ |
| defeatedPrimeMinister | Pierre Trudeau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| electedBody | House of Commons of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| electedPrimeMinister | Joe Clark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| electoralSystem | first-past-the-post ⓘ |
| endedContinuousRuleOf | Liberal Party of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endedYearsInPower | 16 ⓘ |
| governmentDuration | short-lived ⓘ |
| governmentFormed | Progressive Conservative minority government ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal ⓘ |
| languageContext |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| liberalLeader | Pierre Trudeau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| liberalPopularVoteShare | 40.11% ⓘ |
| liberalSeatsWon | 114 ⓘ |
| mainLosingParty | Liberal Party of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainWinningParty | Progressive Conservative Party of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| majorityThreshold | 142 ⓘ |
| ndpLeader | Ed Broadbent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ndpPopularVoteShare | 17.90% ⓘ |
| ndpSeatsWon | 26 ⓘ |
| nextElection | 1980 Canadian federal election NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partyOfPrimeMinisterAfterElection | Progressive Conservative Party of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partyOfPrimeMinisterBeforeElection | Liberal Party of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousElection | 1974 Canadian federal election ⓘ |
| primeMinisterAfterElection | Joe Clark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primeMinisterBeforeElection | Pierre Trudeau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| progressiveConservativeLeader | Joe Clark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| progressiveConservativePopularVoteShare | 35.89% ⓘ |
| progressiveConservativeSeatsWon | 136 ⓘ |
| region | North America ⓘ |
| resultType | minority government ⓘ |
| socialCreditLeader | Fabien Roy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialCreditPopularVoteShare | 4.61% ⓘ |
| socialCreditSeatsWon | 6 ⓘ |
| subsequentEvent |
1980 Canadian federal election
NERFINISHED
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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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