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June 19 - The Hall Commission Report recommending the creation of Canada's medicare programme was tabled in the House of Commons. July 16 – Canada extends its exclusive fishing zone to 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) off-shore; July 17 – Operation Snowball, a 0.5 kiloton conventional explosive test at Suffield Experimental Station in Alberta
The timeline of elections in Canada covers all the provincial, territorial and federal elections from when each province was joined Confederation through to the present day. The table below indicates which party won the election. Several provinces held elections before joining Canada, but only their post-Confederation elections are shown. These ...
Canada portal; Politics portal; 1960s portal ... 1964 Northwest Territories general election; 1964 Saskatchewan general election; 1964 Yukon general election; B.
Laurier's Liberals win a majority government, defeating the Conservatives, led by Prime Minister Charles Tupper, despite losing the popular vote. 117 86 [2] – – – 10 213 9th 1900 Prime Minister Laurier's Liberals win re-election with a second majority, defeating former prime minister Tupper's Conservatives. Tupper loses his own seat of ...
The 1964 Saskatchewan general election was held on April 22, 1964, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) government of Premier Woodrow Lloyd was defeated by the Liberal Party , led by Ross Thatcher .
The popularity of the Clark government dropped sharply after the election, and in December 1979, the opposition parties, the Liberals and New Democrats, combined to defeat the government's budget. Since that was a confidence measure, Clark was forced to call an election in early 1980 , which he lost to Trudeau and the Liberals.
The Ontario Liberal Party leadership election, 1964, held on September 17–19, 1964 elected Andy Thompson as the leader of the Ontario Liberal Party. Thompson replace John Wintermeyer who resigned after losing his seat in the 1963 provincial election. Thompson won after six ballots against a field of seven other candidates.
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