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WELLAND — Canadian Federal Election Results

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

WELLAND was won by NDP at the 2011 general election, with a margin of 1,022 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in WELLAND from 1867 to 2011.

Full Election History, 1867–2011

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1867 Elected by acclamation (Conservative) — no opposing candidate, no vote count on record
1872 Conservative Conservative 1,590 60.0% Unknown (1,060) 530 (20.0 pts)
1874 Liberal Liberal 1,682 53.0% Unknown (1,493) 189 (6.0 pts)
1878 Liberal-Conservative Liberal-Conservative 1,926 51.6% Unknown (1,810) 116 (3.1 pts)
1882 Conservative Conservative 1,965 51.7% Unknown (1,833) 132 (3.5 pts)
1887 Conservative Conservative 2,622 52.1% Unknown (2,410) 212 (4.2 pts)
1891 Liberal Liberal 2,726 54.5% Conservative (2,279) 447 (8.9 pts)
1896 Conservative Conservative 2,705 51.6% Liberal (2,536) 169 (3.2 pts)
1900 Liberal Liberal 2,777 52.1% Conservative (2,557) 220 (4.1 pts)
1904 Liberal Liberal 3,543 57.5% Independent Conservative (2,621) 922 (15.0 pts)
1908 Liberal Liberal 4,449 53.9% Conservative (3,806) 643 (7.8 pts)
1911 Elected by acclamation (Liberal) — no opposing candidate, no vote count on record
1917 Unionist Unionist 5,378 46.0% Opposition (4,616) 762 (6.5 pts)
1921 Liberal Liberal 11,195 52.9% Conservative (6,365) 4,830 (22.8 pts)
1925 Conservative Conservative 12,753 60.4% Liberal (8,373) 4,380 (20.7 pts)
1926 Conservative Conservative 14,331 52.6% Liberal (12,890) 1,441 (5.3 pts)
1930 Conservative Conservative 15,503 54.3% Liberal (13,037) 2,466 (8.6 pts)
1935 Liberal Liberal 17,324 50.6% Conservative (11,850) 5,474 (16.0 pts)
1940 Liberal Liberal 19,132 52.5% National Government (14,491) 4,641 (12.7 pts)
1945 Liberal Liberal 19,522 43.6% Progressive Conservative (14,637) 4,885 (10.9 pts)
1949 Liberal Liberal 23,734 47.3% Progressive Conservative (13,259) 10,475 (20.9 pts)
1953 Liberal Liberal 15,411 55.2% Progressive Conservative (7,373) 8,038 (28.8 pts)
1957 Liberal Liberal 13,241 42.4% Progressive Conservative (10,620) 2,621 (8.4 pts)
1958 Liberal Liberal 15,365 42.7% Progressive Conservative (14,053) 1,312 (3.6 pts)
1962 Liberal Liberal 17,614 47.6% Progressive Conservative (12,209) 5,405 (14.6 pts)
1963 Liberal Liberal 19,879 55.3% Progressive Conservative (9,291) 10,588 (29.4 pts)
1965 Liberal Liberal 17,869 50.2% NDP (9,206) 8,663 (24.4 pts)
1968 Liberal Liberal 17,335 49.8% NDP (11,363) 5,972 (17.1 pts)
1972 Liberal Liberal 18,693 49.3% Progressive Conservative (11,977) 6,716 (17.7 pts)
1974 Liberal Liberal 21,228 56.5% Progressive Conservative (9,107) 12,121 (32.3 pts)
1979 Liberal Liberal 16,025 37.2% Progressive Conservative (15,527) 498 (1.2 pts)
1980 Liberal Liberal 18,112 43.8% NDP (11,729) 6,383 (15.5 pts)
1984 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 18,418 42.0% Liberal (14,481) 3,937 (9.0 pts)
2004 Liberal Liberal 19,642 39.6% NDP (14,623) 5,019 (10.1 pts)
2006 Liberal Liberal 20,267 35.5% NDP (17,492) 2,775 (4.9 pts)
2008 NDP NDP 16,842 32.9% Conservative (16,542) 300 (0.6 pts)
2011 NDP NDP 21,917 42.2% Conservative (20,895) 1,022 (2.0 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1872

PartyVotesShare
Conservative1,59060.0%
Unknown1,06040.0%

1874

PartyVotesShare
Liberal1,68253.0%
Unknown1,49347.0%

1878

PartyVotesShare
Liberal-Conservative1,92651.6%
Unknown1,81048.4%

1882

PartyVotesShare
Conservative1,96551.7%
Unknown1,83348.3%

1887

PartyVotesShare
Conservative2,62252.1%
Unknown2,41047.9%

1891

PartyVotesShare
Liberal2,72654.5%
Conservative2,27945.5%

1896

PartyVotesShare
Conservative2,70551.6%
Liberal2,53648.4%

1900

PartyVotesShare
Liberal2,77752.1%
Conservative2,55747.9%

1904

PartyVotesShare
Liberal3,54357.5%
Independent Conservative2,62142.5%

1908

PartyVotesShare
Liberal4,44953.9%
Conservative3,80646.1%

1917

PartyVotesShare
Unionist5,37846.0%
Opposition4,61639.5%
Labour1,70414.6%

1921

PartyVotesShare
Liberal11,19552.9%
Conservative6,36530.1%
Progressive3,43716.2%
Independent1560.7%

1925

PartyVotesShare
Conservative12,75360.4%
Liberal8,37339.6%

1926

PartyVotesShare
Conservative14,33152.6%
Liberal12,89047.4%

1930

PartyVotesShare
Conservative15,50354.3%
Liberal13,03745.7%

1935

PartyVotesShare
Liberal17,32450.6%
Conservative11,85034.6%
CCF3,83611.2%
Reconstruction1,2003.5%

1940

PartyVotesShare
Liberal19,13252.5%
National Government14,49139.8%
CCF2,8187.7%

1945

PartyVotesShare
Liberal19,52243.6%
Progressive Conservative14,63732.7%
CCF7,38316.5%
Farmer-Labour3,2587.3%

1949

PartyVotesShare
Liberal23,73447.3%
Progressive Conservative13,25926.4%
CCF11,49322.9%
Labor-Progressive1,7113.4%

1953

PartyVotesShare
Liberal15,41155.2%
Progressive Conservative7,37326.4%
CCF4,40815.8%
Labor-Progressive7212.6%

1957

PartyVotesShare
Liberal13,24142.4%
Progressive Conservative10,62034.0%
CCF7,35623.6%

1958

PartyVotesShare
Liberal15,36542.7%
Progressive Conservative14,05339.1%
CCF6,55018.2%

1962

PartyVotesShare
Liberal17,61447.6%
Progressive Conservative12,20933.0%
NDP6,22516.8%
Social Credit6301.7%
Communist3170.9%

1963

PartyVotesShare
Liberal19,87955.3%
Progressive Conservative9,29125.8%
NDP5,01013.9%
Social Credit1,4133.9%
Communist3721.0%

1965

PartyVotesShare
Liberal17,86950.2%
NDP9,20625.9%
Progressive Conservative8,49623.9%

1968

PartyVotesShare
Liberal17,33549.8%
NDP11,36332.6%
Progressive Conservative6,12917.6%

1972

PartyVotesShare
Liberal18,69349.3%
Progressive Conservative11,97731.6%
NDP7,25619.1%

1974

PartyVotesShare
Liberal21,22856.5%
Progressive Conservative9,10724.2%
NDP6,98318.6%
Communist2380.6%

1979

PartyVotesShare
Liberal16,02537.2%
Progressive Conservative15,52736.1%
NDP11,15125.9%
Independent2180.5%
Communist830.2%
Marxist-Leninist Party620.1%

1980

PartyVotesShare
Liberal18,11243.8%
NDP11,72928.4%
Progressive Conservative11,29227.3%
Communist950.2%
Marxist-Leninist Party780.2%

1984

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative18,41842.0%
Liberal14,48133.0%
NDP10,50824.0%
Green2840.6%
Communist1450.3%

2004

PartyVotesShare
Liberal19,64239.6%
NDP14,62329.5%
Conservative12,99726.2%
Green1,4542.9%
Christian Heritage Party of Canada7351.5%
Marxist-Leninist Party1130.2%

2006

PartyVotesShare
Liberal20,26735.5%
NDP17,49230.7%
Conservative16,67829.2%
Green1,9603.4%
Christian Heritage Party of Canada5390.9%
Marxist-Leninist Party1130.2%

2008

PartyVotesShare
NDP16,84232.9%
Conservative16,54232.3%
Liberal14,29527.9%
Green2,8165.5%
Independent5691.1%
Marxist-Leninist Party1140.2%

2011

PartyVotesShare
NDP21,91742.2%
Conservative20,89540.2%
Liberal7,27614.0%
Green1,2972.5%
Christian Heritage Party of Canada2990.6%
Independent1690.3%
Marxist-Leninist Party710.1%

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: Conservative margin 20.0 pts 1874: Liberal margin 6.0 pts 1878: Liberal-Conservative margin 3.1 pts 1882: Conservative margin 3.5 pts 1887: Conservative margin 4.2 pts 1891: Liberal margin 8.9 pts 1896: Conservative margin 3.2 pts 1900: Liberal margin 4.1 pts 1904: Liberal margin 15.0 pts 1908: Liberal margin 7.8 pts 1917: Unionist margin 6.5 pts 1921: Liberal margin 22.8 pts 1925: Conservative margin 20.7 pts 1926: Conservative margin 5.3 pts 1930: Conservative margin 8.6 pts 1935: Liberal margin 16.0 pts 1940: Liberal margin 12.7 pts 1945: Liberal margin 10.9 pts 1949: Liberal margin 20.9 pts 1953: Liberal margin 28.8 pts 1957: Liberal margin 8.4 pts 1958: Liberal margin 3.6 pts 1962: Liberal margin 14.6 pts 1963: Liberal margin 29.4 pts 1965: Liberal margin 24.4 pts 1968: Liberal margin 17.1 pts 1972: Liberal margin 17.7 pts 1974: Liberal margin 32.3 pts 1979: Liberal margin 1.2 pts 1980: Liberal margin 15.5 pts 1984: Progressive Conservative margin 9.0 pts 2004: Liberal margin 10.1 pts 2006: Liberal margin 4.9 pts 2008: NDP margin 0.6 pts 2011: NDP margin 2.0 pts 1872 1874 1878 1882 1887 1891 1896 1900 1904 1908 1917 1921 1925 1926 1930 1935 1940 1945 1949 1953 1957 1958 1962 1963 1965 1968 1972 1974 1979 1980 1984 2004 2006 2008 2011

Trend

WELLAND has been contested at 37 general elections on record since 1867. Winning parties over that span: Conservative, Liberal, Liberal-Conservative, Unionist, Progressive Conservative, NDP.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won WELLAND in the 2011 general election?

NDP won WELLAND in 2011 with 21,917 votes (42.2%), a margin of 1,022 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won WELLAND since 1867?

Since 1867, WELLAND has been won by: Conservative, Liberal, Liberal-Conservative, NDP, Progressive Conservative, Unionist.

What was the closest result in WELLAND?

The closest contested result on record for WELLAND was 2008, when NDP beat Conservative by 300 votes (0.6 percentage points).

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