LINCOLN — Canadian Federal Election Results

LINCOLN was won by Liberal at the 1993 general election, with a margin of 14,723 votes over Reform. This page covers every general election in LINCOLN from 1867 to 1993.

Full Election History, 1867–1993

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1867 Elected by acclamation (Liberal-Conservative) — no opposing candidate, no vote count on record
1872 Liberal Liberal 1,118 66.8% Unknown (555) 563 (33.7 pts)
1874 Liberal Liberal 1,493 52.7% Unknown (1,338) 155 (5.5 pts)
1878 Conservative Conservative 1,893 51.3% Liberal (1,799) 94 (2.5 pts)
1904 Conservative Conservative 3,558 52.3% Liberal (3,240) 318 (4.7 pts)
1908 Conservative Conservative 3,853 51.7% Liberal (3,604) 249 (3.3 pts)
1911 Conservative Conservative 4,576 60.2% Liberal (3,023) 1,553 (20.4 pts)
1917 Unionist Unionist 9,335 71.0% Opposition (3,816) 5,519 (42.0 pts)
1921 Conservative Conservative 8,087 46.6% Labour (6,212) 1,875 (10.8 pts)
1925 Conservative Conservative 12,054 67.0% Liberal (5,942) 6,112 (34.0 pts)
1926 Conservative Conservative 11,475 67.4% Liberal (5,555) 5,920 (34.8 pts)
1930 Conservative Conservative 13,474 64.2% Liberal (7,526) 5,948 (28.3 pts)
1935 Conservative Conservative 11,398 43.7% Liberal (11,135) 263 (1.0 pts)
1940 National Government National Government 13,331 46.5% Liberal (12,921) 410 (1.4 pts)
1945 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 15,911 48.3% Liberal (10,962) 4,949 (15.0 pts)
1949 Liberal Liberal 17,407 45.8% Progressive Conservative (14,038) 3,369 (8.9 pts)
1953 Liberal Liberal 16,113 43.7% Progressive Conservative (14,694) 1,419 (3.8 pts)
1957 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 25,409 52.6% Liberal (15,794) 9,615 (19.9 pts)
1958 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 29,958 58.8% Liberal (15,063) 14,895 (29.2 pts)
1962 Liberal Liberal 23,386 43.1% Progressive Conservative (20,445) 2,941 (5.4 pts)
1963 Liberal Liberal 25,902 46.8% Progressive Conservative (21,345) 4,557 (8.2 pts)
1965 Liberal Liberal 25,820 46.6% Progressive Conservative (19,324) 6,496 (11.7 pts)
1968 Liberal Liberal 13,328 40.7% Progressive Conservative (12,692) 636 (1.9 pts)
1972 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 16,840 44.6% Liberal (13,562) 3,278 (8.7 pts)
1974 Liberal Liberal 17,499 45.0% Progressive Conservative (14,221) 3,278 (8.4 pts)
1979 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 19,612 40.7% Liberal (15,026) 4,586 (9.5 pts)
1980 Liberal Liberal 17,449 36.5% Progressive Conservative (16,741) 708 (1.5 pts)
1984 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 26,318 49.1% Liberal (14,646) 11,672 (21.8 pts)
1988 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 19,955 38.7% Liberal (19,517) 438 (0.8 pts)
1993 Liberal Liberal 29,048 52.2% Reform (14,325) 14,723 (26.5 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1872

PartyVotesShare
Liberal1,11866.8%
Unknown55533.2%

1874

PartyVotesShare
Liberal1,49352.7%
Unknown1,33847.3%

1878

PartyVotesShare
Conservative1,89351.3%
Liberal1,79948.7%

1904

PartyVotesShare
Conservative3,55852.3%
Liberal3,24047.7%

1908

PartyVotesShare
Conservative3,85351.7%
Liberal3,60448.3%

1911

PartyVotesShare
Conservative4,57660.2%
Liberal3,02339.8%

1917

PartyVotesShare
Unionist9,33571.0%
Opposition3,81629.0%

1921

PartyVotesShare
Conservative8,08746.6%
Labour6,21235.8%
Progressive3,06617.7%

1925

PartyVotesShare
Conservative12,05467.0%
Liberal5,94233.0%

1926

PartyVotesShare
Conservative11,47567.4%
Liberal5,55532.6%

1930

PartyVotesShare
Conservative13,47464.2%
Liberal7,52635.8%

1935

PartyVotesShare
Conservative11,39843.7%
Liberal11,13542.7%
Reconstruction2,3499.0%
CCF1,2244.7%

1940

PartyVotesShare
National Government13,33146.5%
Liberal12,92145.0%
CCF2,4438.5%

1945

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative15,91148.3%
Liberal10,96233.3%
CCF4,54013.8%
Labor-Progressive1,5144.6%

1949

PartyVotesShare
Liberal17,40745.8%
Progressive Conservative14,03837.0%
CCF5,79315.3%
Independent7422.0%

1953

PartyVotesShare
Liberal16,11343.7%
Progressive Conservative14,69439.8%
CCF4,57512.4%
Christian Liberal1,5054.1%

1957

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative25,40952.6%
Liberal15,79432.7%
CCF4,82910.0%
Social Credit2,2334.6%

1958

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative29,95858.8%
Liberal15,06329.6%
CCF4,9789.8%
Social Credit9491.9%

1962

PartyVotesShare
Liberal23,38643.1%
Progressive Conservative20,44537.7%
Social Credit5,2629.7%
NDP5,1309.5%

1963

PartyVotesShare
Liberal25,90246.8%
Progressive Conservative21,34538.5%
NDP5,3159.6%
Social Credit2,8415.1%

1965

PartyVotesShare
Liberal25,82046.6%
Progressive Conservative19,32434.8%
NDP8,39515.1%
Social Credit1,9133.4%

1968

PartyVotesShare
Liberal13,32840.7%
Progressive Conservative12,69238.7%
NDP6,76320.6%

1972

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative16,84044.6%
Liberal13,56235.9%
NDP6,71417.8%
Social Credit6121.6%

1974

PartyVotesShare
Liberal17,49945.0%
Progressive Conservative14,22136.6%
NDP6,54816.8%
Social Credit6111.6%

1979

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative19,61240.7%
Liberal15,02631.2%
NDP13,40027.8%
Marxist-Leninist Party1510.3%

1980

PartyVotesShare
Liberal17,44936.5%
Progressive Conservative16,74135.0%
NDP13,50028.2%
Marxist-Leninist Party1330.3%

1984

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative26,31849.1%
Liberal14,64627.3%
NDP11,88822.2%
Green3450.6%
Independent1710.3%
Independent1210.2%
Social Credit1200.2%

1988

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative19,95538.7%
Liberal19,51737.9%
NDP9,03717.5%
Christian Heritage Party of Canada2,7425.3%
Independent2800.5%
Independent280.1%

1993

PartyVotesShare
Liberal29,04852.2%
Reform14,32525.7%
Progressive Conservative8,73115.7%
NDP2,1823.9%
National Party of Canada9351.7%
Natural Law Party of Canada3070.6%
Independent1280.2%

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each contested election, coloured by the winning party. Acclaimed elections (no opposing candidate) aren't plotted since there's no margin to measure.

1872: Liberal margin 33.7 pts 1874: Liberal margin 5.5 pts 1878: Conservative margin 2.5 pts 1904: Conservative margin 4.7 pts 1908: Conservative margin 3.3 pts 1911: Conservative margin 20.4 pts 1917: Unionist margin 42.0 pts 1921: Conservative margin 10.8 pts 1925: Conservative margin 34.0 pts 1926: Conservative margin 34.8 pts 1930: Conservative margin 28.3 pts 1935: Conservative margin 1.0 pts 1940: National Government margin 1.4 pts 1945: Progressive Conservative margin 15.0 pts 1949: Liberal margin 8.9 pts 1953: Liberal margin 3.8 pts 1957: Progressive Conservative margin 19.9 pts 1958: Progressive Conservative margin 29.2 pts 1962: Liberal margin 5.4 pts 1963: Liberal margin 8.2 pts 1965: Liberal margin 11.7 pts 1968: Liberal margin 1.9 pts 1972: Progressive Conservative margin 8.7 pts 1974: Liberal margin 8.4 pts 1979: Progressive Conservative margin 9.5 pts 1980: Liberal margin 1.5 pts 1984: Progressive Conservative margin 21.8 pts 1988: Progressive Conservative margin 0.8 pts 1993: Liberal margin 26.5 pts 1872 1874 1878 1904 1908 1911 1917 1921 1925 1926 1930 1935 1940 1945 1949 1953 1957 1958 1962 1963 1965 1968 1972 1974 1979 1980 1984 1988 1993

Trend

LINCOLN has been contested at 30 general elections on record since 1867. Winning parties over that span: Liberal-Conservative, Liberal, Conservative, Unionist, National Government, Progressive Conservative.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won LINCOLN in the 1993 general election?

Liberal won LINCOLN in 1993 with 29,048 votes (52.2%), a margin of 14,723 votes over Reform in second place.

Which parties have won LINCOLN since 1867?

Since 1867, LINCOLN has been won by: Conservative, Liberal, Liberal-Conservative, National Government, Progressive Conservative, Unionist.

What was the closest result in LINCOLN?

The closest contested result on record for LINCOLN was 1988, when Progressive Conservative beat Liberal by 438 votes (0.8 percentage points).

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