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2007 Canadian federal by-elections; 2007 Charlevoix provincial by-election; 2007 Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage provincial by-election; Commission scolaire de la Région-de-Sherbrooke election, 2007; Commission scolaire du Val-des-Cerfs election, 2007; 2007 Green Party of British Columbia leadership election; 2007 Manitoba general election
This referendum would also have required approval by 60% of those voting. The second referendum was held on May 12, 2009, in conjunction with the provincial election. The results were a "supermajority" of 60.92% voting for retaining the current "first past the post" electoral system and 39.8% voting for the proposed Single Transferable Vote.
The impact of the referendum caused the Canadian Press to label it the Canadian Newsmaker of the Year, an honour that usually goes to individual people. CBC said that this was the first time that the "country's newsrooms have selected a symbol instead of a specific person", which was done again in 2006, [17] 2007, and 2020.
The projected cost for the referendum was $6.825 million, [11] an amount that fell short of the minimum $13 million called for by Fair Vote Canada. The assigned money would give one mailout to each Ontario household, a part-time Referendum Resource Officer in each of the province's ridings, a call centre and a website.
By-elections to the 39th Canadian Parliament; M. ... Detailed results of the 2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum; 2007 Ontario general election; P.
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9 October: 2007 Saint John, New Brunswick ward plebiscite; 10 October: Ontario general election and electoral reform referendum, 2007; 13 October: 2007 New Brunswick New Democratic Party leadership election; 15 October: 2007 Belfast-Murray River provincial by-election in Prince Edward Island; 15 October: 2007 Alberta municipal elections
Prime Minister Diefenbaker's Progressive Conservatives are re-elected and win the largest majority to date in Canadian history, defeating the Liberals and their new leader, Lester Pearson. Social Credit loses all its seats (including leader S. E. Low 's Peace River ) and the CCF loses most of its own (including leader M. J. Coldwell 's Rosetown ...