2000 Canadian federal election

2000 Canadian federal election

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301 seats in the House of Commons 151 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	64.1%[1] (2.9pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Jean Chrétien Stockwell Day Gilles Duceppe Party Liberal Alliance Bloc Québécois Leader since June 23, 1990 June 24, 2000 March 15, 1997 Leader's seat Saint-Maurice Okanagan—Coquihalla Laurier— Sainte-Marie Last election 155 seats, 38.46% 60 seats, 19.35% 44 seats, 10.67% Seats before 161 58 44 Seats won 172 66 38 Seat change 11 8 6 Popular vote 5,252,031 3,276,929 1,377,727 Percentage 40.85% 25.49% 10.72%[i] Swing 2.39pp 6.13pp 0.04pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Alexa McDonough Joe Clark Party New Democratic Progressive Conservative Leader since October 14, 1995 November 14, 1998 Leader's seat Halifax Calgary Centre Last election 21 seats, 11.05% 20 seats, 18.84% Seats before 19 15 Seats won 13 12 Seat change 6 3 Popular vote 1,093,868 1,566,998 Percentage 8.51% 12.19% Swing 2.54pp 6.65pp
Results by electoral district, shaded by winners' vote share Results by province and territory
Prime Minister before election Jean Chrétien Liberal Prime Minister after election Jean Chrétien Liberal

The 2000 Canadian federal election was held on November 27, 2000, to elect members to the House of Commons of Canada of the 37th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's Liberal Party won a third majority government.

Since the previous election of 1997, small-c conservatives had begun attempts to merge the Reform Party of Canada and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada as part of the United Alternative agenda. During that time, Jean Charest stepped down as leader of the Progressive Conservatives and former Prime Minister Joe Clark took over the party and opposed any union with the Reform Party. In the spring of 2000, the Reform Party became the Canadian Alliance, a political party dedicated to uniting conservatives together into one party. Former Reform Party leader Preston Manning lost in a leadership race to Stockwell Day who became leader of the new Canadian Alliance party.

The federal government called an early election after being in office for just over three years (with a maximum allowed mandate of five years). The governing Liberal Party of Canada won a third consecutive majority government, winning more seats than in 1997. The Canadian Alliance only made minor gains, and an Eastern breakthrough did not happen. The Bloc Québécois, New Democratic Party and the Progressive Conservatives all suffered slight losses.

This was the last election as of 2024 in which an incumbent government successfully defended its parliamentary majority. It was also the last election in which a single party won more than 40% of the popular vote, although the Conservative Party under Stephen Harper in 2011 (39.62%) and the Liberal Party under Justin Trudeau in 2015 (39.47%) would both come close. This was the only election contested by the Canadian Alliance and the last by the Progressive Conservatives (as they both merged into the Conservative Party of Canada in 2003). This was also the first election in which Nunavut was its own separate territory (before, it was part of the Northwest Territories).

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