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Papineau — Canadian Federal Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Papineau was won by Liberal at the 2021 general election, with a margin of 12,545 votes over NDP. This page covers every general election in Papineau from 1949 to 2021.

Full Election History, 1949–2021

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1949 Independent Independent 12,611 48.0% Liberal (12,536) 75 (0.3 pts)
1953 Independent Liberal Independent Liberal 10,387 39.5% Liberal (10,094) 293 (1.1 pts)
1957 Liberal Liberal 24,373 78.4% Progressive Conservative (4,177) 20,196 (64.9 pts)
1958 Liberal Liberal 18,466 52.9% Progressive Conservative (14,468) 3,998 (11.5 pts)
1962 Liberal Liberal 16,062 54.9% Progressive Conservative (8,418) 7,644 (26.1 pts)
1963 Liberal Liberal 15,677 52.4% Social Credit (4,959) 10,718 (35.8 pts)
1965 Liberal Liberal 13,920 53.1% Progressive Conservative (4,474) 9,446 (36.0 pts)
1968 Liberal Liberal 14,379 63.2% Progressive Conservative (4,168) 10,211 (44.9 pts)
1972 Liberal Liberal 15,347 53.4% Social Credit (5,802) 9,545 (33.2 pts)
1974 Liberal Liberal 14,532 61.9% Progressive Conservative (3,740) 10,792 (46.0 pts)
1979 Liberal Liberal 23,619 68.5% Social Credit (4,039) 19,580 (56.8 pts)
1980 Liberal Liberal 22,399 74.7% NDP (2,796) 19,603 (65.4 pts)
1984 Liberal Liberal 12,754 39.0% Progressive Conservative (12,053) 701 (2.1 pts)
2004 Liberal Liberal 16,892 41.1% Bloc Québécois (16,424) 468 (1.1 pts)
2006 Bloc Québécois Bloc Québécois 17,775 40.7% Liberal (16,785) 990 (2.3 pts)
2008 Liberal Liberal 17,724 41.5% Bloc Québécois (16,535) 1,189 (2.8 pts)
2011 Liberal Liberal 16,429 38.4% NDP (12,102) 4,327 (10.1 pts)
2015 Liberal Liberal 26,391 52.1% NDP (13,132) 13,259 (26.2 pts)
2019 Liberal Liberal 25,957 51.1% NDP (9,748) 16,209 (31.9 pts)
2021 Liberal Liberal 22,848 50.4% NDP (10,303) 12,545 (27.7 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1949

PartyVotesShare
Independent12,61148.0%
Liberal12,53647.7%
Progressive Conservative5872.2%
CCF5412.1%

1953

PartyVotesShare
Independent Liberal10,38739.5%
Liberal10,09438.4%
Progressive Conservative4,96618.9%
CCF5142.0%
Labor-Progressive3371.3%

1957

PartyVotesShare
Liberal24,37378.4%
Progressive Conservative4,17713.4%
CCF2,5568.2%

1958

PartyVotesShare
Liberal18,46652.9%
Progressive Conservative14,46841.5%
CCF1,3283.8%
Independent6321.8%

1962

PartyVotesShare
Liberal16,06254.9%
Progressive Conservative8,41828.8%
NDP3,08310.5%
Social Credit1,6805.7%

1963

PartyVotesShare
Liberal15,67752.4%
Social Credit4,95916.6%
Progressive Conservative4,35314.5%
NDP3,38811.3%
Ouvrier indépendent1,0643.6%
Candidat libéral des électeurs4961.7%

1965

PartyVotesShare
Liberal13,92053.1%
Progressive Conservative4,47417.1%
NDP3,52913.5%
Social Credit2,3679.0%
Independent Liberal1,0904.2%
Independent5402.1%
Rhinoceros2971.1%

1968

PartyVotesShare
Liberal14,37963.2%
Progressive Conservative4,16818.3%
NDP2,57211.3%
Social Credit1,0944.8%
Parti de la Démocratisation Économique5372.4%

1972

PartyVotesShare
Liberal15,34753.4%
Social Credit5,80220.2%
Progressive Conservative4,20514.6%
NDP3,11810.9%
Independent2540.9%

1974

PartyVotesShare
Liberal14,53261.9%
Progressive Conservative3,74015.9%
Social Credit2,89912.3%
NDP1,9928.5%
Communist1640.7%
Marxist-Leninist Party1550.7%

1979

PartyVotesShare
Liberal23,61968.5%
Social Credit4,03911.7%
Progressive Conservative2,6527.7%
NDP1,9135.5%
Rhinoceros1,4094.1%
Independent4121.2%
Communist1530.4%
Union Populaire1500.4%
Marxist-Leninist Party1440.4%

1980

PartyVotesShare
Liberal22,39974.7%
NDP2,7969.3%
Progressive Conservative1,6345.4%
Rhinoceros1,6085.4%
Social Credit9993.3%
Independent2450.8%
Union Populaire1700.6%
Marxist-Leninist Party710.2%
Communist680.2%

1984

PartyVotesShare
Liberal12,75439.0%
Progressive Conservative12,05336.9%
NDP4,29513.1%
Rhinoceros1,9255.9%
Parti Nationaliste du Québec1,1693.6%
Communist1470.4%
Social Credit1470.4%
Party for the Commonwealth of Canada1130.3%
Independent1040.3%

2004

PartyVotesShare
Liberal16,89241.1%
Bloc Québécois16,42440.0%
NDP3,6038.8%
Conservative1,9614.8%
Green1,0582.6%
Marijuana Party4901.2%
Communist2520.6%
Independent2500.6%
Marxist-Leninist Party1690.4%

2006

PartyVotesShare
Bloc Québécois17,77540.7%
Liberal16,78538.5%
Conservative3,6308.3%
NDP3,3587.7%
Green1,5723.6%
Marxist-Leninist Party3170.7%
Canadian Action Party1850.4%

2008

PartyVotesShare
Liberal17,72441.5%
Bloc Québécois16,53538.7%
NDP3,7348.7%
Conservative3,2627.6%
Green1,2132.8%
Independent2670.6%

2011

PartyVotesShare
Liberal16,42938.4%
NDP12,10228.3%
Bloc Québécois11,09125.9%
Conservative2,0214.7%
Green8061.9%
Marxist-Leninist Party2280.5%
Independent950.2%

2015

PartyVotesShare
Liberal26,39152.1%
NDP13,13225.9%
Bloc Québécois6,18212.2%
Conservative2,3904.7%
Green1,4432.9%
Independent5051.0%
Rhinoceros3230.6%
Marxist-Leninist Party1420.3%
Independent1030.2%

2019

PartyVotesShare
Liberal25,95751.1%
NDP9,74819.2%
Bloc Québécois8,12416.0%
Green3,7417.4%
Conservative2,1554.2%
Rhinoceros Party of Canada3630.7%
People's Party3220.6%
Christian Heritage Party of Canada1860.4%
Independent760.1%
Independent750.1%

2021

PartyVotesShare
Liberal22,84850.4%
NDP10,30322.7%
Bloc Québécois6,83015.1%
Conservative2,1984.8%
Green1,4483.2%
People's Party1,0642.3%
Rhinoceros Party4180.9%
Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada1150.3%
Independent1020.2%

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.

1949: Independent margin 0.3 pts 1953: Independent Liberal margin 1.1 pts 1957: Liberal margin 64.9 pts 1958: Liberal margin 11.5 pts 1962: Liberal margin 26.1 pts 1963: Liberal margin 35.8 pts 1965: Liberal margin 36.0 pts 1968: Liberal margin 44.9 pts 1972: Liberal margin 33.2 pts 1974: Liberal margin 46.0 pts 1979: Liberal margin 56.8 pts 1980: Liberal margin 65.4 pts 1984: Liberal margin 2.1 pts 2004: Liberal margin 1.1 pts 2006: Bloc Québécois margin 2.3 pts 2008: Liberal margin 2.8 pts 2011: Liberal margin 10.1 pts 2015: Liberal margin 26.2 pts 2019: Liberal margin 31.9 pts 2021: Liberal margin 27.7 pts 1949 1953 1957 1958 1962 1963 1965 1968 1972 1974 1979 1980 1984 2004 2006 2008 2011 2015 2019 2021

Trend

Papineau has been contested at 20 general elections on record since 1949. Winning parties over that span: Independent, Independent Liberal, Liberal, Bloc Québécois.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Papineau in the 2021 general election?

Liberal won Papineau in 2021 with 22,848 votes (50.4%), a margin of 12,545 votes over NDP in second place.

Which parties have won Papineau since 1949?

Since 1949, Papineau has been won by: Bloc Québécois, Independent, Independent Liberal, Liberal.

What was the closest result in Papineau?

The closest contested result on record for Papineau was 1949, when Independent beat Liberal by 75 votes (0.3 percentage points).

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