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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.
2023 Portage—Lisgar federal by-election; 2023 Preston provincial by-election; 2023 Prince Edward Island general election; 2023 Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador leadership election
The election was described as being "like a game of tug of war in which the rope won." [1] The remarkable similarity of the seat results and those in 2019 may have reinforced voters' sentiments that the early election was unnecessary, and its meagre outcome has left its mark on the electorate. Both the Liberals and Conservatives saw marginal ...
Trudeau, 51, has defied low polling numbers before, to win three elections, starting in 2015. Last month, the Conservatives led the Liberals 39% to 30%, an Ipsos poll showed.
October 2: 2023 Jean-Talon provincial by-election; October 3: 2023 Manitoba general election; 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
This is a list of by-elections in Canada since Confederation.By-elections are held to fill a vacancy in the Canadian House of Commons.Vacancies are caused by the death or resignation of a Member of Parliament or, more rarely, by the voiding of an election result by a court or as the result of an MP being expelled from the House of Commons.
June 19, 2023: A federal by-election was held in Oxford. Arpan Khanna held the seat for the Conservative Party. June 19, 2023: A federal by-election was held in Portage—Lisgar. Branden Leslie held the seat for the Conservative Party. June 19, 2023: A federal by-election was held in Winnipeg South Centre. Ben Carr held the seat for the Liberal ...
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 through first-past-the-post voting, and the Senate has 105 members appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister.