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1974 Canadian federal election

The 1974 Canadian federal election was held on July 8, 1974, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 30th Parliament of Canada. The governing Liberal Party was reelected, going from a minority to a majority government, and gave Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau his third term. The Progressive Conservatives, led by Robert Stanfield, did well in the Atlantic provinces, and in the West, but Liberal support in Ontario and Quebec ensured a majority Liberal government.

264 seats in the House of Commons
133 seats needed for a majority

71.0%[1] (Decrease5.7pp)

Number of parties

Marxist–Leninist Party of Canada

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List of political parties in Canada

30th Canadian parliament

Pammett, Jon; LeDuc, Lawrence; Jenson, Jane; Clarke, Harold (1974). . Ottawa: Carleton University. Department of Political Science. Retrieved April 16, 2021.

The 1974 Federal Election: A Preliminary Report

Penniman, Howard, ed. (1975). . Washington D.C.: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research. ISBN 0844731781.

Canada at the Polls: The General Election of 1974

, ed. (1976). Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs, 1974. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9780802021960.

Saywell, John