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Canadian federal election, 1872

The Canadian federal election of 1872 was held on July 20, 1872, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons. Sir John A. Macdonald's Conservatives remained in power, defeating the Liberals.

Edward Blake, who had a seat in both the Canadian House of Commons and the Ontario legislature, resigned as Premier of Ontario in order to run in the 1872 federal election as dual mandates had been abolished. Had the Liberals won the election, he likely would have been offered the position of Prime Minister of Canada. The party had no formal leader as such until 1873 when Alexander Mackenzie was given the title after Blake declined due to ill health. Blake was ill during much of the 1872 campaign, and it was Mackenzie who essentially led the Liberal campaign in Ontario, though not outside of the province.

Results

National

2nd Parliament
Party		Party Leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular Vote
				1867	Elected	Change	#	%	Change
	Conservative	Sir John A. Macdonald	92	71	63	-11.3%	82,024	25.76%	+2.31%
	Liberal-Conservative1		48	29	36	+24.1%	41,076	12.90%	+1.82%
	Liberal	Edward Blake, Alexander Mackenzie Antoine Dorion	111	62	95	+53.2%	110,556	34.72%	+12.05%
	Independents		4	-	1		5,213	1.64%	+1.25%
	Independent Conservative		3	-	2		2,220	0.70%	+0.70%
	Independent Liberal		4	-	2		5,232	1.64%	+0.98%
	Conservative Labour		1	-	1		1,422	0.45%	+0.45%
	Unknown		104	-	-	-	70,704	22.20%	-11.64%
Total			367	180	200	+11.1%	320,037	100%
Source: http://www.parl.gc.ca

Note:

¹ Liberal-Conservatives sat with the Conservative Party in the House of Commons.

Acclamations
The following MPs were acclaimed:

• British Columbia: 3 Liberal-Conservatives
• Manitoba: 1 Liberal-Conservative
• Ontario: 3 Conservatives, 3 Liberal-Conservatives, 10 Liberals
• Quebec: 9 Conservatives, 5 Liberal-Conservatives, 5 Liberals
• New Brunswick: 6 Liberals
• Nova Scotia: 1 Conservative, 4 Liberal-Conservatives, 2 Liberals

Results by province

Party Name			BC	Manitoba	Ontario	Quebec	NB	NS	Total
	Conservative	Seats	1	1	26	26	2	7	63
		Pop Vote	4.5	29.7	25.9	31.5	8.4	23.5	25.8
	Liberal-Conservative	Seats	3	1	12	11	3	6	36
		Pop Vote			11.9	10.5	17.8	19.8	12.9
	Liberal	Seats	2	1	48	27	9	8	95
		Pop Vote	83.7	35.6	35.3	32.6	46.8	28.1	34.7
	Conservative Labour	Seats			1				1
		Pop Vote			0.9				0.4
	Unknown	Seats	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
		Pop Vote	11.8	14.9	23.4	21.5	26.9	16.4	22.2
	Independent	Seats			-	-	1	-	1
		Pop Vote			0.8	1.7		6.1	1.6
	Independent Liberal	Seats			1		1		2
		Pop Vote			1.7			6.1	1.6
	Independent Conservative	Seats		1		1			2
		Pop Vote		19.8		2.2			0.7
Total Seats			6	4	88	65	16	21	200

For a list of candidates elected in the 1872 election, including by-elections held before 1874, see 2nd Canadian parliament.

Preceded by: 1867 federal election

Canadian federal elections

Followed by: 1874 federal election

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