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This article lists the presidential nominating conventions of the United States Whig Party between 1839 and 1856. Note: Conventions whose nominees won the subsequent presidential election are in bold
This article provides a summary of results for Canadian general elections (where all seats are contested) to the House of Commons, the elected lower half of Canada's federal bicameral legislative body, the Parliament of Canada. The number of seats has increased steadily over time, from 180 for the first election to the current total of 338.
September 20, 2021 – Canadian federal election held, the Liberals win their third consecutive election after those of 2015 and 2019, gaining five seats but falling ten short of a majority. March 22, 2022 – The Liberals reach a confidence and supply agreement with the New Democratic Party agreeing to support the Liberal government until June ...
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 ...
The convention, held at Ottawa, Ontario's Civic Centre, took place in the shadow of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and the riots that followed in the United States. The opening day of the convention was dedicated to giving tribute to Pearson, still a much-respected and popular figure, and he gave his parting address to the delegates.
The first Liberal leadership convention was held on August 7, 1919. Balloting continued until one candidate won a majority of votes. Balloting continued until one candidate won a majority of votes. After the 1919 convention, a system was adopted where the candidate with the fewest votes on a given ballot is automatically dropped.
Claude Wagner, 50, was the front-runner going into the convention.A former Liberal Minister of Justice in the government of Quebec, Wagner's support came from party members who believed that having a Quebec francophone leader would enable the party to expand its support in Quebec, where the party was usually soundly defeated by the Liberal Party of Canada in elections.
In 1919, the Liberal Party of Canada held a leadership convention, which was the first of its kind held by a federal political party in Canada.It was originally called by the Liberal leader, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, as a national policy convention with the intention of reinvigorating the Liberal Party after eight years of being in opposition. [2]