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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 election.
The Legislature of Alberta, under a Progressive Conservative majority government, passed the Election Amendment Act, 2011, on December 8, 2011. It provided that a general election would be held between March 1 and May 31, 2012, and after that, in the same three-month period in the fourth calendar year after a general election. [12]
September 20, 2021 – Canadian federal election held; the Liberals win their third consecutive election after those of 2015 and 2019, gaining five seats but falling ten short of a majority. March 22, 2022 – The Liberals reach a confidence and supply agreement with the New Democratic Party , who agree to support the Liberal government until ...
A one-off holiday was declared after the death of George VI on February 15, 1952, and after the death of Elizabeth II on September 19, 2022. [28] September 19 was named a national day of mourning (French: Jour de deuil national) to commemorate Elizabeth II as Canada's head of state. The day was a holiday for federal government employees. [29]
National elections are governed by the Canada Elections Act and administered by an independent agency, Elections Canada. Using the plurality voting system, Canadians vote for their local Member of Parliament (MP), who votes as representative of one specific constituency in the House of Commons. The leader of the party most likely to hold the ...
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:
August 4: Municipal by-election in District 1, Newport; Districts 1 & 6, Saint-Nazaire-de-Dorchester, Quebec; August 12: Municipal by-election in Black River-Matheson, Ontario (entire council) [34] Mayoral by-election in Resort Municipality, Prince Edward Island; August 17: Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation by-election [35]
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.