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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.
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]
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 ...
This law does not curtail the power of the governor general to dissolve Parliament at any time, as was done for the 2008 election at the request of Prime Minister Stephen Harper. If a government loses a confidence motion, traditionally the prime minister will ask the governor general to call an election. The governor general when approached by ...
The 1921 Canadian federal election saw the Liberal Party led by Mackenzie King return to power and Lomer Gouin appointed as the new minister of justice. [116] Gouin's opinion on disallowance aligned with those of Doherty, in contrast to the Liberal government under Laurier. [116]
It was surpassed by the 2015 election, which was 78 days long from writ to election day, making it the longest campaign for a one-day election, exceeded in length only by that of 1872. Prior to the adoption of the minimum of 36 days in law, there were six elections that lasted shorter periods of time.
Premier Gordon Campbell announced due to the large support shown for electoral reform a second referendum would be held in correspondence with the 2009 British Columbia general election. This referendum would also have required approval by 60% of those voting. The second referendum was held on May 12, 2009, in conjunction with the provincial ...
The Reform Party seized on the opportunity to call for recall legislation for Canadian politicians. Deputy leader Deborah Grey held a rally in Markham calling for Bhaduria's resignation, and the Reform Party's only MP from Ontario, Ed Holder , submitted a petition to Parliament with 30,000 signatures calling for Bhaduria to be removed from his ...