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Following the result of the election no party with the word "Conservative" in its name formed the government in either a provincial or federal jurisdiction in Canada for the first time since 1943. [7] [8] At the time --with 55.2% of eligible voters casting a ballot -- this election had the lowest turnout of any provincial election since ...
April 7: Premier Jim Prentice drops the writ, calling for an election on May 5, 2015. April 23: Televised leaders' debate. May 5: Election results - the NDP win a majority of seats (53), and the Wildrose finish second with 21 seats. The Progressive Conservatives' run of nearly 44 years as government ends with a third-place finish of 10 seats.
This article provides a summary of results for the general elections to the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador's unicameral legislative body, the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. The number of seats has varied over time, from a low of twenty-seven for the first election in 1949, to a high of fifty-two during the 1980s ...
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The 2015 Prince Edward Island general election was held May 4, 2015, to elect members of the 65th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island. [2] Under amendments passed by the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in 2008, Prince Edward Island elections are usually held on the first Monday of October in the fourth calendar year, unless it is dissolved earlier by the lieutenant governor ...
The SC government reaped a windfall of seats in the 1959 election under the new voting system, winning every seat in Edmonton and all but one in Calgary. This result was far in excess of its share of the city vote. [6] First past the post remains the system used in Alberta and throughout Canada for provincial and federal elections. [6] [5]
Municipal by-election in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia [15] May 15 - 2015 Parti Québécois leadership election; March 16 - May 29 - 2015 Metro Vancouver Transportation and Transit Plebiscite [16] June 8 - Provincial by-elections in Chauveau and Jean-Talon, Quebec; June 17 - Municipal by-election in Neepawa, Manitoba [17]
Calgary-Foothills is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.It is located in the northwest corner of Calgary.It elected six consecutive Progressive Conservative MLAs from its creation in 1971 until ousted Premier Jim Prentice disclaimed his winning seat on the 2015 general election night, later electing a member of the Wildrose in the following by-election.