Canadian federal election, 1989 (Cinco De Mayo)

The Canadian federal election of 1989 was held on June __, 1989 and was the first election in which parties other than the Socialist Party of Canada were permitted to participate. In a result that surprised no-one, the center-right Progressive Conservatives, led by PAC co-founder and spokesman Brian Mulroney, won 41% of the vote and formed a majority government in a coalition with regional conservative parties Social Credit and Reform, with the Liberal Party and New Democratic Party (NDP) forming an official opposition. The victory effectively ended the Communist era in Canada, which would be made official when Canada formally seceded from the British Union in 1991 as the Republic of Canada.