1993 Elections
See also: National Party candidates, 1993 Canadian federal electionWhile the election was successful for two other new parties, the Bloc Québécois and the Reform Party, the National Party failed to win a seat.
The party nominated 171 candidates who won a total of 189,778 votes (1.40% of the popular votes, or 2.34% of the votes in those 171 ridings). None were elected, although Hurtig won 12.8% of the votes in his riding, Edmonton Northwest. The other top nine candidates:
| Riding | Province | Candidate | % of vote |
| Kootenay West—Revelstoke | British Columbia | Bev Collins | 8.54% |
| Elk Island | Alberta | James Keith Steinhubl | 8.19% |
| Vancouver Centre | British Columbia | Thorsten Ewald | 7.99% |
| Skeena | British Columbia | Isaac Sobol | 7.72% |
| Winnipeg South Centre | Manitoba | Bill Loewen | 7.385% |
| North Island—Powell River | British Columbia | Mark A. Grenier | 7.34% |
| Victoria | British Columbia | Cecilia Mavrow | 7.00% |
| Vancouver Quadra | British Columbia | W.J. Willy Spat | 6.39% |
| Comox—Alberni | British Columbia | Ernest Daley | 6.05% |
Thirteen other candidates exceeded 4%, and another 18 exceeded 3%. Even the lowest-placing candidate, with 2.89%, received a higher percentage than the national share of the Green Party of Canada.
During the election, the party unsuccessfully sued the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation to try to force it to allow Hurtig to participate in the leaders' debates.
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