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Pontiac — Canadian Federal Election Results

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

Pontiac was won by Liberal at the 2021 general election, with a margin of 14,095 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in Pontiac from 1867 to 2021.

Full Election History, 1867–2021

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1867 Elected by acclamation (Conservative) — no opposing candidate, no vote count on record
1872 Liberal-Conservative Liberal-Conservative 1,604 54.8% Unknown (1,323) 281 (9.6 pts)
1874 Elected by acclamation (Liberal-Conservative) — no opposing candidate, no vote count on record
1878 Conservative Conservative 1,381 54.1% Unknown (1,174) 207 (8.1 pts)
1882 Conservative Conservative 1,047 52.9% Unknown (931) 116 (5.9 pts)
1887 Conservative Conservative 1,681 63.5% Liberal (966) 715 (27.0 pts)
1891 Liberal Liberal 1,100 41.0% Unknown (795) 305 (11.4 pts)
1896 Conservative Conservative 1,980 59.6% Liberal (1,341) 639 (19.2 pts)
1900 Liberal Liberal 1,798 52.7% Conservative (1,617) 181 (5.3 pts)
1904 Conservative Conservative 2,001 51.2% Liberal (1,906) 95 (2.4 pts)
1908 Liberal Liberal 2,543 58.6% Conservative (1,799) 744 (17.1 pts)
1911 Conservative Conservative 2,059 59.6% Liberal (1,393) 666 (19.3 pts)
1917 Opposition Opposition 5,548 77.5% Unionist (1,611) 3,937 (55.0 pts)
1921 Liberal Liberal 11,077 66.6% Conservative (3,800) 7,277 (43.7 pts)
1925 Liberal Liberal 7,562 49.2% Conservative (4,663) 2,899 (18.9 pts)
1926 Liberal Liberal 11,166 64.6% Conservative (6,121) 5,045 (29.2 pts)
1930 Conservative Conservative 8,884 40.8% Independent Liberal (6,988) 1,896 (8.7 pts)
1935 Liberal Liberal 5,708 45.2% Conservative (4,409) 1,299 (10.3 pts)
1940 Liberal Liberal 13,206 43.6% Independent Liberal (11,941) 1,265 (4.2 pts)
1945 Liberal Liberal 13,325 41.4% Progressive Conservative (6,136) 7,189 (22.3 pts)
1968 Liberal Liberal 10,250 49.1% Progressive Conservative (7,392) 2,858 (13.7 pts)
1972 Liberal Liberal 11,780 50.8% Social Credit (6,519) 5,261 (22.7 pts)
1974 Liberal Liberal 12,642 55.7% Progressive Conservative (5,277) 7,365 (32.4 pts)
2004 Liberal Liberal 15,358 38.4% Bloc Québécois (11,685) 3,673 (9.2 pts)
2006 Conservative Conservative 16,069 33.7% Bloc Québécois (13,698) 2,371 (5.0 pts)
2008 Conservative Conservative 14,023 32.7% Liberal (10,396) 3,627 (8.5 pts)
2011 NDP NDP 22,376 45.7% Conservative (14,441) 7,935 (16.2 pts)
2015 Liberal Liberal 34,154 54.5% NDP (14,090) 20,064 (32.0 pts)
2019 Liberal Liberal 30,217 48.9% Conservative (10,416) 19,801 (32.0 pts)
2021 Liberal Liberal 26,899 43.4% Conservative (12,804) 14,095 (22.7 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1872

PartyVotesShare
Liberal-Conservative1,60454.8%
Unknown1,32345.2%

1878

PartyVotesShare
Conservative1,38154.1%
Unknown1,17445.9%

1882

PartyVotesShare
Conservative1,04752.9%
Unknown93147.1%

1887

PartyVotesShare
Conservative1,68163.5%
Liberal96636.5%

1891

PartyVotesShare
Liberal1,10041.0%
Unknown79529.6%
Conservative78729.3%

1896

PartyVotesShare
Conservative1,98059.6%
Liberal1,34140.4%

1900

PartyVotesShare
Liberal1,79852.7%
Conservative1,61747.3%

1904

PartyVotesShare
Conservative2,00151.2%
Liberal1,90648.8%

1908

PartyVotesShare
Liberal2,54358.6%
Conservative1,79941.4%

1911

PartyVotesShare
Conservative2,05959.6%
Liberal1,39340.4%

1917

PartyVotesShare
Opposition5,54877.5%
Unionist1,61122.5%

1921

PartyVotesShare
Liberal11,07766.6%
Conservative3,80022.8%
Progressive1,76010.6%

1925

PartyVotesShare
Liberal7,56249.2%
Conservative4,66330.4%
Independent Liberal3,13620.4%

1926

PartyVotesShare
Liberal11,16664.6%
Conservative6,12135.4%

1930

PartyVotesShare
Conservative8,88440.8%
Independent Liberal6,98832.1%
Liberal5,89127.1%

1935

PartyVotesShare
Liberal5,70845.2%
Conservative4,40934.9%
Reconstruction2,51919.9%

1940

PartyVotesShare
Liberal13,20643.6%
Independent Liberal11,94139.4%
Unknown5,12816.9%

1945

PartyVotesShare
Liberal13,32541.4%
Progressive Conservative6,13619.1%
Social Credit5,85218.2%
Bloc populaire4,43313.8%
CCF2,4537.6%

1968

PartyVotesShare
Liberal10,25049.1%
Progressive Conservative7,39235.4%
Social Credit2,42011.6%
NDP8274.0%

1972

PartyVotesShare
Liberal11,78050.8%
Social Credit6,51928.1%
Progressive Conservative3,99317.2%
NDP9133.9%

1974

PartyVotesShare
Liberal12,64255.7%
Progressive Conservative5,27723.2%
Social Credit3,39414.9%
NDP1,3946.1%

2004

PartyVotesShare
Liberal15,35838.4%
Bloc Québécois11,68529.2%
Conservative8,86922.2%
NDP2,3175.8%
Green1,6734.2%
Marxist-Leninist Party1320.3%

2006

PartyVotesShare
Conservative16,06933.7%
Bloc Québécois13,69828.7%
Liberal11,56124.2%
NDP4,75910.0%
Green1,5123.2%
Marxist-Leninist Party1070.2%

2008

PartyVotesShare
Conservative14,02332.7%
Liberal10,39624.2%
Bloc Québécois9,57622.3%
NDP6,61615.4%
Green2,1485.0%
Marxist-Leninist Party1120.3%

2011

PartyVotesShare
NDP22,37645.7%
Conservative14,44129.5%
Liberal6,24212.8%
Bloc Québécois4,91710.0%
Green8491.7%
Marxist-Leninist Party1240.3%

2015

PartyVotesShare
Liberal34,15454.5%
NDP14,09022.5%
Conservative8,71613.9%
Bloc Québécois4,3376.9%
Green1,0891.7%
Strength in Democracy1310.2%
Marxist-Leninist Party1080.2%

2019

PartyVotesShare
Liberal30,21748.9%
Conservative10,41616.8%
Bloc Québécois9,92916.1%
NDP6,50310.5%
Green3,7626.1%
People's Party7751.3%
Veterans Coalition Party of Canada1940.3%
Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada510.1%

2021

PartyVotesShare
Liberal26,89943.4%
Conservative12,80420.6%
Bloc Québécois10,42416.8%
NDP6,82411.0%
People's Party2,8134.5%
Green1,7112.8%
Free Party Canada4800.8%
Canada's Fourth Front520.1%

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-Conservative margin 9.6 pts 1878: Conservative margin 8.1 pts 1882: Conservative margin 5.9 pts 1887: Conservative margin 27.0 pts 1891: Liberal margin 11.4 pts 1896: Conservative margin 19.2 pts 1900: Liberal margin 5.3 pts 1904: Conservative margin 2.4 pts 1908: Liberal margin 17.1 pts 1911: Conservative margin 19.3 pts 1917: Opposition margin 55.0 pts 1921: Liberal margin 43.7 pts 1925: Liberal margin 18.9 pts 1926: Liberal margin 29.2 pts 1930: Conservative margin 8.7 pts 1935: Liberal margin 10.3 pts 1940: Liberal margin 4.2 pts 1945: Liberal margin 22.3 pts 1968: Liberal margin 13.7 pts 1972: Liberal margin 22.7 pts 1974: Liberal margin 32.4 pts 2004: Liberal margin 9.2 pts 2006: Conservative margin 5.0 pts 2008: Conservative margin 8.5 pts 2011: NDP margin 16.2 pts 2015: Liberal margin 32.0 pts 2019: Liberal margin 32.0 pts 2021: Liberal margin 22.7 pts 1872 1878 1882 1887 1891 1896 1900 1904 1908 1911 1917 1921 1925 1926 1930 1935 1940 1945 1968 1972 1974 2004 2006 2008 2011 2015 2019 2021

Trend

Pontiac has been contested at 30 general elections on record since 1867. Winning parties over that span: Conservative, Liberal-Conservative, Liberal, Opposition, NDP.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Pontiac in the 2021 general election?

Liberal won Pontiac in 2021 with 26,899 votes (43.4%), a margin of 14,095 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won Pontiac since 1867?

Since 1867, Pontiac has been won by: Conservative, Liberal, Liberal-Conservative, NDP, Opposition.

What was the closest result in Pontiac?

The closest contested result on record for Pontiac was 1904, when Conservative beat Liberal by 95 votes (2.4 percentage points).

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