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1997 Canadian federal election Opinion polls Turnout 65.1% ( 0.9pp )
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Peter Osterfield
John Mason
Nick Velante
Party
Democratic
Progressive
Conservative
Leader since
February 4, 1989
January 25, 1994
April 15, 1997 [ a]
Leader's seat
Amherst
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Last election
133 seats, 30.6%
102 seats, 23.7%
104 seats, 24.3%
Seats before
134
100
104
Seats won
131
98
94
Seat change
3
2
10
Popular vote
26,966,824
20,155,135
19,781,892
Percentage
28.9%
21.6%
21.2%
Swing
2.78pp
2.1pp
3.1pp
Fourth party
Fifth party
Sixth party
Leader
Isabelle Douglas
Wilbur Farmer
Laurel Collins
Party
National
Reform
Green
Leader since
September 30, 1994
October 22, 1994
June 10, 1994
Leader's seat
British Columbia
Columbia
British Columbia
Last election
45 seats, 11.1%
35 seats, 7.9%
1 seats, 1.9%
Seats before
45
35
2
Seats won
48
40
9
Seat change
3
5
7
Popular vote
10,730,743
9,704,324
4,105,675
Percentage
11.5%
10.4%
4.4%
Swing
0.4pp
2.5pp
2.5pp
Results by provinces and territories. Each province and territory is colored by the party that won the most amount of votes there.
The Canadian parliament after the 1997 election
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