The '2000 Canadian federal election' was held on
November 27,
2000, to elect 301
Members of Parliament of the
Canadian House of Commons of the
37th Parliament of
Canada.
The governing
Liberal Party of Canada won a third consecutive
majority government easily, as they had been expected to do when the election was called in October, and throughout the campaign. The election was regarded as a great success by
Prime Minister Jean Chrétien and the Liberal Party, but a failure for every other party. Without important issues or a very exciting campaign, voter turn-out reached a record low.
Voter turn-out: 64.1% (corrected from initial reporting of 61.2%)
Popular vote map with bar graphs showing seats by province and territory
The parties:
★ The 'Liberal Party' campaigned on its successful economic record and relatively scandal-free seven years in office. They regained some of the ground in Atlantic Canada that they lost to the NDP and PC parties during the 1997 election due to a change to unemployment rules that hurt seasonal workers. In Quebec, the Liberals also managed to capture nearly half of the province's seats at the expense of the Bloc. Overall, the Liberals increased their number of seats in the House of Commons from 155 seats to 172 seats.
★ The 'Canadian Alliance' went into the election with great hopes. New leader
Stockwell Day was expected to appeal far more to the crucial
Ontario voters, and the
Canadian Alliance was hoping for major improvements. The Alliance campaigned on tax cuts, an end to the federal gun registration program, and family values. The campaign was dogged by accusations that the party would allow private health care to operate along-side the public Medicare system and introduce
two-tier health care, and for threatening
gay rights and
abortion rights, all of which the party denied. Day's personal image also suffered, particularly due to gaffes along the campaign trail. The Alliance ended up winning only two Ontario ridings. This led to the eventual downfall of Day the next year. At one point, the Alliance was at 30.5% in the polls, and some thought they could win the election. While they did not do so, they did, however, retain their official opposition status, and increased their numbers in the House of Commons by six seats, from 60 to 66.
★ The 'Bloc Québécois' failed to attract much interest in their campaign, and
Gilles Duceppe, despite performing well in the debates, was not a very popular leader in
Quebec. The
Bloc Québécois's seat total fell from 44 to 38.
★ The 'New Democratic Party' campaigned intensely on the issue of medicare, but failed to make much headway with voters. Their seat count fell from 21 to 13. The
NDP's vote remained high in eastern Canada, especially Nova Scotia, where it traditionally has not done so well.
★ The 'Progressive Conservative Party' aimed to regain its former place in Canadian politics under the leadership of former Prime Minister
Joe Clark. The
PC Party had a very disappointing election, falling from 20 to 12 seats, and being almost exclusively confined to the
Maritime provinces and Newfoundland. It won the 12 seats needed for
Official party status in the House of Commons, however. Failure to win 12 seats would have marginalized the party in the House of Commons, and likely led to a more rapid decline.
37th Parliament
On election night, controversy arose when a CBC producer's gratuitously
sexist comment about Stockwell Day's daughter-in-law,
Juliana Thiessen Day, was accidentally broadcast on the Canadian networks' pooled election feed from Day's riding.
National results
| Party | Party leader | # of
candidates | Seats | Popular vote |
|---|
| 1997 | Dissolution | 'Elected' | % Change | # | % | Change | Liberal | Jean Chrétien | 301 | 155 | 161 | '172' | +11.0% | 5,252,031 | 40.85% | +2.39% | Canadian Alliance | Stockwell Day | 298 | 60 | 58 | '66' | +10.0% | 3,276,929 | 25.49% | +6.13%1 | Bloc Québécois | Gilles Duceppe | 75 | 44 | 44 | '38' | -13.6% | 1,377,727 | 10.72% | +0.04% | New Democrats | Alexa McDonough | 298 | 21 | 19 | '13' | -38.1% | 1,093,868 | 8.51% | -2.54% | Progressive Conservative | Joe Clark | 291 | 20 | 15 | '12' | -40.0% | 1,566,998 | 12.19% | -6.65% | Green | Joan Russow | 111 | - | - | - | - | 104,402 | 0.81% | +0.38% | Marijuana | Marc-Boris St-Maurice | 73 |
★ | - | - |
★ | 66,258 | 0.52% |
★ | Canadian Action | Paul T. Hellyer | 70 | - | - | - | - | 27,103 | 0.21% | +0.08% | Natural Law | Neil Paterson | 69 | - | - | - | - | 16,577 | 0.13% | -0.16% | Marxist-Leninist | Sandra L. Smith | 84 | - | - | - | - | 12,068 | 0.09% | - | Communist | Miguel Figueroa | 52 |
★ | - | - |
★ | 8,776 | 0.09% |
★ | Independent | 29 | 1 | 4 | - | -100% | 17,445 | 0.14% | -0.32% | No affiliation | 57 | - | - | - | - | 37,591 | 0.29% | +0.28% |
| | Vacant | - | |
| 'Total' | '1,808' | '301' | '301' | '301' | '-' | '12,997,185' | '100%' | - |
| 'Sources:' http://www.elections.ca History of Federal Ridings since 1867 |
'Notes:'
"% change" refers to change from previous election
★ - Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election
1 - percentage change from
Reform Party of Canada in previous election.
Results by province
Source:
Elections Canada
Seat by seat results
★
Canadian federal election, 2000 (candidates)
Notes
★ 'Number of Parties': 11
★
★ 'First appearance':
Marijuana Party of Canada
★
★ 'Reappearance after hiatus':
Communist Party of Canada
★
★ 'Final appearance':
Natural Law Party of Canada,
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
★
★ 'First-and-only appearance':
Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance
10 closest ridings
1. '
Champlain, QC':
Marcel Gagnon (BQ) def.
Julie Boulet (Lib) by 15 votes
2. '
Laval Centre, QC':
Madelein Dalphond-Gurial (BQ) def.
Pierre Lafleur (Lib) by 42 votes
3. '
Leeds—Grenville, ON':
Joe Jordan (Lib) def.
Gord Brown (CA) by 55 votes
4. '
Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar, SK':
Carol Skelton (CA) def.
Dennis Gruending (NDP) by 68 votes
5. '
Yukon, YT':
Larry Bagnell (Lib) def.
Louise Hardy (NDP) by 70 votes
6. '
Tobique—Mactaquac, NB':
Andy Savoy (Lib) def.
Gilles Bernier (PC) by 150 votes
7. '
Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre, SK':
Larry Spencer (CA) def.
John Solomon (NDP) by 161 votes
8. '
Regina—Qu'Appelle, SK':
Lorne Nystrom (NDP) def.
Don Leier (CA) by 164 votes
9. '
Palliser, SK':
Dick Proctor (NDP) def.
Don Findlay (CA) by 209 votes
10. '
Matapédia—Matane, QC':
Jean-Yves Roy (BQ) def.
Marc Bélanger (Lib) by 276 votes
10. '
Cardigan, PE':
Lawrence MacAulay (Lib) def.
Kevin MacAdam (PC) by 276 votes
See also
Articles on parties' candidates in this election:
External links
★
Elections Canada: 2000 election
External links
★
Elections Canada: 2000 election
★
Predicting the 2000 Canadian Election
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