federal_election_results: Canadian federal election results data

In mapcan: Tools for Plotting Canadian Choropleth Maps and Choropleth Alternatives

Description

A data set with information on Canadian federal election results, dating back to 1997

Usage

federal_election_results

Format

A data.frame with 37111 rows and 12 variables:

riding_name_english

Federal electoral district name in English.

riding_name_french

Federal electoral district name in French.

riding_code

Uniquely identifies a federal electoral district (composed of the 2-digit province/territory unique identifier followed by the 3-digit federal electoral district code).

pr

Province or territory name (English and French).

population

Population of federal riding.

voter_turnout

Voter turnout

candidate

Name of winning candidate

election_year

Year of election (1997, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011, and 2015 election included.)

party

Winning party in riding

pr_alpha

Province or territory 2-letter identifier

pr_french

Province or territory name (French).

pr_english

Province or territory name (English).

pr_sgc_code

Province Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) code.

Source

http://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=ele&dir=pas&document=index&lang=e, (under Open Government Licence https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)

mapcan documentation built on May 9, 2019, 5:03 p.m.