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Canadian Federal Election Results In Newfoundland And Labrador
Canadian federal elections have provided the following results in Newfoundland and Labrador. Regional profile Newfoundland and Labrador has been a Liberal heartland since it joined Canada in 1949, with only the city of St. John's electing Progressive Conservatives on a relatively consistent basis in the past, though that support shifted to the NDP and Liberal parties in 2006 and to the NDP in the 2008 elections. Even in the 1984 Mulroney landslide, more rural and remote seats went Liberal than PC. The Conservatives picked up one seat in the 2006 election, but the Liberals still held a majority of the seats. Party preference here has a lot to do with religion, where Catholics tend to vote Conservative and Protestants Liberal (contrary to the rest of the country). In 2008, the Anything But Conservative movement took hold here and the Conservatives lost all their seats to the Liberals and NDP. In the 2011 election, Newfoundland and Labrador was the only province to have the L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Canadian Federal Election
The 1997 Canadian federal election was held on June 2, 1997, to elect members to the House of Commons of Canada, House of Commons of the 36th Canadian Parliament, 36th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister of Canada, Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal Party won a second majority government. The Reform Party of Canada, Reform Party replaced the Bloc Québécois as the Official Opposition (Canada), Official Opposition. The election results closely followed the pattern of the 1993 Canadian federal election, 1993 election. The Liberals swept Ontario, while the Bloc won a majority in Quebec. Reform made sufficient gains in the West to allow Preston Manning to become leader of the Official Opposition, but lost its only seat east of Manitoba. The most significant change was major gains in Atlantic Canada by the New Democratic Party (Canada), New Democratic Party (NDP) and the rump party, rump Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, Progressive Conservative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberal Party Of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada (LPC; , ) is a federal political party in Canada. The party espouses the principles of liberalism,McCall, Christina; Stephen Clarkson"Liberal Party". ''The Canadian Encyclopedia''. and generally sits at the Centrism, centre to Centre-left politics, centre-left of the Politics of Canada, Canadian political spectrum, with their main rival, the Conservative Party of Canada, Conservative Party, positioned to their Right-wing politics, right and the New Democratic Party positioned to their Left-wing politics, left. The party is described as "big tent",PDF copy at UBC Press. practising "brokerage politics", attracting support from a broad spectrum of voters. The Liberal Party is the longest-serving and oldest active federal political party in the country, and has dominated th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coast Of Bays—Central—Notre Dame
Central Newfoundland (formerly Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame) is a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It was created from the portions of the island of Newfoundland previously included in the electoral districts of Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor (72%), Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte (18%) and Random—Burin—St. George's (10%). Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 2015 Canadian federal election, held October 19, 2015. Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, this riding was renamed Central Newfoundland. Demographics ''According to the 2021 Canadian census'' Ethnic groups: 91.8% White, 7% Indigenous Languages: 98.9% English Religions: 86.3% Christian (19% Catholic, 17.5% Pentecostal and other Charismatic, 17% Anglican, 14.6% Methodist a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conservative Party Of Canada
The Conservative Party of Canada (CPC; , ), sometimes referred to as the Tories, is a Government of Canada, federal List of political parties in Canada, political party in Canada. It was formed in 2003 by the merger of the two main Right-wing politics, right-leaning parties, the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, Progressive Conservative Party (PC Party) and the Canadian Alliance, the latter being the successor of the Western Canada, Western Canadian–based Reform Party of Canada, Reform Party. The party sits at the Centre-right politics, centre-right to the Right-wing politics, right of the Politics of Canada, Canadian political spectrum, with their federal rival, the Centrism, centre to Centre-left politics, centre-left Liberal Party of Canada, positioned to their left-wing politics, left. The Conservatives are defined as a "big tent" party, practicing "brokerage politics" and welcoming a broad variety of members, including "Red Tory, Red Tories" and "Blue Tory, Blue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Canadian Federal Election
The 2021 Canadian federal election was held on September 20, 2021, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada, House of Commons to the 44th Canadian Parliament. The Writ of election, writs of election were issued by Governor General of Canada, Governor General Mary Simon on August 15, 2021, when Prime Minister of Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau requested the Dissolution of parliament in Canada, dissolution of parliament for a snap election. Trudeau won a third term as prime minister, his second minority government. Though the Liberal Party of Canada, Liberals were hoping to win a majority government in order to govern alone, the results were mostly unchanged from the 2019 Canadian federal election. The Liberals won the most seats at 160; as this fell short of the 170 seats needed for a majority in the House of Commons, they formed a minority government with support from other parties. The 2021 election set a new record for the lowest vote share for a party that wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Canadian Federal Election
The 2019 Canadian federal election was held on October 21, 2019. Members of the House of Commons were elected to the 43rd Canadian Parliament. In keeping with the maximum four-year term under a 2007 amendment to the ''Canada Elections Act'', the writs of election for the 2019 election were issued by Governor General Julie Payette on September 11, 2019. With 33.12% of the vote for the Liberal Party, led by incumbent Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the 2019 election set, at the time, a record for the lowest vote share for a party that would go on to form a single-party minority government (this record would later be beaten in the subsequent 2021 federal election). The Liberals lost the popular vote to the Conservative Party by one per cent, marking only the second time in Canadian history that a governing party formed a government while receiving less than 35 per cent of the national popular vote, the first time being the inaugural 1867 Canadian federal election after Conf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is the Canadian Public broadcasting, public broadcaster for both radio and television. It is a Crown corporation that serves as the national public broadcaster, with its English-language and French-language service units known as CBC and Radio-Canada, respectively. Although some local stations in Canada predate its founding, the CBC is the oldest continually-existing broadcasting network in Canada. The CBC was established on November 2, 1936. The CBC operates four terrestrial radio networks: The English-language CBC Radio One and CBC Music, and the French-language Ici Radio-Canada Première and Ici Musique (international radio service Radio Canada International historically transmitted via shortwave radio, but since 2012 its content is only available as podcasts on its website). The CBC also operates two terrestrial television networks, the English-language CBC Television and the French-language Ici Radio-C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlantic Canada
Atlantic Canada, also called the Atlantic provinces (), is the list of regions of Canada, region of Eastern Canada comprising four provinces: New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. As of 2021, the landmass of the four Atlantic provinces was approximately , and had a population of over 2.4 million people. The term ''Atlantic Canada'' was popularized following the admission of Newfoundland as a Canadian province in 1949. The province of Newfoundland and Labrador is not included in the Maritimes, another significant regional term, but ''is'' included in Atlantic Canada. History The Atlantic Provinces are the historical territories of the Mi'kmaq, Naskapi, Beothuk and Nunatsiavut peoples. The people of Nunatsiavut are the Labrador Inuit (Labradormiut), who are descended from the Thule people. Exploration and settlement Leif Erikson and other members of his family began exploring the North American coast in 986 CE. Leif landed in three pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Trudeau
Justin Pierre James Trudeau (born December 25, 1971) is a Canadian politician who served as the 23rd prime minister of Canada from 2015 to 2025. He led the Liberal Party from 2013 until his resignation in 2025 and was the member of Parliament (MP) for Papineau from 2008 until 2025. Trudeau was born in Ottawa, Ontario, as the eldest son of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, and attended Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from McGill University and a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of British Columbia. After graduating, he taught at the secondary school level in Vancouver before returning to Montreal in 2002 to further his studies. He was chair for the youth charity Katimavik and director of the not-for-profit Canadian Avalanche Association. In 2006, he was appointed as chair of the Liberal Party's Task Force on Youth Renewal. In the 2008 federal election, he was elected to represent the riding of Papineau in the House of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Canadian Federal Election
The 2015 Canadian federal election was held on October 19, 2015, to elect the 338 members of the House of Commons of Canada, House of Commons of the 42nd Canadian Parliament, 42nd Parliament of Canada. In accordance with the Fixed election dates in Canada#Federal, maximum four-year term under a Canada Elections Act#Notable provisions, 2007 amendment to the ''Canada Elections Act'', the writ of election, writs of election for the 2015 election were issued by Governor General David Johnston (governor general), David Johnston on August 4. At 11 weeks, the ensuing campaign was one of the longest in Canadian history: It was also the first time since 1979 Canadian federal election, 1979 that a Prime Minister of Canada, prime minister attempted to remain in office into a fourth consecutive Parliament and the first time since 1980 Canadian federal election, 1980 that someone attempted to win a fourth term of any kind as prime minister(In both cases, it was Liberal Justin Trudeau's father ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Canadian Federal Election
The 2011 Canadian federal election was held on May 2, 2011, to elect members to the House of Commons of Canada of the 41st Canadian Parliament. The writs of election for the 2011 election were issued by Governor General of Canada, Governor General David Johnston (governor general), David Johnston on March 26. Prime Minister of Canada, Prime Minister Stephen Harper advised the Governor General to dissolve parliament after the House of Commons passed a motion of non-confidence against the government, finding it to be in contempt of Parliament. A few days before, the three opposition parties had rejected the minority government's proposed budget. The Conservative Party of Canada, Conservative Party remained in power, increasing its seat count from a minority to a majority government, marking the first election since 1988 Canadian federal election, 1988 that a centre-right politics, right-of-centre party formed a majority government. The Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal Party, somet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
