Electoral History
| Year |
Seats in House |
Liberal candidates |
Seats won |
Seat Change |
Popular vote |
% of popular vote |
Result |
Liberal leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1867 | 180 | 65 | 62 | +62 | 60,818 | 22.7% | Cons. majority | Brown |
| 1872 | 200 | 111 | 95 | +33 | 110,556 | 34.7% | Cons. minority | Blake |
| 1874 | 206 | 140 | 133 | +38 | 128,059 | 39.5% | Majority gov't | Mackenzie |
| 1878 | 206 | 121 | 63 | −70 | 180,074 | 33.1% | Cons. majority | Mackenzie |
| 1882 | 211 | 112 | 73 | +10 | 160,547 | 31.1% | Cons. majority | Blake |
| 1887 | 215 | 184 | 80 | +7 | 312,736 | 43.1% | Cons. majority | Blake |
| 1891 | 215 | 194 | 90 | +10 | 350,512 | 45.2% | Cons. majority | Laurier |
| 1896 | 213 | 190 | 118 | +28 | 401,425 | 41.4% | Majority gov't | Laurier |
| 1900 | 213 | 209 | 132 | +14 | 477,758 | 50.3% | Majority gov't | Laurier |
| 1904 | 214 | 208 | 139 | +7 | 521,041 | 50.9% | Majority gov't | Laurier |
| 1908 | 221 | 213 | 133 | −6 | 570,311 | 48.9% | Majority gov't | Laurier |
| 1911 | 221 | 214 | 85 | −48 | 596,871 | 45.8% | Cons. majority | Laurier |
| 1917* | 235 | 213 | 82 | −3 | 729,756 | 38.8% | Coalition gov't | Laurier |
| 1921 | 235 | 204 | 118 | +36 | 1,285,998 | 41.2% | Majority gov't | King |
| 1925 | 245 | 216 | 100 | −18 | 1,252,684 | 39.7% | minority gov't | King |
| 1926 | 245 | 189 | 116 | +16 | 1,294,072 | 42.7% | Majority gov't | King |
| 1930 | 245 | 226 | 90 | −26 | 1,716,798 | 44.0% | Cons. majority | King |
| 1935 | 245 | 245 | 173 | +83 | 1,967,839 | 44.7% | Majority gov't | King |
| 1940 | 245 | 242 | 181 | +8 | 2,365,979 | 51.3% | Majority gov't | King |
| 1945 | 245 | 236 | 125 | −56 | 2,086,545 | 39.8% | Majority gov't | King |
| 1949 | 262 | 259 | 190 | +65 | 2,878,097 | 49.2% | Majority gov't | St. Laurent |
| 1953 | 265 | 263 | 171 | −19 | 2,743,013 | 48.6% | Majority gov't | St. Laurent |
| 1957 | 265 | 265 | 105 | −66 | 2,703,687 | 40.9% | PC minority | St. Laurent |
| 1958 | 265 | 265 | 49 | −56 | 2,444,909 | 33.5% | PC majority | Pearson |
| 1962 | 265 | 264 | 100 | +51 | 2,862,001 | 37.2% | PC minority | Pearson |
| 1963 | 265 | 265 | 128 | +28 | 3,276,995 | 41.5% | minority gov't | Pearson |
| 1965 | 265 | 265 | 131 | +3 | 3,099,521 | 40.2% | minority gov't | Pearson |
| 1968 | 264 | 263 | 155 | +24 | 3,686,801 | 45.4% | Majority gov't | Trudeau |
| 1972 | 264 | 263 | 109 | −46 | 3,717,804 | 38.4% | minority gov't | Trudeau |
| 1974 | 264 | 264 | 141 | +32 | 4,102,853 | 43.2% | Majority gov't | Trudeau |
| 1979 | 282 | 282 | 114 | −27 | 4,595,319 | 40.1% | PC minority | Trudeau |
| 1980 | 282 | 282 | 147 | +33 | 4,855,425 | 44.4% | Majority gov't | Trudeau |
| 1984 | 282 | 282 | 40 | −107 | 3,516,486 | 28.0% | PC majority | Turner |
| 1988 | 295 | 294 | 83 | +43 | 4,205,072 | 31.9% | PC majority | Turner |
| 1993 | 295 | 295 | 177 | +94 | 5,598,775 | 41.2% | Majority gov't | Chrétien |
| 1997 | 301 | 301 | 155 | −22 | 4,994,377 | 38.5% | Majority gov't | Chrétien |
| 2000 | 301 | 301 | 172 | +17 | 5,251,961 | 40.9% | Majority gov't | Chrétien |
| 2004 | 308 | 308 | 135 | −37 | 4,951,107 | 36.7% | minority gov't | Martin |
| 2006 | 308 | 308 | 103 | −32 | 4,477,217 | 30.1% | Cons. minority | Martin |
| 2008 | 308 | 307 | 77 | −26 | 3,629,990 | 26.2% | Cons. minority | Dion |
| 2011 | 308 | 308 | 34 | −43 | 2,783,175 | 18.9% | Cons. majority | Ignatieff |
* In 1917, some Liberals ran under the Unionist banner, figures only count those who ran as "Laurier Liberals"
* 1949–1968 includes one Liberal-Labour MP who sat with Liberal caucus.
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