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The 2015 Canadian federal election was held on October 19, 2015, to elect the 338 members of the House of Commons of the 42nd Parliament of Canada. In accordance with the maximum four-year term under a 2007 amendment to the Canada Elections Act , the writs of election for the 2015 election were issued by Governor General David Johnston on August 4.
The lowest voter turnout on record was in 2008, when eligible voter turnout fell to only 58.8% (44.1% of the total population). [citation needed] Eligible voter turnout in the 2011 federal election, at 61.1%, was the third lowest in Canadian history, but at 44.3% of the total population, the 12th lowest since women got the vote in 1918).
September 30, 2015: Confirmed list of candidates is published. October 9–12, 2015: Advance polls were open. An estimated record of 3.6 million electors cast their ballot, a 71% increase over the previous 2011 election. [70] This turnout was superseded during the 2019 general election. October 19, 2015: Scheduled polling day.
According to preliminary figures from Elections Canada, more than 68 per cent of eligible voters cast a ballot, or about 17,546,697 registered electors—a seven percentage point increase from the 2011 federal election, when turnout was just more than 61 per cent.
Vote shares of 1st-place candidates in the 2015, 2019 and 2021 elections to the Canadian House of Commons, grouped in increments of 5% Turnouts for Canadian federal elections (2015-2021), grouped in increments of 5% Margins of victory for Canadian federal elections (2015-2021), grouped in increments of 5%
Many Reform supporters are erstwhile Progressive Conservative voters dissatisfied with a perceived failure of the Mulroney government to pursue fiscal or social conservatism. Reform wins no seats in the general election, though Manning attracts some publicity by challenging former prime minister Clark at Yellowhead. 169 83 43 – – 0 295 35th ...
All candidate names are those on the official list of confirmed candidates; names in media or on party website may differ slightly. Names in boldface type represent party leaders. † represents that the incumbent is not running again. § represents that the incumbent was defeated for nomination.
2015 New Democratic Party of Manitoba leadership election; 2015 New Democratic Party of Newfoundland and Labrador leadership election; 2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election; 2015 Northwest Territories general election