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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.
January 5, 2015: Glenn Thibeault, the New Democratic MP for Sudbury resigns his seat to run as the Ontario Liberal Party candidate in a by-election for the provincial riding of the same name. [63] [64] February 9, 2015: Mississauga—Brampton South MP Eve Adams crosses the floor from the Conservatives to the Liberals. [65]
Canadian regions. Official results after judicial recounts. [1]Abbreviations guide: . Animal All. - Animal Alliance Environment Voters Party AOTN - Alliance of the North BQ - Bloc Québécois
In the 2015 Canadian federal election, the Conservative Party of Canada ran a candidate in all but one of the 338 federal electoral districts. Ninety-nine of them won a seat in the House of Commons of Canada, which was 60 fewer than in the previous federal election in 2011.
Graphical summary. Evolution of voting intentions according to polls conducted during the pre-campaign period of the 2015 Canadian federal election, graphed from the data in the table below.
Candidates for the Liberal Party of Canada took part in all the 338 electoral districts in the 2015 Canadian federal election. 184 of them won their seat, giving Justin Trudeau's party an overall majority in the new House of Commons.
Municipal by-elections in Campobello Island, Fredericton, Miramichi, Nigadoo, Port Elgin and Shediac, New Brunswick [14] May 5 - Alberta general election; May 9: 2015 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election; Municipal by-election in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia [15] May 15 - 2015 Parti Québécois leadership election