Nickel Belt — Canadian Federal Election Results

Nickel Belt was won by Liberal at the 2021 general election, with a margin of 3,928 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in Nickel Belt from 1953 to 2021.

Full Election History, 1953–2021

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1953 Liberal Liberal 8,821 58.6% Progressive Conservative (3,144) 5,677 (37.7 pts)
1957 Liberal Liberal 8,819 42.6% Progressive Conservative (7,490) 1,329 (6.4 pts)
1958 Liberal Liberal 11,866 47.1% Progressive Conservative (8,556) 3,310 (13.1 pts)
1962 Liberal Liberal 16,440 56.9% Progressive Conservative (8,381) 8,059 (27.9 pts)
1963 Liberal Liberal 13,414 45.2% Progressive Conservative (7,268) 6,146 (20.7 pts)
1965 NDP NDP 10,863 41.3% Liberal (10,374) 489 (1.9 pts)
1968 Liberal Liberal 11,551 45.1% NDP (9,621) 1,930 (7.5 pts)
1972 NDP NDP 14,033 46.0% Liberal (12,101) 1,932 (6.3 pts)
1974 NDP NDP 17,668 49.8% Liberal (13,451) 4,217 (11.9 pts)
1979 NDP NDP 17,772 43.4% Liberal (15,799) 1,973 (4.8 pts)
1980 Liberal Liberal 19,805 47.5% NDP (17,529) 2,276 (5.5 pts)
1984 NDP NDP 17,141 38.6% Progressive Conservative (13,857) 3,284 (7.4 pts)
1988 NDP NDP 17,418 44.7% Liberal (9,178) 8,240 (21.2 pts)
1993 Liberal Liberal 25,237 57.2% NDP (10,197) 15,040 (34.1 pts)
1997 Liberal Liberal 19,489 48.9% NDP (13,355) 6,134 (15.4 pts)
2000 Liberal Liberal 19,187 55.6% NDP (7,304) 11,883 (34.4 pts)
2004 Liberal Liberal 17,188 42.4% NDP (13,980) 3,208 (7.9 pts)
2006 Liberal Liberal 19,775 43.3% NDP (17,668) 2,107 (4.6 pts)
2008 NDP NDP 19,021 46.5% Liberal (10,748) 8,273 (20.2 pts)
2011 NDP NDP 24,566 55.0% Conservative (12,503) 12,063 (27.0 pts)
2015 Liberal Liberal 21,021 42.8% NDP (18,556) 2,465 (5.0 pts)
2019 Liberal Liberal 19,046 39.0% NDP (15,656) 3,390 (6.9 pts)
2021 Liberal Liberal 17,353 35.2% Conservative (13,425) 3,928 (8.0 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1953

PartyVotesShare
Liberal8,82158.6%
Progressive Conservative3,14420.9%
CCF2,41016.0%
Labor-Progressive6874.6%

1957

PartyVotesShare
Liberal8,81942.6%
Progressive Conservative7,49036.2%
CCF4,39521.2%

1958

PartyVotesShare
Liberal11,86647.1%
Progressive Conservative8,55634.0%
CCF4,77218.9%

1962

PartyVotesShare
Liberal16,44056.9%
Progressive Conservative8,38129.0%
NDP3,08510.7%
Social Credit9783.4%

1963

PartyVotesShare
Liberal13,41445.2%
Progressive Conservative7,26824.5%
NDP5,48618.5%
Social Credit3,52411.9%

1965

PartyVotesShare
NDP10,86341.3%
Liberal10,37439.5%
Progressive Conservative5,05519.2%

1968

PartyVotesShare
Liberal11,55145.1%
NDP9,62137.6%
Progressive Conservative4,43917.3%

1972

PartyVotesShare
NDP14,03346.0%
Liberal12,10139.7%
Progressive Conservative3,81712.5%
Social Credit5341.8%

1974

PartyVotesShare
NDP17,66849.8%
Liberal13,45137.9%
Progressive Conservative4,37112.3%

1979

PartyVotesShare
NDP17,77243.4%
Liberal15,79938.6%
Progressive Conservative7,30817.8%
Marxist-Leninist Party1030.3%

1980

PartyVotesShare
Liberal19,80547.5%
NDP17,52942.1%
Progressive Conservative4,25010.2%
Marxist-Leninist Party890.2%

1984

PartyVotesShare
NDP17,14138.6%
Progressive Conservative13,85731.2%
Liberal13,12429.6%
Rhinoceros2880.6%

1988

PartyVotesShare
NDP17,41844.7%
Liberal9,17823.6%
Progressive Conservative8,08020.7%
Confederation of Regions4,06610.4%
Rhinoceros2020.5%

1993

PartyVotesShare
Liberal25,23757.2%
NDP10,19723.1%
Reform5,60412.7%
Progressive Conservative2,3955.4%
National Party of Canada3460.8%
Natural Law Party of Canada1730.4%
Independent1220.3%
Abolitionist Party of Canada530.1%

1997

PartyVotesShare
Liberal19,48948.9%
NDP13,35533.5%
Reform4,77112.0%
Progressive Conservative1,7634.4%
Canadian Action Party3690.9%
Natural Law Party of Canada1450.4%

2000

PartyVotesShare
Liberal19,18755.6%
NDP7,30421.2%
Canadian Alliance6,37018.5%
Progressive Conservative1,6644.8%

2004

PartyVotesShare
Liberal17,18842.4%
NDP13,98034.5%
Conservative7,62818.8%
Green1,0312.5%
Marijuana Party4301.1%
Independent2170.5%
Marxist-Leninist Party510.1%

2006

PartyVotesShare
Liberal19,77543.3%
NDP17,66838.7%
Conservative5,73212.6%
Progressive Canadian Party1,0442.3%
Green9752.1%
Marijuana Party4210.9%
Marxist-Leninist Party420.1%

2008

PartyVotesShare
NDP19,02146.5%
Liberal10,74826.3%
Conservative8,86921.7%
Green2,0565.0%
Independent1120.3%
Marxist-Leninist Party660.2%

2011

PartyVotesShare
NDP24,56655.0%
Conservative12,50328.0%
Liberal6,30814.1%
Green1,2522.8%
Marxist-Leninist Party590.1%

2015

PartyVotesShare
Liberal21,02142.8%
NDP18,55637.8%
Conservative8,22116.7%
Green1,2172.5%
Marxist-Leninist Party980.2%

2019

PartyVotesShare
Liberal19,04639.0%
NDP15,65632.1%
Conservative10,34321.2%
Green2,6445.4%
People's Party1,1592.4%

2021

PartyVotesShare
Liberal17,35335.2%
Conservative13,42527.2%
NDP13,13726.6%
People's Party4,5589.2%
Green8481.7%

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.

1953: Liberal margin 37.7 pts 1957: Liberal margin 6.4 pts 1958: Liberal margin 13.1 pts 1962: Liberal margin 27.9 pts 1963: Liberal margin 20.7 pts 1965: NDP margin 1.9 pts 1968: Liberal margin 7.5 pts 1972: NDP margin 6.3 pts 1974: NDP margin 11.9 pts 1979: NDP margin 4.8 pts 1980: Liberal margin 5.5 pts 1984: NDP margin 7.4 pts 1988: NDP margin 21.2 pts 1993: Liberal margin 34.1 pts 1997: Liberal margin 15.4 pts 2000: Liberal margin 34.4 pts 2004: Liberal margin 7.9 pts 2006: Liberal margin 4.6 pts 2008: NDP margin 20.2 pts 2011: NDP margin 27.0 pts 2015: Liberal margin 5.0 pts 2019: Liberal margin 6.9 pts 2021: Liberal margin 8.0 pts 1953 1957 1958 1962 1963 1965 1968 1972 1974 1979 1980 1984 1988 1993 1997 2000 2004 2006 2008 2011 2015 2019 2021

Trend

Nickel Belt has been contested at 23 general elections on record since 1953. Winning parties over that span: Liberal, NDP.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Nickel Belt in the 2021 general election?

Liberal won Nickel Belt in 2021 with 17,353 votes (35.2%), a margin of 3,928 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won Nickel Belt since 1953?

Since 1953, Nickel Belt has been won by: Liberal, NDP.

What was the closest result in Nickel Belt?

The closest contested result on record for Nickel Belt was 1965, when NDP beat Liberal by 489 votes (1.9 percentage points).

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