Results of the 2006 Canadian federal election

The 39th Canadian federal election was held on January 23, 2006.

Map of the 2006 Canadian federal election results, showing Alberta as the main stronghold for the Conservative party, with significant support also coming from the interior regions of British Columbia, southern Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, as well as southern Ontario. Liberal support was greatest in urban areas, particularly in the Toronto area.
Election results in southern Ontario and Quebec.

The Conservative Party of Canada, led by Stephen Harper, won a minority government. The Conservatives won 124 seats. The former governing party, the Liberal Party of Canada, won 103 seats. The separatist Bloc Québécois won 51 seats and the social-democratic New Democratic Party 29. An independent candidate won a seat in Quebec. The Conservatives won only 40.3% of the seats, the smallest share of house seats ever won by a government in an election. The Conservative's 36.3% of the vote is also the smallest vote share, of a first-placed party. Joe Clark won only 35.9% of the vote in 1979, but in that election the Liberals won 40.1%.

Results by electoral district

Atlantic provinces

The Liberals won 20 seats in the Atlantic Provinces, the Conservatives nine and the NDP three. This is a swing of two seats from the Liberals to the Conservatives.

Newfoundland and Labrador

The Liberals won four seats and the Conservatives three. The Avalon seat changed hands from the Liberals to the Tories. The seat had been held by Natural Resources Minister John Efford, who is retiring. Fabian Manning has won the seat for the Conservatives over Bill Morrow.

Results in Newfoundland and Labrador
Party Seats Votes % +/-
     Liberal 4 97,452 42.83 -5.2
  Conservative 3 97,159 42.70 +10.4
     N.D.P. 0 30,882 13.57 -3.9
Green 0 2,046 0.90 -0.7
Total 227,539 100.0

Prince Edward Island

All four Liberal incumbents have been re-elected. This is the sixth consecutive sweep of Prince Edward Island for the federal Liberals.

Results in Prince Edward Island
Party Seats Votes % +/-
     Liberal 4 41,195 52.57 0.0
  Conservative 0 26,146 33.36 +2.7
     N.D.P. 0 7,491 9.56 -2.9
Green 0 3,025 3.86 -0.3
     Independent 0 219 0.28 -
Marijuana 0 193 0.25 -
Christian Heritage 0 97 0.12 0.0
Total 78,366 100.00

Nova Scotia

All incumbent MPs in Nova Scotia were re-elected. There are six Liberal, three Conservatives and two NDP MPs in the province.

Results in Nova Scotia
Party Seats Votes % +/-
     Liberal 6 177,406 37.16 -2.5
  Conservative 3 141,756 29.69 +1.7
     N.D.P. 2 142,520 29.85 +1.5
Green 0 12,400 2.60 -0.7
Christian Heritage 0 1,376 0.29 +0.2
     Independent 0 1,206 0.25 +0.1
Marijuana 0 436 0.09 0.0
Marxist–Leninist 0 344 0.07 +0.1
Total 477,444 100.0

New Brunswick

Conservative Mike Allen defeated incumbent MP Andy Savoy in Tobique—Mactaquac.

In the open seat of Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe, formerly held by Claudette Bradshaw, Brian Murphy kept the seat for the Liberals.

Results in New Brunswick
Party Seats Votes % +/-
     Liberal 6 159,393 39.16 -5.4
  Conservative 3 145,719 35.80 +4.7
     N.D.P. 1 89,217 21.92 +1.3
Green 0 9,737 2.39 -1.0
     Independent 0 2,776 0.68 +0.5
Canadian Action 0 150 0.04 -0.1
Total 407,373 100.0

Québec

The Conservatives replaced the Liberals as the major federalist party in Québec outside of Montreal, winning eight seats from the Bloc Québécois and two from the Liberals. The Liberals lost five Montreal-area seats and Gatineau to the Bloc.

The Bloc retained its majority of seats in Québec. However, the sovereigntist party failed to garner more than 50% of the popular vote, which early polls during the election campaign had indicated was a strong possibility. The Bloc's share of the vote actually declined as support for the Conservatives surged. The Conservatives unexpectedly won several seats in the Quebec City region, including Beauport—Limoilou, Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles, Lévis—Bellechasse, and Louis-Hébert, all of which had been considered safe seats for the Bloc Québécois.

Several high-profile cabinet ministers also lost their seats. Minister of Canadian Heritage, Liza Frulla, lost her re-election bid to the Bloc's Thierry St-Cyr in Jeanne-Le Ber while Minister of Foreign Affairs Pierre Pettigrew lost to the Bloc's Vivian Barbot in Papineau.

In Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier, independent candidate and former radio host André Arthur defeated incumbent Guy Côté of the Bloc.

In Vaudreuil—Soulanges, the Liberal star candidate and former astronaut Marc Garneau failed in his bid to unseat the incumbent Bloc MP Meili Faille.

Also of note, out of every Canadian federal election held since Confederation in 1867, the Liberals attained their lowest historical share of the popular vote, with only 20.7%. Although their all-time lowest share of seats was 12 in 1988, their support managed to get them one more seat, 13, this time.

Results in Quebec
Party Seats Votes % +/-
  Bloc Québécois 51 1,553,201 42.08 -6.8
     Liberal 13 766,228 20.76 -13.1
  Conservative 10 907,972 24.60 +15.8
     N.D.P. 0 276,401 7.49 +2.9
Green 0 146,576 3.97 +0.8
     Independent 1 32,378 0.88 +0.8
Marxist–Leninist 0 3,063 0.08 0.0
Progressive Canadian 0 2,535 0.07 -
Marijuana 0 1,857 0.05 -0.3
Libertarian 0 477 0.01 0.0
Canadian Action 0 185 0.01 0.0
Communist 0 169 0.005 0.0
Christian Heritage 0 116 0.003 0.0
Total 3,691,158 100.00

Ontario

The Liberals lost 21 seats in the province; 17 to the Conservatives and four to the New Democratic Party.

The NDP's Irene Mathyssen won the seat of London—Fanshawe, which was previously held by independent MP Pat O'Brien. O'Brien was formerly a Liberal, until June 2005, when he left the Liberals and became an independent.

In Hamilton East—Stoney Creek, Wayne Marston of the NDP defeated Tony Valeri, who held the position of leader of the government in the House of Commons. In Hamilton Mountain, the NDP's Chris Charlton won the seat vacated by Beth Phinney, who retired.

Elsewhere in the Hamilton area, Conservative David Sweet defeated Russ Powers, the Liberal incumbent in Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale.

In Ottawa, NDP candidate Paul Dewar was elected in Ottawa Centre, succeeding retiring NDP MP and former leader Ed Broadbent. The Conservatives gained two seats in Ottawa, with Ontario MPP John Baird picking up the open seat in Ottawa West—Nepean to succeed retiring Liberal MP Marlene Catterall, defeating Liberal candidate Lee Farnworth, and Royal Galipeau defeating Liberal incumbent Marc Godbout in Ottawa—Orléans. All other Ottawa ridings saw their incumbents re-elected.

Liberal cabinet ministers Andy Mitchell and Aileen Carroll lost their seats to Conservatives. Tony Clement, a former provincial cabinet member, defeated Mitchell, the federal agriculture minister, in Parry Sound—Muskoka. Carroll, the minister of international cooperation, lost her Barrie seat to Patrick Brown.

Olivia Chow, the wife of NDP leader Jack Layton, defeated Liberal MP Tony Ianno in Trinity—Spadina. Layton won his Toronto—Danforth seat.

In Newmarket—Aurora, Belinda Stronach, elected in 2004 as a Conservative, won re-election as a Liberal.

Controversial writer and professor Michael Ignatieff won the Etobicoke—Lakeshore seat for the Liberals. The seat was formerly held by Jean Augustine.

The Conservatives did not win any seats in the city of Toronto but dominated the smaller urban and rural portions of central, eastern and southwestern Ontario.

Results in Ontario (99.99% of polls)
Party Seats Votes % +/-
     Liberal 54 2,260,024 39.94 -4.8
  Conservative 40 1,985,242 35.09 +6.2
     N.D.P. 12 1,100,366 19.45 +1.3
Green 0 263,400 4.66 +0.3
Christian Heritage 0 16,606 0.29 -0.2
Progressive Canadian 0 9,586 0.17 0.0
     Independent/No Affiliation 0 8,972 0.16 -0.1
Marijuana 0 4,182 0.07 -0.1
Marxist–Leninist 0 3,640 0.06 0.0
Canadian Action 0 2,374 0.04 0.0
Communist 0 1,581 0.03 0.0
Libertarian 0 1,635 0.03 0.0
First Peoples National 0 563 0.01 -
Animal Alliance 0 72 0.0013 -
Total 5,658,243 100.0

Prairie provinces

Manitoba

Preliminary results show the Conservatives with eight seats in Manitoba, an increase of one from 2004.

In Winnipeg South, Conservative Rod Bruinooge won by 110 votes over Liberal Treasury Board President Reg Alcock.

The Liberals maintain their three-seat total in the province by winning the Churchill seat. Actress Tina Keeper defeated incumbent Bev Desjarlais, who ran as an independent after losing her party's nomination for opposing same-sex marriage.

Results in Manitoba
Party Seats Votes % +/-
  Conservative 8 220,493 42.77 +3.7
     Liberal 3 134,162 26.02 -7.2
     N.D.P. 3 130,856 25.38 +1.9
Green 0 19,925 3.87 +1.2
     Independent 0 5,776 1.12 +1.1
Christian Heritage 0 2,868 0.56 -0.3
Progressive Canadian 0 934 0.18 -
Communist 0 442 0.09 -0.8
Canadian Action 0 66 0.01 0.0
Total 515,522 100.0

Saskatchewan

The Liberals actually picked up a seat from the Conservatives in this province. Liberal Gary Merasty defeated incumbent Jeremy Harrison in Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River by 106 votes.

Ralph Goodale, the embattled Liberal finance minister, won re-election in Wascana.

All other Saskatchewan seats went to the Tories, as in 2004.

Results in Saskatchewan
Party Seats Votes % +/-
  Conservative 12 226,563 48.98 +7.1
     Liberal 2 103,440 22.36 -4.8
     N.D.P. 0 111,253 24.05 +0.6
Green 0 14,784 3.20 +0.5
     Independent/No Affiliation 0 5,437 1.18 +1.0
Christian Heritage 0 871 0.19 -0.1
Canadian Action 0 121 0.03 -
Communist 0 94 0.02 -
Total 462,563 100.0

Alberta

The Conservatives swept all 28 seats in the province. They picked up the Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont seat held by retiring independent MP David Kilgour and the Edmonton Centre seat held by Liberal Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan.

Results in Alberta
Party Seats Votes % +/-
  Conservative 28 931,701 65.03 +3.3
     Liberal 0 219,214 15.30 -6.7
     N.D.P. 0 167,394 11.68 +2.2
Green 0 93,732 6.54 +0.5
     Independent 0 13,897 0.97 +1.0
Christian Heritage 0 2,866 0.20 0.0
Canadian Action 0 1,101 0.08 0.0
Progressive Canadian 0 582 0.04 0.0
First Peoples National 0 543 0.04 -
Marxist–Leninist 0 542 0.04 0.0
  Western Block 0 431 0.03 -
Marijuana 0 390 0.03 -0.2
Communist 0 324 0.02 0.0
Total 1,432,717 100.0

British Columbia

BC was the one province in which the Conservatives lost significant ground. The Tories won 17 seats, down from 22 in 2004. The NDP doubled its seat count from five to 10, while the Liberals won nine seats, up from eight last time. (An independent won a BC seat in 2004.)

The NDP won three seats held by the Tories, including the British Columbia Southern Interior riding held by the retiring Jim Gouk.

Penny Priddy won the Surrey North seat that independent Chuck Cadman held before his July 2005 death.

In Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca, former Conservative Keith Martin won re-election as a Liberal. The Liberals also picked up the Newton—North Delta seat with Sukh Dhaliwal winning the riding, which had been held by scandal-ridden Conservative Gurmant Grewal.

Svend Robinson, the controversial former NDP MP who had left politics after admitting to stealing a ring in 2004, failed in his bid to return to Parliament. Liberal incumbent Hedy Fry defeated him in Vancouver Centre.

The four British Columbian ministers in Paul Martin's Cabinet (Raymond Chan, Ujjal Dosanjh, David Emerson and Stephen Owen) all retained their Lower Mainland seats.

Results in British Columbia
Party Seats Votes % +/-
  Conservative 17 682,109 37.33 +1.0
     N.D.P. 10 521,473 28.54 +2.0
     Liberal 9 504,738 27.62 -1.0
Green 0 97,002 5.31 -1.0
     Independent/No Affiliation 0 11,050 0.60 +0.3
Christian Heritage 0 2,866 0.20 -0.1
Canadian Action 0 1,101 0.08 -0.2
Marxist–Leninist 0 1,391 0.08 0.0
Marijuana 0 1,389 0.08 -0.1
Libertarian 0 890 0.05 0.0
  Western Block 0 663 0.04 -
Progressive Canadian 0 514 0.03 -
Communist 0 412 0.02 -0.1
First Peoples National 0 95 0.01 -
Total 1,827,183 100.0

Territories

Liberal candidates won re-election in Nunavut and Yukon.

However, in Western Arctic (the Northwest Territories), NDP candidate Dennis Bevington defeated Liberal incumbent Ethel Blondin-Andrew.

Results in Nunavut
Party Seats Votes % +/-
     Liberal 1 3,673 39.98 -12.2
  Conservative 0 2,670 29.06 +15.2
     N.D.P. 0 1,576 17.15 +2.4
Marijuana 0 724 7.88 -
Green 0 544 5.92 +2.6
Total 9,187 100.0
Results in the Northwest Territories
Party Seats Votes % +/-
     N.D.P. 1 6,802 42.16 +3.0
     Liberal 0 5,643 34.98 -10.8
  Conservative 0 3,200 19.84 +1.6
Green 0 338 2.10 -2.0
     Independent 0 149 0.92 +0.92
Total 16,132 100.0
Results in the Yukon
Party Seats Votes % +/-
     Liberal 1 6,847 48.52 +2.8
     N.D.P. 0 3,366 23.85 -1.8
  Conservative 0 3,341 23.67 +1.8
Green 0 559 3.96 -0.6
Total 14,113 100.0

Defeated cabinet ministers
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