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The 2021 Canadian federal election was held on September 20, 2021, to elect members of the House of Commons to the 44th Canadian Parliament.The Liberal Party of Canada was returned once more with a minority of the seats, and the composition of the House saw very little change.
The party received 2.3 per cent of the popular vote, approximately a third of what they won in 2019. [10] [11] [12] The People's Party did not win any seats, despite winning nearly 5 per cent of the popular vote, and party leader Maxime Bernier was defeated for the second time [c] in his riding of Beauce.
The 2019 Canadian federal election was held on October 21, 2019.Members of the House of Commons were elected to the 43rd Canadian Parliament.In keeping with the maximum four-year term under a 2007 amendment to the Canada Elections Act, the writs of election for the 2019 election were issued by Governor General Julie Payette on September 11, 2019.
By total seats, this election is both the PCs' best showing and the Liberals' second worst showing ever. As of 2024, it is the most recent federal election in which a party won both a majority of seats and of the popular vote. 211 40 30 – – 1 282 34th 1988
Canada's electoral system, sometimes referred to as a "first-past-the-post" system, is formally referred to as a single-member plurality system.The candidate with the most votes in a riding wins a seat in the House of Commons and represents that riding as its member of Parliament (MP).
Canada's first recorded election was held in Halifax in 1758 to elect the 1st General Assembly of Nova Scotia. [1] All Canadian citizens aged 18 or older who currently reside in Canada as of the polling day [2] (or at any point in their life have resided in Canada, regardless of time away) may vote in federal elections. [3]
Canadian Federal Election, 2019 - Parties, Leaders, Seats Won and Popular Vote Party Leaders Seats Won Popular Vote Liberal: Justin Trudeau 1: 157: 33.1% Conservative: Andrew Scheer 2: 121: 34.4% Bloc Québécois: Yves-François Blanchet: 32: 7.7% New Democratic Party: Jagmeet Singh: 24: 15.9% Green: Elizabeth May: 3: 6.5% Independent: 1: 0.4% ...
Eligible voter turnout in the 2011 federal election, at 61.1%, was the third lowest in Canadian history, but at 44.3% of the total population, the 12th lowest since women got the vote in 1918). In comparison, the 1968 election got 75.7% of eligible voters, representing only 41.1% of the total population.