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This type contains information about elections for governmental offices. In order to be able to compare elections for the same office, each office or seat should have its own election topic.  E.g., each seat for a legislature will have a separate topic. These contests can then be linked to the...
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x Canadian federal election, 2008 LNC Byelection Stephen Harper Oct 14, 2008
The 2008 Canadian federal election (more formally, the 40th Canadian General Election) was held on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons of the 40th Canadian Parliament after the previous parliament had been...
x Canadian federal election, 2006 The initial seat distribution of the 39th Canadian Parliament Stephen Harper Jan 23, 2006
The 2006 Canadian federal election (more formally, the 39th General Election) was held on January 23, 2006, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 39th Parliament of Canada. The Conservative Party of Canada won the greatest number...
x Canadian federal election, 2004 Elec2004 Paul Martin Jun 28, 2004
The Canadian federal election, 2004 (more formally, the 38th General Election), was held on June 28, 2004 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 38th Parliament of Canada. The Liberal government of Prime Minister Paul Martin lost...
x Canadian federal election, 2000 Popular vote map with bar graphs showing seats by province and territory Jean Chrétien Nov 27, 2000
The 2000 Canadian federal election was held on November 27, 2000, to elect 301 Members of Parliament of the Canadian House of Commons of the 37th Parliament of Canada. Since the previous election of 1997, small-"c" conservatives had begun attempts...
x Canadian federal election, 1997 The initial seat distribution of the 36th Canadian Parliament Jean Chrétien Jun 2, 1997
The Canadian federal election of 1997 was held on June 2, 1997, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 36th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's Liberal Party of Canada won a second majority government. The Reform...
x Canadian federal election, 1993 Canadian federal election, 1993 Jean Chrétien Oct 25, 1993
The Canadian federal election of 1993 (officially, the 35th general election) was held on October 25 of that year to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons of the 35th Parliament of Canada. Fourteen parties competed for the 295 seats in the...
x Canadian federal election, 1988 Map of the Popular Vote with bar graphs showing seat totals in the provinces and territories Jean Chrétien Nov 21, 1988
The Canadian federal election of 1988 was held November 21, 1988, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 34th Parliament of Canada. It was an election largely fought on a single issue: the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement....
x Canadian federal election, 1984 Popular vote of the 1984 election with provincial bar graphs for seat results Brian Mulroney Sep 4, 1984
The Canadian federal election of 1984 was held on September 4 of that year to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 33rd Parliament of Canada. The Progressive Conservative Party, led by Brian Mulroney won the largest landslide...
x Canadian federal election, 1980 The initial seat distribution of the 32nd Canadian Parliament Pierre Trudeau Feb 18, 1980
The Canadian federal election of 1980 was held on February 18, 1980 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 32nd Parliament of Canada. It was called when the minority Progressive Conservative government led by Prime Minister Joe...
x Canadian federal election, 1979 The initial seat distribution of the 31st Canadian Parliament Joe Clark May 22, 1979
The Canadian federal election of 1979 was held on May 22, 1979 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 31st Parliament of Canada. It resulted in the defeat of Liberal Party of Canada after 11 years in power under Prime Minister...
x Canadian federal election, 1974 The initial seat distribution of the 30th Canadian Parliament Pierre Trudeau Jul 8, 1974
The Canadian federal election of 1974 was held on July 8, 1974 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 30th Parliament of Canada. The governing Liberal Party won its first majority government since 1968, and gave Prime Minister...
x Canadian federal election, 1972 The initial seat distribution of the 29th Canadian Parliament Pierre Trudeau Oct 30, 1972
The Canadian federal election of 1972 was held on October 30, 1972 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 29th Parliament of Canada. It resulted in a slim victory for the governing Liberal Party, which won 109 seats, compared to...
x Canadian federal election, 1968 The initial seat distribution of the 28th Canadian Parliament Pierre Trudeau Jun 25, 1968
The Canadian federal election of 1968 was held on June 25, 1968, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 28th Parliament of Canada. The Liberal Party won a majority government under its new leader, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau....
x Canadian federal election, 1965 The initial seat distribution of the 27th Canadian Parliament Lester B. Pearson Nov 8, 1965
The Canadian federal election of 1965 was held on November 8 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 27th Parliament of Canada. The Liberal Party of Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson was re-elected with a larger number of seats in...
x Canadian federal election, 1963 The initial seat distribution of the 26th Canadian Parliament Lester B. Pearson Apr 8, 1963
The Canadian federal election of 1963 was held on April 8 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 26th Parliament of Canada. It resulted in the defeat of the minority Progressive Conservative (Tory) government of Prime Minister John...
x Canadian federal election, 1962 The initial seat distribution of the 25th Canadian Parliament John Diefenbaker Jun 18, 1962
The Canadian federal election of 1962 was held on June 18, 1962 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 25th Parliament of Canada. When the election was called, the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada of Prime Minister John...
x Canadian federal election, 1958 The initial seat distribution of the 24th Canadian Parliament John Diefenbaker Mar 31, 1958
The Canadian federal election of 1958 was the 24th general election in Canada's history. It was held to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 24th Parliament of Canada on March 31, 1958, just nine months after the 23rd election. It...
x Canadian federal election, 1957 The initial seat distribution of the 23rd Canadian Parliament John Diefenbaker Jun 10, 1957
The Canadian federal election of 1957 was held June 10, 1957, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 23rd Parliament of Canada. An unexpected victory by the Progressive Conservative Party, led by John Diefenbaker, brought an end to...
x Canadian federal election, 1953 The initial seat distribution of the 22nd Canadian Parliament Louis St. Laurent Aug 10, 1953
The Canadian federal election of 1953 was held on August 10 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 22nd Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent led his Liberal Party of Canada to its fifth consecutive majority...
x Canadian federal election, 1949 The initial seat distribution of the 21st Canadian Parliament Louis St. Laurent Jun 27, 1949
The Canadian federal election of 1949 was held on June 27 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 21st Parliament of Canada. It was the first election in Canada in almost thirty years in which the Liberal Party of Canada was not led...
x Canadian federal election, 1945 The initial seat distribution of the 20th Canadian Parliament William Lyon Mackenzie King Jun 11, 1945
The Canadian federal election of 1945 was the 20th general election in Canadian history. It was held June 11, 1945 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 20th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King's...
x Canadian federal election, 1940 The initial seat distribution of the 19th Canadian Parliament William Lyon Mackenzie King Mar 26, 1940
The Canadian federal election of 1940 was the 19th general election in Canadian history. It was held March 26, 1940 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 19th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King's...
x Canadian federal election, 1935 The initial seat distribution of the 18th Canadian Parliament William Lyon Mackenzie King Oct 14, 1935
The Canadian federal election of 1935 was held on October 14, 1935 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 18th Parliament of Canada. The Liberal Party of William Lyon Mackenzie King won a majority government, defeating Prime...
x Canadian federal election, 1930 The initial seat distribution of the 17th Canadian Parliament R. B. Bennett, 1st Viscount Bennett Jul 28, 1930
The Canadian federal election of 1930 was held on July 28, 1930 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 17th Parliament of Canada. Richard Bennett's Conservative Party won a majority government, defeating the Liberal Party led by...
x Canadian federal election, 1926 The initial seat distribution of the 16th Canadian Parliament   Sep 14, 1926
The Canadian federal election of 1926 was held on September 14 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 16th Parliament of Canada. The election was called following an event known as the King-Byng Affair. In the 1925 federal election...
x Canadian federal election, 1925 The initial seat distribution of the 15th Canadian Parliament   Oct 29, 1925
The Canadian federal election of 1925 was held on October 29 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 15th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King's Liberal Party formed a minority government. This...
x Canadian federal election, 1921 The initial seat distribution of the 14th Canadian Parliament   Dec 6, 1921
The Canadian federal election of 1921 was held on December 6, 1921 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 14th Parliament of Canada. The Union government that had governed Canada through the First World War was defeated, and...
x Canadian federal election, 1917 The initial seat distribution of the 13th Canadian Parliament   Dec 17, 1917
The 1917 Canadian federal election (sometimes referred to as the khaki election) was held on December 17, 1917, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 13th Parliament of Canada. Described by historian Michael Bliss as the "most...
x Canadian federal election, 1911 The initial seat distribution of the 12th Canadian Parliament   Sep 21, 1911
The Canadian federal election of 1911 was held on September 21 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 12th Parliament of Canada. It brought an end to fifteen years of government by the Liberal Party of Prime Minister Wilfrid...
x Canadian federal election, 1908 The initial seat distribution of the 11th Canadian Parliament   Oct 26, 1908
The Canadian federal election of 1908 was held on October 26 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 11th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier's Liberal Party of Canada was re-elected for a fourth consecutive...
x Canadian federal election, 1904 The initial seat distribution of the 10th Canadian Parliament   Nov 3, 1904
The Canadian federal election of 1904 was held on November 3 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 10th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier led the Liberal Party of Canada to a third term in government, with...
x Canadian federal election, 1900 The initial seat distribution of the 9th Canadian Parliament   Nov 7, 1900
The Canadian federal election of 1900 was held on November 7 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 9th Parliament of Canada. As a result of the election, the Liberal Party, led by Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier, was re-elected to...
x Canadian federal election, 1896 The initial seat distribution of the 8th Canadian Parliament   Jun 23, 1896
The Canadian federal election of 1896 was held on June 23, 1896 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 8th Parliament of Canada. Though the Conservative Party won a plurality of the popular vote, the Liberal Party, led by Wilfrid...
x Canadian federal election, 1891 The initial seat distribution of the 7th Canadian Parliament   Mar 5, 1891
The Canadian federal election of 1891 was held on March 5 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 7th Parliament of Canada. It was won by the Conservative Party of Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald. The main issue of the 1891...
x Canadian federal election, 1887 The initial seat distribution of the 6th Canadian Parliament   Feb 22, 1887
The Canadian federal election of 1887 was held on February 22, 1887 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 6th Parliament of Canada. The Conservative Party of Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald's retained power, defeating the...
x Canadian federal election, 1882 The initial seat distribution of the 5th Canadian Parliament   Jun 20, 1882
The Canadian federal election of 1882 was held on June 20, 1882 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 5th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald's Conservatives and Liberal-Conservatives retained power,...
x Canadian federal election, 1878 The initial seat distribution of the 4th Canadian Parliament   Sep 17, 1878
The Canadian federal election of 1878 was held on September 17 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 4th Parliament of Canada. It resulted in the end of Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie's Liberal government after only one term...
x Canadian federal election, 1874 The initial seat distribution of the 3rd Canadian Parliament   Jan 22, 1874
The Canadian federal election of 1874 was held on January 22, 1874, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 3rd Parliament of Canada. Sir John A. Macdonald, who had recently been forced out of office as prime minister, and his...
x Canadian federal election, 1872 The initial seat distribution of the 2nd Canadian Parliament   Oct 12, 1872
The Canadian federal election of 1872 was held from July 20 to October 12, 1872, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 2nd Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald's Conservatives remained in power, defeating the...
x Canadian federal election, 1867 The initial seat distribution of the 1st Canadian Parliament   Sep 20, 1867
The Canadian federal election of 1867, held from August 7 to September 20, was the first election for the new nation of Canada. It was held to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 1st Parliament of Canada. The Conservative Party of...
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