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The Canadian federal election of 1878 resulted in the end of Canada suffered an economic depression during Mackenzie's term, and his party was pounished by the voters for it. The Liberals' policy of free trade also hurt their support with the business establishment in Toronto and Montreal.

Sir John A. Macdonald and his Conservative/Liberal-Conservative party was returned to office after having been defeated five years before amidst scandals over the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway.

National results

Party	Party Leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular Vote
Party	Party Leader	# of candidates	Before	After	Change	#	%	Change
Conservative	John A. Macdonald	101	38	83	+118.4%	143,192	26.28%	+7.80%
Liberal-Conservative	John A. Macdonald	60	26	46	+76.9%	85,999	15.78%	+3.50%
Liberal	Alexander Mackenzie	121	126	57	-54.8%	180,074	33.05%	-7.74%
Independent		11	4	5	+25%	14,783	2.71%	-0.48%
Independent Conservative		2	2	2	-	1,001	0.18%	-0.76%
Unknown		117	0	9		114,043	20.93%	-1.93%
Independent Liberal		4	1	2	+100%	5,388	0.99%	-
Nationalist Conservative		1	0	0		401	0.07%	+0.07%
Total		417	197	204	+3.6%	100.0%	-
Sources: http://www.elections.ca -- History of Federal Ridings since 1867 (http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E)

Note:

"Before" refers to standings in the House of Commons at the last election, and not standings at dissolution.

Acclamations The following Members of Parliament were elected by acclamation;

British Columbia: 1 Conservative, 1 Liberal-Conservative
Manitoba: 2 Conservatives, 1 Liberal-Conservative
Quebec: 1 Conservative, 2 Liberal-Conservatives, 1 Liberal
New Brunswick: 1 Liberal, 1 Independent

Results by province

Party Name		BC	MB	ON	QC	NB	NS	PE	Total
Conservative	Seats:	1	2	37	33	1	8	1	83
Conservative	Popular Vote (%):	-	100	25.5	35.0	5.9	21.7	31.6	26.3
Liberal-Conservative	Seats:	3	1	20	13	3	6	-	46
Liberal-Conservative	Vote (%):	39.6	-	15.8	13.2	14.3	22.7	12.0	15.8
Liberal	Seats:	1		28	15	6	5	2	57
Liberal	Vote (%):	-		36.3	21.7	48.2	34.9	37.2	33.1
Independent	Seats:	1		1	1	2	-		5
Independent	Vote (%):	12.2		1.5	1.6	13.1	4.3		2.7
Independent Conservative	Seats:				2				2
Independent Conservative	Vote (%):				0.7				0.2
Unknown	Seats:	1		2	1	2	2	1	9
Unknown	Vote (%):	48.2		19.9	27.4	14.8	14.7	19.3	20.9
Independent Liberal	Seats:			2		-	-		2
Independent Liberal	Vote (%):			1.0		3.7	1.7		1.0
Total Seats		7	3	90	65	14	21	4	204
Parties that won no seats:
Nationalist Conservative	Vote (%):				0.3				0.1

Preceded by:
1874 federal election

Canadian federal elections

Followed by:
1882 federal election

Categories: Canadian federal elections

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