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An historic night
While Monday’s election saw history being made on many levels,
What happened
Monday night?
The 2011 federal election was
it's not the first time we have seen events like this occur. marked by historic results . . .

Conservative Liberal Unionist Social Credit NDP Bloc Quebecois Reform

Canadian Alliance Green

The Unionist Party, a Conservative Liberal Conservative Liberal

pro-conscription coalition of majority majority majority majority
Number of seats Conservatives and former government governments governments governments
Liberals, are elected with a
majority.
250
The
Conservatives
200 achieve a majority
government, something not
seen in Canada since the
2000 election.
150
The NDP gets 102 seats,
the greatest outcome in
their history. They are now
the official
100 Opposition.

50 Liberals
only get
Minimim seats 34 seats,
needed for majority the worst outcome in their
history. Michael Ignatieff
0 resigns.
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In the 1925 election, Liberal Leader Mackenzie Yvon Dupuis resigned Same game, NDP lost
King lost his seat and was quickly re-elected in as Social Credit party official
a by-election. One of his appointees was caught leader after failing to
different names party
The Bloc
accepting bribes and, anticipating a vote of win his seat in 1974. In 1974, the NDP and status in
Quebecois
censure, asked the Governor General to call an the Progressive 1993. lost 44
election. He refused, and King resigned. Conservatives worked seats, and win
Popular vote together to pass a
4, eliminating their place
motion of
Seats won Conservative 5,832,401 non-confidence
In the worst
defeat of
as an official party in the
in 2011 NDP 4,508,474 against the Liberals, their history,
House of Commons. Gilles
(Previous Liberal 2,783,175 forcing an election. the PCs lost Duceppe resigns.
number Conservative NDP It backfired, however, official party
Bloc 889,788
102
as Pierre Trudeau’s

167
of seats) status in
Green 576,221 Liberals regained a 1993 after Elizabeth May wins her
majority government —
(36) mostly at the expense
winning only riding, giving the Green
two seats. Party their first seat ever.
(143) Liberal of the NDP, which lost Prime
half its seats. NDP
308 34 Leader David Lewis
Minister Kim
Campbell lost
(77) lost his own riding and in her riding
total Bloc 4 (47) resigned the following SUSAN BATSFORD, GRAPHICS EDITOR, TWITTER @SBATS1;
Green 1 (0) and resigned.
year. INFOGRAPHIC BY MEGAN DINNER/QMI AGENCY
Sources: Elections Canada; Wikipedia