Results of the 2004 Canadian federal election by riding

Boundary changes took effect across the country to even out population redistribution, and seven new districts were formed.

The 1958 result was helped by an alliance with Maurice Duplessis's formidable provincial electoral machine.

But by the 1962 election, Duplessis had died and his Union Nationale party was out of office and in disarray, and Diefenbaker's support in Quebec had evaporated.

Polls show the Bloc with a strong lead, and they may return to the number of seats they had in 1993.

Ridings where Anglophone voters are a significant factor are among the safest Liberal seats in all of Canada.

The NDP has some support in various pockets in Ontario in the past, but has only won one riding in the last three elections, and one more in a by-election, both in Windsor.

However, the NDP was expected to do well not only in Windsor, but in Hamilton, Downtown Toronto, Ottawa Centre, and possibly even in Northern Ontario.

Notes: 1 Hundal replaced previous Conservative candidate Gurjit Grewal after a past conviction for assault came to light.

Marie, but have also won seats in Kenora-Rainy River, Thunder Bay-Nipigon, and Timmins Chapleau.

The only bad showing by the Liberals since 1979 came in 1984, where they still managed 3 of 12 seats winning in Algoma, Sudbury, and Cochrane despite a national Conservative landslide.

However, due to vote splitting in recent elections, neither the Progressive Conservatives or the Canadian Alliance/Reform Party have been able to win in Winnipeg.

Vote splitting only effected this area in 1993, when the Liberals nearly swept the region, winning all but one seat.

The NDP's strength lies in the riding of Churchill, in northern Manitoba where they have consistently won in.

Notes: 1 - formerly held by John Harvard In terms of party lines, Saskatchewan is not divided up between north and south but by urban and rural.

Recent vote splitting has allowed the Liberals to come through and win a few seats in this polarized province.

In 1993, the Reform Party came along, and stole most Conservative votes, but also made room for the Liberals to win seats here, and make the area a 3-way race.

More recent elections have seen the Reform/Canadian Alliance do extremely well here, and are expected to do just as well, or even better as the new Conservative Party.

Notes: 1 - Laliberte did not seek Liberal nomination 2 - Pankiw formerly CA 3 - Chris Axworthy was a former New Democrats MP and provincial cabinet minister

The two Liberal incumbents are both in close races, and the new Conservative Party of Canada could possibly sweep Edmonton, and therefore all of Alberta.

The Progressive Conservatives swept Calgary until 1993, then it was the Reform Party in 1993 and 1997, then the Canadian Alliance in 2000.

The one abnormal seat was when Progressive Conservative Party leader Joe Clark won the riding of Calgary Centre in 2000.

There is hope that they will return to more traditional NDP seats on Vancouver Island, and in the interior.