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- Canadian_federal_election,_1997 abstract "The Canadian federal election of 1997 was held on June 2, 1997, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 36th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's Liberal Party of Canada won a second majority government. The Reform Party of Canada replaced the Bloc Québécois as the Official Opposition.The election closely reflected the pattern that had been set out in the 1993 election. The Liberals swept Ontario, a divided Bloc managed a reduced majority in Quebec, and much of the west was won by Reform, particularly its Alberta base, enabling the Reform to overtake the Bloc as the second largest party.The major change was that the New Democratic Party (NDP) and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada all but wiped out the Liberals in Atlantic Canada, leaving only Prince Edward Island which remained entirely Liberal. Among these defeated were two cabinet ministers; David Dingwall, Minister of Public Works from Nova Scotia, and Doug Young, Minister of National Defence from New Brunswick, both lost to NDP candidates in a major blow to the Liberals, as Atlantic voters were upset over cuts to employment insurance and other programs. Also unsuccessful in his bid for a seat was Dominic LeBlanc, a Liberal and the son of then-Governor General Roméo LeBlanc.Some commentators on election night were even predicting that the Liberals would be cut down to a minority government, and/or Chrétien would lose his seat, although it was clear that none of the opposition parties could manage a plurality of seats. Chrétien did narrowly win his riding and the Liberals would manage a four-seat majority thanks to some gains in Quebec at the expense of the Bloc, although they finished considerably lower than the 1993 total due to the losses in Atlantic Canada. Mostly because of these gains in Atlantic Canada, Jean Charest's Tories and Alexa McDonough's NDP both regained official party status in the House of Commons. This marked the first time in Canadian history that five political parties held official party status in a single session of Parliament. The Progressive Conservative Party placed third in the popular vote, behind Liberal and Reform, but still won the fewest seats due to the first past the post system. The Reform Party gained seats in Western Canada to overtake the Bloc as the second-largest party in the House to become the Official Opposition.Independent member John Nunziata, who had been expelled from the Liberal Party for opposing the Goods and Services Tax, was also re-elected in his riding in Toronto.A change of 718 votes in just five ridings, Bonavista—Trinity—Conception, Simcoe—Grey, Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte, Cardigan, and Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet (286, 241, 117, 50, and 24 votes respectively), from the Liberals to the second place candidate (NDP, Ref, PC, PC, and BQ, respectively) would have resulted in a minority government.Voter turnout was 67.0%, the ninth lowest voter turnout in Canadian history.".
- Canadian_federal_election,_1997 country Canada.
- Canadian_federal_election,_1997 firstLeader Jean_Chr%C3%A9tien.
- Canadian_federal_election,_1997 secondLeader Preston_Manning.
- Canadian_federal_election,_1997 startDate "1997-06-02".
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- Canadian_federal_election,_1997 country "Canada".
- Canadian_federal_election,_1997 electionDate "1997-06-02".
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- Canadian_federal_election,_1997 leader Alexa_McDonough.
- Canadian_federal_election,_1997 leader Gilles_Duceppe.
- Canadian_federal_election,_1997 leader Jean_Charest.
- Canadian_federal_election,_1997 leader Jean_Chrétien.
- Canadian_federal_election,_1997 leader Preston_Manning.
- Canadian_federal_election,_1997 leaderSince "1987-11-01".
- Canadian_federal_election,_1997 leaderSince "1990-06-23".
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- Canadian_federal_election,_1997 leaderSince "1995-10-14".
- Canadian_federal_election,_1997 leaderSince "1997-03-15".
- Canadian_federal_election,_1997 leadersSeat Calgary_Southwest.
- Canadian_federal_election,_1997 leadersSeat Halifax_(electoral_district).
- Canadian_federal_election,_1997 leadersSeat Laurier—Sainte-Marie.
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- Canadian_federal_election,_1997 nextElection "Canadian federal election, 2000".
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- Canadian_federal_election,_1997 posttitle "Prime Minister after election".
- Canadian_federal_election,_1997 previousElection "Canadian federal election, 1993".
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- Canadian_federal_election,_1997 previousYear "1993".
- Canadian_federal_election,_1997 seatChange "+10".
- Canadian_federal_election,_1997 seatChange "+12".
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- Canadian_federal_election,_1997 seatChange "−6".
- Canadian_federal_election,_1997 seats "155".
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- Canadian_federal_election,_1997 swing "−2.85pp".
- Canadian_federal_election,_1997 title Prime_Minister_of_Canada.
- Canadian_federal_election,_1997 title "Popular vote".
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- Canadian_federal_election,_1997 turnout "67.0".
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