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The 2025 Canadian federal election will take place on or before October 20, 2025, to elect members of the House of Commons to the 45th Canadian Parliament.The date of the vote is determined by the fixed-date provisions of the Canada Elections Act, which requires federal elections to be held on the third Monday in October in the fourth calendar year after the polling day of the previous election.
This is a list of elections in Canada that were held in 2024. ... March 24: Municipal by-elections in District 1, Sutton, [14] District 2, Baie-Sainte-Catherine; ...
The 39th Canadian Parliament passed An Act to Amend the Canada Elections Act, which received royal assent on May 3, 2007. [3] It requires that each general election take place on the third Monday in October, in the fourth calendar year after the previous poll, starting on October 19, 2009.
The Parliament of Canada has two chambers: the House of Commons has 338 members, elected for a maximum four-year term in single-seat electoral districts through first-past-the-post voting, and the Senate has 105 members appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister.
This article provides a summary of results for Canadian general elections (where all seats are contested) to the House of Commons, the elected lower half of Canada's federal bicameral legislative body, the Parliament of Canada. The number of seats has increased steadily over time, from 180 for the first election to the current total of 338.
The 2009 convention was held in Calgary, Alberta on July 22. [1]At the close of nominations on June 16, the declared candidates were AFN's British Columbia regional chief Shawn Atleo, Roseau River First Nation chief Terry Nelson, Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations chief Perry Bellegarde, British Columbia land claims negotiator Bill Wilson and former Union of Ontario Indians chief John ...
the Province of Canada held 8 elections for its Legislative Assembly from 1841 to 1863; New Brunswick's first 21 elections, beginning in 1785 (the 21st Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick was elected in 1866, one year before Confederation, and continued until 1870, three years after Confederation); Nova Scotia's first 22 elections, beginning ...
A new federal territory, Nunavut was created in 1999 where the Inuit were the majority, separate from the North West Territories where more First Nations, Métis, and non-Aboriginal people lived. Nunavut is not reserved exclusively for the Inuit, and any Canadian can move there and vote in its elections. [11]