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Representation by women has been a significant issue in Canadian politics since 1900. The first woman elected to a provincial legislature in Canada was Louise McKinney in the 1917 Alberta general election, while the first woman elected to the House of Commons of Canada was Agnes Macphail, in the 1921 Canadian federal election.
June 23: Municipal by-election in District 6, Sainte-Sabine, Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec; June 24: 2024 Toronto—St. Paul's federal by-election; Municipal by-election in Chestermere, Alberta (mayor and five councillors) [28] Municipal by-election in Tignish, Prince Edward Island
A federal by-election was held in LaSalle—Émard—Verdun. Louis-Philippe Sauvé of the Bloc Québécois flipped the seat from the Liberal Party. September 16, 2024: A federal by-election was held in Elmwood—Transcona. Leila Dance held the seat for the NDP. Relay Strategies: September 16, 2024 [35] 42.5: 22.5: 17.8: 7.8: 3.9: 5.5 — ±2 pp ...
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, and the Senate has 105 members appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister.
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 ...
Chosen as party leader—and therefore premier—by the 2013 party leadership election upon the retirement of Premier Dalton McGuinty. Then led her party to victory in the 2014 general election. Lost re-election in the 2018 general election. Wynne was also the first lesbian woman to serve as a premier in Canada. Rachel Notley: Alberta: 24 May 2015
2023 Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada election; October 8: Municipal by-election for councillor #6 in L'Île-Dorval, for councillor #3 in Paspébiac, and for councillors #1, #4, #5, and #6, Sainte-Apolline-de-Patton; October 13: Public Schools Branch Zone 7 and Commission scolaire de langue française Zone 2 by-elections [41] October 14:
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 ...