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This is a list of elections in Canada scheduled to be held in 2020. Included are municipal, provincial and federal elections, by-elections on any level, referendums and party leadership races at any level. In bold are provincewide or federal elections (including provincewide municipal elections) and party leadership races
14 October: 2008 Canadian federal election; 18 October: 2008 Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick leadership election; 18 October: 2008 Nova Scotia municipal elections; 26 October: Municipal by-election in Orée-du-Parc District, Gatineau, Quebec. 27 October: 2008 Nunavut general election; 29 October: British Columbia provincial by ...
The timeline of elections in Canada covers all the provincial, territorial and federal elections from when each province was joined Confederation through to the present day. The table below indicates which party won the election. Several provinces held elections before joining Canada, but only their post-Confederation elections are shown. These ...
September 7, 2008: Prime Minister Harper asks Governor General Michaëlle Jean to call a general election on October 14, 2008. She accepts the request. [6] October 14, 2008: Elections held for members of the House of Commons in the 40th Canadian Parliament. [7] November 4, 2008: Writs to be returned to the Chief Election Officer. [7]
August 17, 2008: The writ of by-election was issued by Elections Canada for the federal by-election to be held on September 22, 2008, in the riding of Don Valley West (Ontario). August 26, 2008: Harper indicates he may call an election for the fall of 2008; Parliament could be dissolved as early as the week of September 1-September 6.
[7] However, the prime minister is still free to request an election at any time, as the amendments to the Canada Elections Act clearly state, "nothing in this section affects the powers of the governor general, including the power to dissolve Parliament at the governor general's discretion". The change effectively altered only the maximum ...
The number of seats has increased steadily over time, from 180 for the first election to the current total of 338. The current federal government structure was established in 1867 by the Constitution Act. For federal by-elections (for one or a few seats as a result of retirement, etc.) see List of federal by-elections in Canada.
By comparison, the Liberals led by Justin Trudeau promised to review numerous electoral reform options through an "all party parliamentary committee" and to implement the changes in time for the next election. Trudeau promised to make the 2015 election "Canada's last first-past-the-post election". There are differences between the political ...