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The 2015 Canadian federal election was held on October 19, 2015, to elect the 338 members of the House of Commons of the 42nd Parliament of Canada. In accordance with the maximum four-year term under a 2007 amendment to the Canada Elections Act , the writs of election for the 2015 election were issued by Governor General David Johnston on August 4.
A polling station on election day. At 9:41pm EDT, October 19, 2015, CBC News projected that the Liberals had won at least a minority government, and that leader Justin Trudeau would become the next Prime Minister of Canada. Less than an hour later, at 10:36pm EDT, CBC News projected a Liberal majority.
Trudeau has stood for election to the House of Commons five times and was elected each time (2008, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2021). Trudeau was elected leader of the Liberal Party in 2013, succeeding Michael Ignatieff , who retired from politics after losing the general election of 2011 .
Justin Pierre James Trudeau [c] (born December 25, 1971) is a Canadian politician who has been the 23rd and current prime minister of Canada since 2015 and the leader of the Liberal Party since 2013. Trudeau was born in Ottawa , Ontario, and attended Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf .
April 14, 2013: Justin Trudeau is elected leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. [27] May 13, 2013: A by-election was held in Labrador, with Liberal candidate Yvonne Jones taking the seat from former Conservative MP Peter Penashue. [28] June 2, 2013: Liberal Denis Coderre resigns as MP for Bourassa in order to run for Mayor of Montreal. [29]
The premiership of Justin Trudeau began on November 4, 2015, when the first Cabinet headed by Justin Trudeau was sworn in by Governor General David Johnston. [1] Trudeau was invited to form the 29th Canadian Ministry and become Prime Minister of Canada following the 2015 federal election, where Trudeau led his Liberal Party to win a majority of seats in the House of Commons of Canada ...
Trudeau has been forced out by members of his own party, not because he lost an election (the American equivalent would be the unseating of then-Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy in 2023).
Results of the 2015 Canadian federal election by riding. Add languages. Add links. ... Justin Gervais 1,006 2.13%: ... Justin Trudeau 26,391 51.98%: Maxime Claveau 6,182