2015 Canadian federal election in Quebec
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All 78 Quebec seats in the House of Commons of Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 6,393,478 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 4,303,758 (67.3)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In the 2015 Canadian federal election, there were 78 members of Parliament elected to the House of Commons from the province of Quebec, making up 23.1% of all members of the House.
Background
2012 electoral redistribution
The 2015 Canadian federal election was the first election to utilize the electoral districts established following the 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution. The House of Commons increased from 308 seats to 338 seats, with Quebec's number of seats increasing from 75 to 78 seats. This made the average population per constituency in Quebec 104,671 (according to the 2011 Canadian census), which was 672 more people per electoral district than the national average.[2]
Party | MPs | |||
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2011 actual result | 2011 notional result | Change | ||
New Democratic | 59 | 61 | 2 | |
Liberal | 7 | 8 | 1 | |
Conservative | 5 | 5 | 0 | |
Bloc Québécois | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
Total seats | 75 | 78 | 3 |
Timeline
Opinion polling
Predictions
Results
Summary
Party | Votes | Vote % | Vote +/- | Seats | Seat +/- | |
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Liberal | 1,515,673 | 21.5pp | 40 / 78 (51%)
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33 | ||
New Democratic | 1,075,366 | 17.5pp | 16 / 78 (21%)
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38[e] | ||
Conservative | 709,164 | 0.2pp | 12 / 78 (15%)
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7 | ||
Bloc Québécois | 821,144 | 4.1pp | 10 / 78 (13%)
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8 | ||
Green | 95,395 | 0.2pp | 0 / 78 (0%)
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0[f] | ||
Strength in Democracy | 8,059 | 0.2pp | 0 / 78 (0%)
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Independent | 3,438 | pp | 0 / 78 (0%)
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4[h] | ||
Other | 13,248 | pp | 0 / 78 (0%)
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0 | ||
Total | 4,241,487 | – | 78 / 78 (100%)
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3[i] |
Comparison with national results
Party | Popular vote % | Seats in caucus | |||
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QC | Natl. avg. | diff. | |||
Liberal | 35.7 | 39.5 | -3.8 | 40 / 184 (22%)
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New Democratic | 25.4 | 19.7 | +5.7 | 16 / 44 (36%)
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Conservative | 16.7 | 31.9 | -15.2 | 12 / 99 (12%)
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Bloc Québécois | 19.3 | 4.7 | +14.6 | 10 / 10 (100%)
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Green | 2.3 | 3.4 | -1.1 | 0 / 1 (0%)
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Total | – | – | – | 78 / 338 (23%)
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Notes
- ^ Includes José Núñez-Melo, who sat as a member of the NDP at the dissolution of Parliament, but ran as a Green Party candidate in the 2015 election. Does not include Maria Mourani, who sat as an independent at the dissolution of Parliament, but ran as an NDP candidate in the 2015 election.
- ^ Does not include José Núñez-Melo, who sat as a member of the NDP at the dissolution of Parliament, but ran as a Green Party candidate in the 2015 election
- ^ On 19 November 2014, Mourani announced that she would run for the NDP in the next election, though as per the party's policy on crossing the floor she remained an independent MP until the election.
- ^ Sat as an independent for the remainder of her term, but ran as a Strength in Democracy candidate in the 2015 election.
- ^ Includes José Núñez-Melo, who sat as a member of the NDP at the dissolution of Parliament, but ran as a Green Party candidate in the 2015 election. Does not include Maria Mourani, who sat as an independent at the dissolution of Parliament, but ran as an NDP candidate in the 2015 election.
- ^ Does not include José Núñez-Melo, who sat as a member of the NDP at the dissolution of Parliament, but ran as a Green Party candidate in the 2015 election
- ^ Does not include Manon Perreault, who sat as an independent at the dissolution of Parliament, but ran as a Strength in Democracy candidate in the 2015 election.
- ^ Includes Manon Perreault, who sat as an independent at the dissolution of Parliament, but ran as a Strength in Democracy candidate in the 2015 election. Includes Maria Mourani, who sat as an independent at the dissolution of Parliament, but ran as an NDP candidate in the 2015 election.
- ^ Quebec gained 3 seats in the electoral redistribution.
References
- ^ "Forty-Second General Election 2015". www.elections.ca.
- ^ Canada, Elections. "Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts 2022". Elections Canada.
- ^ "Former Bloc member Maria Mourani joins NDP — but not as MP". Toronto Star. The Canadian Press. November 19, 2014. Retrieved June 1, 2025.
- ^ "Forty-Second General Election 2015". www.elections.ca.
- ^ "Forty-Second General Election 2015". www.elections.ca.