Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The Canadian federal election of 1997 was held on June 2, 1997, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 36th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's Liberal Party of Canada won a second majority government. The Reform Party of Canada replaced the Bloc Québécois as the Official Opposition.The election results closely reflected the pattern that had been set out in the 1993 election. The Liberals swept Ontario while a divided Bloc managed to win a reduced majority in Quebec. Reform made sufficient gains in the West to allow Preston Manning to become Leader of the Official Opposition, but lost its only seat east of Manitoba. The most significant change was major gains in Atlantic Canada by the New Democratic Party (NDP) and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. The Liberals faced major losses, including two cabinet ministers; David Dingwall, Minister of Public Works from Nova Scotia, and Doug Young, Minister of National Defence from New Brunswick, both of whom lost to NDP candidates.The Liberals' performance was not in doubt, though some commentators on election night were predicting that the Liberals would be cut down to a minority government, and/or that Chrétien would lose his seat. Chrétien did narrowly win his riding and the Liberals would manage a four-seat majority thanks to gains in Quebec at the expense of the Bloc. Jean Charest's Tories and Alexa McDonough's NDP both regained official party status in the House of Commons.A change of 718 votes in just five ridings (Bonavista—Trinity—Conception, Simcoe—Grey, Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte, Cardigan, and Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet) from the Liberals to the second place candidate would have resulted in a minority government.This marked the first time in Canadian history that five political parties held official party status in a single session of Parliament. Voter turnout was 67.0%, generally low at the time for Canadian elections."@en }
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- Canadian_federal_election,_1997 abstract "The Canadian federal election of 1997 was held on June 2, 1997, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 36th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's Liberal Party of Canada won a second majority government. The Reform Party of Canada replaced the Bloc Québécois as the Official Opposition.The election results closely reflected the pattern that had been set out in the 1993 election. The Liberals swept Ontario while a divided Bloc managed to win a reduced majority in Quebec. Reform made sufficient gains in the West to allow Preston Manning to become Leader of the Official Opposition, but lost its only seat east of Manitoba. The most significant change was major gains in Atlantic Canada by the New Democratic Party (NDP) and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. The Liberals faced major losses, including two cabinet ministers; David Dingwall, Minister of Public Works from Nova Scotia, and Doug Young, Minister of National Defence from New Brunswick, both of whom lost to NDP candidates.The Liberals' performance was not in doubt, though some commentators on election night were predicting that the Liberals would be cut down to a minority government, and/or that Chrétien would lose his seat. Chrétien did narrowly win his riding and the Liberals would manage a four-seat majority thanks to gains in Quebec at the expense of the Bloc. Jean Charest's Tories and Alexa McDonough's NDP both regained official party status in the House of Commons.A change of 718 votes in just five ridings (Bonavista—Trinity—Conception, Simcoe—Grey, Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte, Cardigan, and Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet) from the Liberals to the second place candidate would have resulted in a minority government.This marked the first time in Canadian history that five political parties held official party status in a single session of Parliament. Voter turnout was 67.0%, generally low at the time for Canadian elections.".
- Q3586269 abstract "The Canadian federal election of 1997 was held on June 2, 1997, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 36th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's Liberal Party of Canada won a second majority government. The Reform Party of Canada replaced the Bloc Québécois as the Official Opposition.The election results closely reflected the pattern that had been set out in the 1993 election. The Liberals swept Ontario while a divided Bloc managed to win a reduced majority in Quebec. Reform made sufficient gains in the West to allow Preston Manning to become Leader of the Official Opposition, but lost its only seat east of Manitoba. The most significant change was major gains in Atlantic Canada by the New Democratic Party (NDP) and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. The Liberals faced major losses, including two cabinet ministers; David Dingwall, Minister of Public Works from Nova Scotia, and Doug Young, Minister of National Defence from New Brunswick, both of whom lost to NDP candidates.The Liberals' performance was not in doubt, though some commentators on election night were predicting that the Liberals would be cut down to a minority government, and/or that Chrétien would lose his seat. Chrétien did narrowly win his riding and the Liberals would manage a four-seat majority thanks to gains in Quebec at the expense of the Bloc. Jean Charest's Tories and Alexa McDonough's NDP both regained official party status in the House of Commons.A change of 718 votes in just five ridings (Bonavista—Trinity—Conception, Simcoe—Grey, Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte, Cardigan, and Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet) from the Liberals to the second place candidate would have resulted in a minority government.This marked the first time in Canadian history that five political parties held official party status in a single session of Parliament. Voter turnout was 67.0%, generally low at the time for Canadian elections.".