1887 Canadian federal election

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215 seats in the House of Commons
108 seats needed for a majorityTurnout70.1%^[1] (Decrease0.2pp)

	First party	Second party
Leader	John A. Macdonald	Edward Blake
Party	Conservative	Liberal
Leader since	1867	1880
Leader's seat	Kingston [a]	Durham West
Last election	133 seats, 40.4%	73 seats, 31.1%
Seats won	123	79
Seat change	Decrease10	Increase6
Popular vote	343,805	312,736
Percentage	47.4%	43.1%
Swing	Increase7.0%	Increase12.0%

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The 1887 Canadian federal election was held on February 22, 1887, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 6th Parliament of Canada.

The Conservative Party of Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald retained power, defeating the Liberal Party of Edward Blake.

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular vote
				1882	Elected	Change	#	%	Change
	Conservative	John A. Macdonald	172	94	96	-7.4%	291,138	40.15%	+2.12pp
	Liberal-Conservative		32	42	27	-35.7%	52,667	7.26%	-5.30pp
	Liberal	Edward Blake	183	73	79	+8.2%	312,736	43.13%	+12.03pp
	Independent Liberal		9	2	6	+150%	15,695	2.16%	+1.05pp
	Independent Conservative		8	1	3	+200%	11,345	1.56%	+1.39pp
	Independent		10	1	1	0%	8,984	1.24%	-0.35pp
	Nationalist Conservative	2	1	2	+100%	3,522	0.49%	+0.28pp
	Unknown		18	-		24,172	3.33%	-22.08pp
	Nationalist	6	*	1	*	4,784	0.66%	*
Total			440	213	215	-3.8%	725,043	100%	-
Sources: http://www.elections.ca -- History of Federal Ridings since 1867 Archived 2008年12月04日 at the Wayback Machine

Note:

* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.

Acclamations:

The following Members of Parliament were elected by acclamation:

• British Columbia: 1 Conservative
• Manitoba: 1 Liberal-Conservative
• Quebec: 1 Conservative, 3 Liberals

Party name			BC	NWT	MB	ON	QC	NB	NS	PE	Total
	Conservative	Seats:	4	4	2	45	23	8	10	-	96
		Popular vote (%):	62.3	65.5	32.9	43.4	35.6	39.4	41.3	39.0	40.2
	Liberal-Conservative	Seats:	2		2	9	8	2	4	-	27
		Vote (%):	22.1		17.4	5.7	9.2	6.0	10.7	7.5	7.3
	Liberal	Seats:	-	-	1	37	24	5	7	5	79
		Vote (%):	15.6	34.5	44.6	46.9	41.7	40.9	41.9	41.8	43.1
	Independent Liberal	Seats:			-	1	3	1		1	6
		Vote (%):			5.2	0.8	3.7	3.8		11.7	2.2
	Independent Conservative	Seats:	-	-		-	3		-		3
		Vote (%):	18.6	12.2		0.3	5.7		0.4		1.6
	Independent	Seats:				-	1	-	-		1
		Vote (%):				xx	1.3	3.4	5.8		1.2
	Nationalist Conservative	Seats:					2				2
		Vote (%):					2.4				0.5
	Unknown	Seats:				-	-			0
		Vote (%):				3.1	6.1	6.5	0.2		3.3
	Nationalist	Seats:					1				1
		Vote (%):					3.3				0.7
Total seats			6	4	5	92	65	16	21	6	215

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