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The Double Shuffle was a political episode in the Province of Canada in 1858. It began on July 28, 1858, when the coalition government of John A. Macdonald (Liberal-Conservative) and George-Étienne Cartier was defeated on a confidence vote in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, concerning the location of the seat of government for the province.
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 ...
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.
One of them, Mifflin Gibbs, later plays a key role in persuading British Columbia to become part of Canada. Douglas declares Emancipation Day, August 1, the anniversary of the end of slavery in the British Empire, as the colonies' first official holiday August 1, to the chagrin of the white American element in the colony, though Victoria's West ...
The following elections occurred in the year 1858. North America. Central America. 1858 Salvadoran presidential election; United States. California's At-large ...
January 2 – Maple sugar is made in St. Anselme. January 15 – Wellington and Commissioners streets in Montreal are flooded.; January 27 – Ploughing about Bathurst and Beckwith.
He called an election for October 24, 2020, to avoid creating "uncertainty and instability" in a minority government situation during the COVID-19 pandemic, which he said he expected to last well into the next year. [7] Result: The NDP won a majority government with 57 out of 87 seats and 47.7% of the popular vote. 2021 Canadian federal election
1858 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1858th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 858th year of the 2nd millennium, the 58th year of the 19th century, and the 9th year of the 1850s decade. As of the start of 1858, the ...