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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.
Municipal election in Enterprise, Northwest Territories [6] February 18: Municipal by-elections in District 2, Lac-Frontière; Mayor and Districts 4 & 5, Chapais; District 4, Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover; Sainte-Marguerite District, Sept-Îles, Quebec; February 21: Municipal by-election in Grande Cache, Municipal District of Greenview, Alberta [7]
The following is a list of the governors and governors general of Canada. Though the present-day office of the Governor General of Canada is legislatively covered under the Constitution Act, 1867 and legally constituted by the Letters Patent, 1947, the institution is, along with the institution of the Crown it represents, the oldest continuous and uniquely Canadian institution in Canada ...
For the eight general elections of the Province of Canada held in 1843 to 1864 before confederation in 1867, see List of elections in the Province of Canada. There were also earlier elections in Canada, such as for the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada (held in 1792–1836, now part of Ontario) and the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada ...
November 20: Mayoral by-election and Des Patriotes District by-election in Sorel-Tracy, Quebec; November 21 Municipal by-election in Division 4, Lac Ste. Anne County, Alberta. [52] Municipal by-election in Fox Creek, Alberta (cancelled due to acclamation) [53] Municipal by-election in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta [54]
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.
A lower house (the House of Commons), the members of which are chosen by the citizens of Canada through federal general elections. Elections Canada is the non-partisan agency responsible for the conduct of elections in Canada, including federal elections, by-elections and referendums. It is headed by the chief electoral officer.
Municipal by-elections in Qualicum Beach and Fort St. John, British Columbia; Shawanaga First Nation General Election [44] May 17: Municipal by-election in Cornwall, Prince Edward Island [45] May 22: Takla Nation General Election [46] May 25: Municipal elections in Northwest New Brunswick (postponed from May 10) May 26: Nuxalk Nation General ...