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The bill proposes moving the fixed election date of the 45th Canadian federal election from October 20, 2025, to October 27, 2025. According to the federal government the election date move is intended to avoid the federal election coinciding with Diwali, and the 2025 Alberta municipal elections.
In 1998, MLA Paul Reitsma resigned his seat when it appeared that a recall petition would be successful and he could be the first person recalled under the legislation. As of April 2023, according to Elections BC the Recall and Initiative Act has been invoked: 29 times with registered Recall petitions, all of which are deemed to have failed ...
A recall election (also called a recall referendum, recall petition or representative recall) is a procedure by which voters can remove an elected official from office through a referendum before that official's term of office has ended. Recalls appear in the constitution in ancient Athenian democracy. [1]
With elections being held in October, 2008 (after an early election call), and May, 2011 (after a vote of non-confidence on a contempt of Parliament motion), [9] [10] [11] the 41st parliament was the first to reach its maximum life under the revised law.
The result was inconclusive, with 44.6% supporting the restoration of dominion status, 41.1% for confederation with Canada, and 14.3% for continuing the Commission of Government. A second referendum on July 22, 1948, which asked Newfoundlanders to choose between confederation and dominion status, was decided by a vote of 52% to 48% for ...
The 45th 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 ...
The 43rd Canadian Parliament was in session from December 5, 2019, to August 15, 2021, with the membership of its Lower House, the House of Commons of Canada, having been determined by the results of the 2019 federal election held on October 21, 2019.
The 2021 Canadian federal election, held on September 20, 2021, saw only minor changes from the preceding 2019 election. [1] The incumbent Liberal Party, led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, did not win the popular vote and failed to win enough seats to gain a parliamentary majority, winning only a plurality of seats and retaining its status as a minority government.