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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 ...
Opening session of the assembly of the Estates General, May 5, 1789. Estates General of 1789; 1788–89 United States presidential election. 1788–89 United States presidential election in Connecticut
This is a list of past arrangements of Canada's electoral districts.Each district sends one member to the House of Commons of Canada.. Federal electoral districts in Canada are re-adjusted every ten years based on the Canadian census and proscribed by various constitutional seat guarantees, including the use of a grandfather clause, for Quebec, the Central Prairies and the Maritime provinces ...
Events from the year 1800 in Canada. Incumbents. Monarch: George III [1] Federal government. Parliament of Lower Canada: 2nd (until June 4)
For the eight general elections of the Province of Canada held in 1843 to 1864 before confederation in 1867, see List of elections in the Province of Canada. There were also earlier elections in Canada, such as for the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada (held in 1792–1836, now part of Ontario) and the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada ...
The general election began on March 8, 1841, and continued into early April. [1] Four major parties contested the 1841 election. The Reformers from Canada West were a group of pro-democracy, radical Reformers who wanted to change the government. The Family Compact from Canada West was a group of rich Tories interested in the status quo.
Canada withdraws from the War in Afghanistan at the end of the first phase. [133] [134] [143] 2018: 17 October The Cannabis Act becomes law, making recreational cannabis use legal throughout the country. Canada is the second country (after Uruguay in 2013) to legalize recreational cannabis use nationwide. [144] 2020: 7 January - March
1792 - The first elections of Lower Canada are held on June 11. 1792 - The first session of the Parliament of Lower Canada opens on December 17. 1792 - On December 18, Jean-Antoine Panet is elected Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. 1792 - Opening of the first post office in Montreal on December 20.