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1414:Popular vote
1393:compared to
1392:
1386:compared to
1385:
1382:
1379:
1375:
1374:
1366:
1356:
1351:
1346:
1341:
1336:
1331:
1326:
1264:All Canadian
1203:H-G Grenier
1045:Independent
994:
959:
921:
884:
846:
805:
774:
758:
741:
722:
706:Saskatchewan
703:
674:
670:
663:
651:
644:
633:
613:
603:
574:
572:
555:
551:
540:
536:
390:
371:July 7, 1961
315:Third party
117:First party
46:
15:
3585:Referendums
3510:31st (1979)
3430:15th (1926)
3103:referendums
2168:Total Seats
1601:Party name
1508:Seat totals
789:candidates
714:by-election
466:Percentage
393:Regina City
269:Percentage
198:Algoma East
3641:Categories
2864:References
1352:7,699,901
967:1,044,754
892:2,846,589
854:2,865,542
617:Avro Arrow
461:1,044,754
264:2,846,589
261:2,865,542
3105:in Canada
3099:elections
2962:Canada.ca
2911:April 29,
2352:Communist
1074:Communist
810:% Change
623:, led by
3097:Federal
2967:March 4,
2941:April 3,
2854:Stormont
2761:See also
2403:Unknown
1367:Sources:
1109:Unknown
964:+137.5%
929:893,479
889:+106.3%
710:Medicare
660:Overview
458:893,479
386:Red Deer
2748:
2745:
2742:
2739:
2736:
2733:
2727:
2724:
2721:
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2715:
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2696:
2693:
2690:
2687:
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2681:
2678:
2675:
2672:
2669:
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2652:
2644:
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2638:
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2567:
2564:
2561:
2552:
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2532:
2529:
2523:
2520:
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2500:
2492:
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2483:
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2471:
2468:
2465:
2462:
2459:
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2442:
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2427:
2418:
2415:
2412:
2409:
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2392:
2389:
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2383:
2380:
2377:
2362:
2341:
2338:
2335:
2332:
2329:
2326:
2314:
2299:
2291:
2288:
2285:
2282:
2279:
2270:
2267:
2264:
2258:
2249:
2172:
2164:
2156:
2153:
2150:
2147:
2144:
2141:
2138:
2132:
2129:
2126:
2123:
2117:
2109:
2106:
2103:
2100:
2097:
2094:
2091:
2085:
2082:
2079:
2076:
2073:Seats:
2065:
2057:
2054:
2018:
2010:
2007:
1974:Seats:
1966:
1958:
1955:
1919:
1911:
1908:
1875:Seats:
1867:
1820:
1776:Seats:
1772:Liberal
1768:
1721:
1677:Seats:
1669:
1577:
1564:
1551:
1538:
1534:Liberal
1525:
1483:
1470:
1457:
1444:
1440:Liberal
1431:
1361:
1293:
1260:
1229:
1215:
1209:
1197:
1164:
1135:
1106:
1042:
1031:10,406
1013:
1002:15,412
978:
970:13.57%
940:
932:11.60%
926:
895:36.97%
869:Liberal
865:
860:-16.35
857:37.22%
851:-44.2%
827:
822:Change
806:Elected
581:of the
472:13.57%
469:11.61%
391:ran in
337:Leader
323:
312:
275:36.97%
272:37.22%
168:Liberal
144:Leader
125:
114:
95:79.0% (
92:Turnout
3056:
3033:
3014:
2712:Vote:
2660:Vote:
2608:Vote:
2558:Vote:
2508:Vote:
2456:Vote:
2406:Vote:
2356:Vote:
2305:Vote:
2255:Vote:
2120:Vote:
2021:Vote:
1922:Vote:
1823:Vote:
1664:Total
1573:Others
1555:11.32%
1542:37.35%
1529:43.77%
1479:Others
1474:11.60%
1461:13.57%
1448:36.97%
1435:37.22%
1376:Notes:
1332:1,016
1224:-0.01
1221:0.01%
1189:0.02%
1186:1,836
1156:0.04%
1153:2,713
1127:0.05%
1124:3,731
1101:-0.05
1098:0.08%
1095:6,360
1066:-0.03
1063:0.10%
1060:8,084
1037:-0.03
1034:0.14%
1008:+0.04
1005:0.20%
973:+4.06
935:+9.01
898:+3.57
792:Seats
781:Party
732:Quebec
587:Canada
477:Swing
395:(lost)
352:Party
280:Swing
159:Party
2813:Notes
2060:13.6
2036:17.2
2033:19.7
2030:22.1
2024:30.9
1961:11.6
1940:26.0
1928:29.2
1925:14.2
1862:37.0
1859:52.2
1856:45.0
1853:59.0
1850:43.3
1847:42.4
1844:44.4
1841:39.2
1838:41.0
1835:31.3
1832:22.8
1829:19.4
1826:27.3
1763:37.2
1760:47.8
1757:55.0
1754:36.0
1751:51.3
1748:47.3
1745:46.5
1742:29.6
1739:39.2
1736:41.6
1733:50.4
1730:42.8
1727:27.3
1581:0.40%
1568:7.16%
1487:0.64%
1357:100%
1327:Total
288:16.35
3603:1992
3598:1942
3593:1898
3341:Next
3335:2021
3330:2019
3325:2015
3320:2011
3315:2008
3310:2006
3305:2004
3300:2000
3295:1997
3290:1993
3285:1988
3280:1984
3275:1980
3270:1979
3265:1974
3260:1972
3255:1968
3250:1965
3245:1963
3240:1962
3235:1958
3230:1957
3225:1953
3220:1949
3215:1945
3210:1940
3205:1935
3200:1930
3195:1926
3190:1925
3185:1921
3180:1917
3175:1911
3170:1908
3165:1904
3160:1900
3155:1896
3150:1891
3145:1887
3140:1882
3135:1878
3130:1874
3125:1872
3120:1867
3101:and
3054:ISBN
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2943:2018
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2891:2014
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2311:0.1
2294:0.1
2276:0.2
2273:0.5
2261:0.1
2159:0.2
2135:0.6
2051:4.9
2048:5.2
2045:9.4
2042:5.3
2039:4.4
2027:8.4
1952:0.1
1949:0.2
1946:0.8
1943:3.6
1937:1.8
1934:6.8
1931:4.6
1716:116
1315:152
1282:189
1249:261
1218:393
953:218
915:230
878:263
843:208
840:265
801:1958
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485:9.02
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1914:30
1893:26
1815:99
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1689:11
1686:16
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