| federal_election_results {mapcan} | R Documentation |
Canadian federal election results data
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)