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"The youngest age cohort did experience a bump upwards in estimated voter turnout from 37% in the 2004 federal general election to 43.8% for the election that followed, before descending to 37.4% for the 2008 federal general election." [2] Participation in provincial elections for youth aged 18 to 24 was 28% in 2001.
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).
The election also had the highest voter turnout since 1993. [1] Every party represented in the House of Commons except the Liberal Party recorded a decrease in its popular vote share. There was an increase in voter turnout among all age groups. The largest was among eligible voters aged 18 to 24, which increased 18.3 points, to 57.1%.
Adults between 18 and 24 have continuously posted the lowest voter turnout rate of all age groups over the past six decades, with turnout wavering between 30-50% in all presidential elections ...
Every Canadian citizen 18 years of age or older has the right to vote, except for the Chief Electoral Officer and the Deputy Chief Electoral Officer. In the Canada Elections Act , inmates serving a sentence of at least two years were prohibited from voting, but on October 31, 2002, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in Sauvé v.
Voter turnout in the nation is depressingly disappointing. On the 60th year anniversary of this nation’s most important, courageous and successful drive to enlist more voters, the turnout rate ...
The 42nd Canadian federal election was held on October 19, 2015. ... Voter turnout by age and sex, %, 2015 vs 2011 [6] [7] Age 2015 2011 ∆% Total Male Female
Thanks to the pre-Internet-era “motor voter” bill of 1993 — which made it simple for eligible voters applying for a driver’s license to register to vote at the same time — in addition to ...