The Ultimate Canadian federal election results (1867-1879) - American History Information Guide and Reference

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Number of seats won

Party	1867	1872	1874	1878
Liberal	79	97	138	66
Conservative+	70	63	38	139
Liberal-Conservative+	29	36	26
Anti-Confederate++	18
Conservative Labour		1
Independent Conservative		2	3	1
Independent Liberal		2	5
Independent		1	4

Notes:

(+) The Liberal-Conservatives sat with the Conservatives in parliament.

(++) The Anti-Confederates campaigned against confederatation, but later sat with the liberals.

Party	1867	1872	1874	1878
Liberal	22.7%	34.5%	29.8%	33.1%
Conservative+	23.2%	26.1%	17.3%	26.3%
Liberal-Conservative+	11.1%	12.8%	12.1%	15.8%
Anti-Confederate++	7.9%
Conservative Labour		0.4%	0.5%
Nationalist Conservative				0.0%
Independent Conservative	0.7%	0.7%	0.7%	0.2%
Independent Liberal	0.4%	1.6%	2.0%	0.1
Independent	0.7%	1.6%	3.2%	2.7%
Unknown	34.0%	22.1%	24.2%	20.9%