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The 2021 Canadian federal election was held on September 20, 2021, to elect members of the House of Commons to the 44th Canadian Parliament.The Liberal Party of Canada was returned once more with a minority of the seats, and the composition of the House saw very little change.
Edmonton is the only part of Alberta where the federal Liberals have consistently broken through in recent times (since 1993). It held two to four seats here from 1993 to 2006, although never winning by large margins. The Liberals lost all their Edmonton seats in 2006, but won more in 2015 before losing them again in 2021. The four seats the ...
On October 27, 2011, the Conservative government proposed Bill C-20, [1] a measure that would expand the House of Commons from 308 to 338 seats, with 15 additional seats for Ontario, 6 additional seats each for Alberta and British Columbia, and 3 for Quebec. [2] This follows two previous measures to expand the chamber.
In 2021 it elected one in Edmonton and one in Calgary. In 2021 it received 15.5 percent of the Alberta votes so was proportionally due five seats in that province. In those years when Alberta had no Liberal MPs, Liberals were in power 1965–1968, 1972–1979, 1980–1984, 1993 to 2006 and 2019 to the present.
The Liberals won the most seats at 160; as this fell short of the 170 seats needed for a majority in the House of Commons, they formed a minority government with support from other parties. [6] [7] The 2021 election set a new record for the lowest vote share for a party that would go on to form a single-party minority government.
The number of seats in parliament has varied as new provinces joined the country and as population distribution between the provinces changed; there are currently 338 House MPs and 105 Senators (when there are no vacancies).
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.
Liberal [e] Rob Moore: Conservative: Fundy Royal: 2004, 2019 René Arseneault ‡ Liberal Madawaska—Restigouche: 2015 Pat Finnigan: Liberal Miramichi—Grand Lake: 2015 Ginette Petitpas Taylor: Liberal Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe: 2015 John Williamson: Conservative New Brunswick Southwest: 2011, 2019 Wayne Long: Liberal Saint John—Rothesay ...