The 1887 Canadian federal election was held on February 22, 1887, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 6th Parliament of Canada.
The Conservative Party of Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald retained power, defeating the Liberal Party of Edward Blake.
National results
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{| class="wikitable"
!rowspan=2 colspan=2|Party
!rowspan=2|Party leader
!rowspan=2|# of candidates
!colspan=3|Seats
!colspan=3|Popular vote
|- bgcolor="CCCCCC"
|align="center"|1882
|align="center"|Elected
|align="center"|Change
|align="center"|#
|align="center"|%
|align="center"|Change
| Conservative
| rowspan=2| John A. Macdonald
|align="right"| 172
|align="right"| 94
|align="right"| 96
|align="right"| -7.4%
|align="right"| 291,138
|align="right"| 40.15%
|align="right"| +2.12pp
| Liberal-Conservative
|align="right"| 32
|align="right"| 42
|align="right"| 27
|align="right"| -35.7%
|align="right"| 52,667
|align="right"| 7.26%
|align="right"| -5.30pp
| Liberal
|align="center"| Edward Blake
|align="right"| 183
|align="right"|73
|align="right"| 79
|align="right"| +8.2%
|align="right"| 312,736
|align="right"| 43.13%
|align="right"| +12.03pp
| colspan=2|Independent Liberal
|align="right"| 9
|align="right"| 2
|align="right"| 6
|align="right"| +150%
|align="right"| 15,695
|align="right"| 2.16%
|align="right"| +1.05pp
| colspan=2|Independent Conservative
|align="right"| 8
|align="right"| 1
|align="right"| 3
|align="right"| +200%
|align="right"| 11,345
|align="right"| 1.56%
|align="right"| +1.39pp
| colspan=2|Independent
|align="right"| 10
|align="right"| 1
|align="right"| 1
|align="right"| 0%
|align="right"| 8,984
|align="right"| 1.24%
|align="right"| -0.35pp
| Nationalist Conservative
|align="center"|
|align="right"| 2
|align="right"| 1
|align="right"| 2
|align="right"| +100%
|align="right"| 3,522
|align="right"| 0.49%
|align="right"| +0.28pp
| colspan=2| Unknown
|align="right"| 18
|align="right"| -
|align="right"|
|align="right"|
|align="right"| 24,172
|align="right"| 3.33%
|align="right"| -22.08pp
| Nationalist
|align="center"|
|align="right"| 6
|align="right"| *
|align="right"| 1
|align="right"| *
|align="right"| 4,784
|align="right"| 0.66%
|align="right"| *
|-
! colspan=3 |Total
!align="right"|440
!align="right"|213
! align="right"|215
!align="right"| -3.8%
!align="right"|725,043
! align="right"|100%
!align="right"|-
|-
| align="center" colspan=10|Sources: http://www.elections.ca -- History of Federal Ridings since 1867
|-
|}
Note:
<nowiki>*</nowiki> Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.
Acclamations:
The following Members of Parliament were elected by acclamation:
- British Columbia: 1 Conservative
- Manitoba: 1 Liberal-Conservative
- Quebec: 1 Conservative, 3 Liberals
Results by province and in the North-West Territories
{| class="wikitable"
! align="center" colspan=3|Party name
! align="center"|BC
! align="center"|NWT
! align="center"|MB
! align="center"|ON
! align="center"|QC
! align="center"|NB
! align="center"|NS
! align="center"|PE
! align="center"|Total
| rowspan=2|Conservative
| Seats:
| align="right"| 4 <!--BC-->
| align="right"| 4 <!--NWT-->
| align="right"| 2 <!--Man-->
| align="right"| 45 <!--Ont-->
| align="right"| 23 <!--Que-->
| align="right"| 8 <!--NB-->
| align="right"| 10 <!--NS-->
| align="right"| - <!--PEI-->
| align="right"| 96 <!--Canada/Total-->
| Popular vote (%):
| align="right"| 62.3 <!--BC-->
| align="right"| 65.5 <!--NWT-->
| align="right"| 32.9 <!--Man-->
| align="right"| 43.4 <!--Ont-->
| align="right"| 35.6 <!--Que-->
| align="right"| 39.4 <!--NB-->
| align="right"| 41.3 <!--NS-->
| align="right"| 39.0 <!--PEI-->
| align="right"| 40.2 <!--Canada/Total-->
| rowspan=2 |Liberal-Conservative
| Seats:
| align="right"| 2 <!--BC-->
| align="right"| <!--NWT-->
| align="right"| 2 <!--Man-->
| align="right"| 9 <!--Ont-->
| align="right"| 8 <!--Que-->
| align="right"| 2 <!--NB-->
| align="right"| 4 <!--NS-->
| align="right"| - <!--PEI-->
| align="right"| 27 <!--Canada/Total-->
| Vote (%):
| align="right"| 22.1 <!--BC-->
| align="right"| <!--NWT-->
| align="right"| 17.4 <!--Man-->
| align="right"| 5.7<!--Ont-->
| align="right"| 9.2 <!--Que-->
| align="right"| 6.0 <!--NB-->
| align="right"| 10.7<!--NS-->
| align="right"| 7.5 <!--PEI-->
| align="right"| 7.3<!--Canada/Total-->
| rowspan=2|Liberal
| Seats:
| align="right"| - <!--BC-->
| align="right"| - <!--NWT-->
| align="right"| 1 <!--Man-->
| align="right"| 37 <!--Ont-->
| align="right"| 24 <!--Que-->
| align="right"| 5 <!--NB-->
| align="right"| 7 <!--NS-->
| align="right"| 5 <!--PEI-->
| align="right"| 79 <!--Canada/Total-->
| Vote (%):
| align="right"| 15.6 <!--BC-->
| align="right"| 34.5 <!--NWT-->
| align="right"| 44.6 <!--Man-->
| align="right"| 46.9 <!--Ont-->
| align="right"| 41.7 <!--Que-->
| align="right"| 40.9 <!--NB-->
| align="right"| 41.9 <!--NS-->
| align="right"| 41.8 <!--PEI-->
| align="right"| 43.1 <!--Canada/Total-->
| rowspan=2| Independent Liberal
| Seats:
| align="right"| <!--BC-->
| align="right"| <!--NWT-->
| align="right"| - <!--Man-->
| align="right"| 1 <!--Ont-->
| align="right"| 3 <!--Que-->
| align="right"| 1 <!--NB-->
| align="right"| <!--NS-->
| align="right"| 1 <!--PEI-->
| align="right"| 6 <!--Canada/Total-->
| Vote (%):
| align="right"| <!--BC-->
| align="right"| <!--NWT-->
| align="right"| 5.2 <!--Man-->
| align="right"| 0.8 <!--Ont-->
| align="right"| 3.7 <!--Que-->
| align="right"| 3.8 <!--NB-->
| align="right"| <!--NS-->
| align="right"| 11.7 <!--PEI-->
| align="right"| 2.2 <!--Canada/Total-->
| rowspan=2 |Independent Conservative
| Seats:
| align="right"| - <!--BC-->
| align="right"| - <!--NWT-->
| align="right"| <!--Man-->
| align="right"| - <!--Ont-->
| align="right"| 3 <!--Que-->
| align="right"| <!--NB-->
| align="right"| - <!--NS-->
| align="right"| <!--PEI-->
| align="right"| 3 <!--Canada/Total-->
| Vote (%):
| align="right"| 18.6 <!--BC-->
| align="right"| 12.2 <!--NWT-->
| align="right"| <!--Man-->
| align="right"| 0.3<!--Ont-->
| align="right"| 5.7 <!--Que-->
| align="right"| <!--NB-->
| align="right"| 0.4 <!--NS-->
| align="right"| <!--PEI-->
| align="right"| 1.6 <!--Canada/Total-->
| rowspan=2| Independent
| Seats:
| align="right"| <!--BC-->
| align="right"| <!--NWT-->
| align="right"| <!--Man-->
| align="right"| - <!--Ont-->
| align="right"| 1 <!--Que-->
| align="right"| - <!--NB-->
| align="right"| - <!--NS-->
| align="right"| <!--PEI-->
| align="right"| 1 <!--Canada/Total-->
| Vote (%):
| align="right"| <!--BC-->
| align="right"| <!--NWT-->
| align="right"| <!--Man-->
| align="right"| xx <!--Ont-->
| align="right"| 1.3 <!--Que-->
| align="right"| 3.4 <!--NB-->
| align="right"| 5.8 <!--NS-->
| align="right"| <!--PEI-->
| align="right"| 1.2 <!--Canada/Total-->
| rowspan=2 |Nationalist Conservative
| Seats:
| align="right"| <!--BC-->
| align="right"| <!--NWT-->
| align="right"| <!--Man-->
| align="right"| <!--Ont-->
| align="right"| 2 <!--Que-->
| align="right"| <!--NB-->
| align="right"| <!--NS-->
| align="right"| <!--PEI-->
| align="right"| 2 <!--Canada/Total-->
| Vote (%):
| align="right"| <!--BC-->
| align="right"| <!--NWT-->
| align="right"| <!--Man-->
| align="right"| <!--Ont-->
| align="right"| 2.4 <!--Que-->
| align="right"| <!--NB-->
| align="right"| <!--NS-->
| align="right"| <!--PEI-->
| align="right"| 0.5 <!--Canada/Total-->
| rowspan=2| Unknown
| Seats:
| align="right"| <!--BC-->
| align="right"| <!--NWT-->
| align="right"| <!--Man-->
| align="right"| - <!--Ont-->
| align="right"| - <!--Que-->
| align="right"| <!--NB-->
| align="right"| <!--NS-->
| align="right"| <!--PEI-->
| align="right"| 0 <!--Canada/Total-->
| Vote (%):
| align="right"| <!--BC-->
| align="right"| <!--NWT-->
| align="right"| <!--Man-->
| align="right"| 3.1 <!--Ont-->
| align="right"| 6.1 <!--Que-->
| align="right"| 6.5 <!--NB-->
| align="right"| 0.2 <!--NS-->
| align="right"| <!--PEI-->
| align="right"| 3.3 <!--Canada/Total-->
| rowspan=2 |Nationalist
| Seats:
| align="right"| <!--BC-->
| align="right"| <!--NWT-->
| align="right"| <!--Man-->
| align="right"| <!--Ont-->
| align="right"| 1<!--Que-->
| align="right"| <!--NB-->
| align="right"| <!--NS-->
| align="right"| <!--PEI-->
| align="right"| 1<!--Canada/Total-->
| Vote (%):
| align="right"| <!--BC-->
| align="right"| <!--NWT-->
| align="right"| <!--Man-->
| align="right"| <!--Ont-->
| align="right"| 3.3 <!--Que-->
| align="right"| <!--NB-->
| align="right"| <!--NS-->
| align="right"| <!--PEI-->
| align="right"| 0.7 <!--Canada/Total-->
|-
| colspan=3|Total seats
| align="right"| 6 <!--BC-->
| align="right"| 4 <!--NWT-->
| align="right"| 5 <!--Man-->
| align="right"| 92 <!--Ont-->
| align="right"| 65 <!--Que-->
| align="right"| 16 <!--NB-->
| align="right"| 21 <!--NS-->
| align="right"| 6 <!--PEI-->
| align="right"| 215 <!--Canada/Total-->
|-
|}
See also
- List of Canadian federal general elections
- List of political parties in Canada
- 6th Canadian Parliament