This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . (Learn how and when to remove these messages) |
Independents |
Canadian federal elections have provided the following results in Eastern Quebec .
Until 1984, this region of Quebec was Liberal territory. Social Credit also did well here, winning in Rimouski and in Bellechasse in 1979. Brian Mulroney, a native of this area, was able to sweep this region for the Conservatives in 1984 and 1988, using the strong nationalist sentiment in the area.
That nationalist support transferred to the Bloc Québécois, which dominated this region for the better part of two decades; the Liberals only won Montmagny in 1997 and the Bonaventure region in 1993. When the BQ experienced a decline in 2000, the Liberals were able to win in the Gaspé, and took Lévis in a by-election. When the Liberals collapsed in Quebec, the Bloc regained all their lost seats in 2004. One of those seats, however was lost to the Conservatives in 2006, and the Tories got another in a 2009. Hopes of further Bloc gains were dashed in 2011, as they were cut down to only one seat, with the NDP seizing one seat each from the Bloc and the Tories (the latter on a judicial recount).
Liberal support recovered strongly in 2015 allowing them to gain 2 seats, at the expense of the NDP, their first in the region since 2000. The Bloc was shut out as the Conservatives made a gain (on judicial recount) in Montmagny.
The Bloc reappeared in the region in 2019, picking up two seats from the Liberal. No seat exchanged hands in 2021, with all the outgoing MPs reelected. The only change was in Bellechasse where Dominique Vien, former provincial cabinet minister, succeeded Steven Blaney who was not seeking reelection.
Election | Liberal | Conservative | New Democratic | Green | People's | PC | Reform / Alliance | Bloc Québécois | Social Credit | Others |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1979 | 131,716 52.4% | — | 7,440 3.0% | — | — | 44,299 17.6% | — | — | 63,991 25.4% | 4,033 1.6% |
1980 | 154,909 61.7% | — | 11,818 4.7% | — | — | 30,951 12.3% | — | — | 44,114 17.6% | 9,293 3.7% |
1984 | 92,772 33.2% | — | 19,556 7.0% | — | — | 152,486 54.5% | — | — | 216 0.1% | 14,586 5.2% |
1988 | 75,824 29.1% | — | 27,240 10.5% | 1,695 0.7% | — | 153,222 58.8% | — | — | 445 0.2% | 2,112 0.8% |
1993 | 72,141 26.7% | — | 3,359 1.2% | 291 0.1% | — | 51,488 19.1% | — | 139,786 51.8% | — | 2,773 1.0% |
1997 | 82,949 32.2% | — | 4,366 1.7% | — | — | 61,282 23.8% | 611 0.2% | 107,400 41.7% | — | 857 0.3% |
2000 | 95,889 39.5% | — | 4,320 1.8% | — | — | 9,846 4.1% | 16,793 6.9% | 114,659 47.2% | — | 1,217 0.5% |
2004 | 58,181 28.7% | 21,518 10.6% | 7,889 3.9% | 5,987 3.0% | — | — | — | 108,796 53.7% | — | 163 0.1% |
2006 | 31,741 14.4% | 70,454 32.0% | 12,224 5.6% | 7,127 3.2% | — | — | — | 93,543 42.5% | — | 5,053 2.3% |
2008 | 44,110 21.4% | 59,746 28.9% | 16,414 8.0% | 5,268 2.6% | — | — | — | 78,513 38.0% | — | 2,401 1.2% |
2011 | 24,762 11.2% | 60,889 27.6% | 75,446 34.1% | 4,081 1.8% | — | — | — | 55,760 25.2% | — | 0 0.0% |
2015 | 69,280 29.8% | 54,135 23.3% | 60,033 25.8% | 4,289 1.8% | — | — | — | 39,759 17.1% | — | 5,264 2.3% |
2019 | 57,523 24.5% | 63,123 26.9% | 22,944 9.8% | 5,608 2.4% | 2,364 1.0% | — | — | 82,488 35.1% | — | 900 0.4% |
2021 | 53,111 23.8% | 67,847 30.4% | 10,281 4.6% | 918 0.4% | 2,286 1.0% | — | — | 82,133 36.8% | — | 6,489 2.9% |
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Conservative | BQ | NDP | Green | PPC | Other | ||||||||||
Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia | Rémi Massé 12,188 33.89% | Natasha Tremblay 2,756 7.66% | Kristina Michaud 18,500 51.43% | Rémi-Jocelyn Côté 1,435 3.99% | James Morrison 699 1.94% | Éric Barnabé 210 0.58% | Mathieu Castonguay (Rhino.) 180 0.50% | Rémi Massé | ||||||||
Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis | Laurence Harvey 10,734 16.66% | Steven Blaney 32,283 50.09% | Sébastien Bouchard-Théberge 14,754 22.89% | Khuon Chamroeun 3,256 5.05% | André Voyer 1,925 2.99% | Marc Johnston 1,307 2.03% | Yves Gilbert (CHP) 188 0.29% | Steven Blaney | ||||||||
Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Diane Lebouthillier 16,296 42.46% | Jean-Pierre Pigeon 3,022 7.87% | Guy Bernatchez 15,659 40.80% | Lynn Beaulieu 1,722 4.49% | Dennis Drainville 1,130 2.94% | Eric Hébert 198 0.52% | Jay Cowboy (Rhino.) 353 0.92% | Diane Lebouthillier | ||||||||
Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup | Aladin Legault d'Auteuil 8,210 16.29% | Bernard Généreux 20,989 41.65% | Louis Gagnon 16,261 32.27% | Hugo Latulippe 3,481 6.91% | Denis Ducharme 1,030 2.04% | Serge Haché 417 0.83% | Bernard Généreux | |||||||||
Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques | Chantal Pilon 10,095 22.06% | Nancy Brassard-Fortin 4,073 8.90% | Maxime Blanchette-Joncas 17,314 37.83% | Guy Caron 13,050 28.51% | Jocelyn Rioux 824 1.80% | Pierre Lacombe 232 0.51% | Lysane Picker-Paquin (Rhino.) 179 0.39% | Guy Caron |
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | NDP | Liberal | BQ | Green | Rhinoceros | Strength in Democracy | ||||||||||
Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia | André Savoie 2,228 6.13% | Joël Charest 7,340 20.19% | Rémi Massé 14,378 39.55% | Kédina Fleury-Samson 7,641 21.02% | Sherri Springle 365 1.00% | Éric Normand 175 0.48% | Jean-François Fortin 4,229 11.63% | Jean-François Fortin [lower-alpha 1] Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia | ||||||||
Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis | Steven Blaney 31,872 50.92% | Jean-Luc Daigle 8,516 13.60% | Jacques Turgeon 12,961 20.71% | Antoine Dubé 7,217 11.53% | André Bélisle 2,032 3.25% | Steven Blaney Lévis—Bellechasse | ||||||||||
Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Jean-Pierre Pigeon 2,398 6.05% | Philip Toone 12,885 32.52% | Diane Lebouthillier 15,345 38.73% | Nicolas Roussy 8,289 20.92% | Jim Morrison 400 1.01% | Max Boudreau 300 0.76% | Philip Toone Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine | |||||||||
Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup [lower-alpha 2] | Bernard Généreux 14,274 28.99% | François Lapointe 11,918 24.20% | Marie-Josée Normand 14,002 28.43% | Louis Gagnon 7,939 16.12% | Chantal Breton 823 1.67% | Bien Gras Gagné 287 0.58% | François Lapointe | |||||||||
Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques | Francis Fortin 3,363 7.48% | Guy Caron 19,374 43.11% | Pierre Cadieux 12,594 28.02% | Johanne Carignan 8,673 19.30% | Louise Boutin 669 1.49% | Sébastien CôRhino Côrriveau 273 0.61% | Guy Caron |
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BQ | Conservative | Liberal | NDP | Green | ||||||||
Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Daniel Côté 11,650 31.64% | Régent Bastien 6,292 17.09% | Jules Duguay 5,533 15.03% | Philip Toone 12,427 33.76% | Julien Leblanc 913 2.48% | Raynald Blais† | ||||||
Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia | Jean-François Fortin 12,633 36.05% | Allen Cormier 5,253 14.99% | Nancy Charest 8,964 25.58% | Joanie Boulet 7,484 21.36% | Louis Drainville 707 2.02% | Vacant [lower-alpha 3] | ||||||
Lévis—Bellechasse | Danielle-Maude Gosselin 8,757 14.89% | Steven Blaney 25,850 43.95% | Francis Laforesterie 3,421 5.82% | Nicole Laliberté 19,890 33.81% | Sacha Douge 903 1.54% | Steven Blaney | ||||||
Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup | Nathalie Arsenault 9,550 20.09% | Bernard Généreux 17,276 36.34% | Andrew Caddell 2,743 5.77% | François Lapointe 17,285 36.36% | Lynette Tremblay 691 1.45% | Bernard Généreux | ||||||
Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques | Claude Guimond 13,170 30.83% | Bertin Denis 6,218 14.56% | Pierre Cadieux 4,101 9.60% | Guy Caron 18,360 42.98% | Clément Pelletier 867 2.03% | Claude Guimond |
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BQ | Conservative | Liberal | NDP | Green | Other | |||||||||
Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Raynald Blais 14,636 40.10% | Darryl Gray 8,334 22.84% | Denis Gauvreau 9,840 26.96% | Gaston Langlais 2,549 6.98% | Julien Leblanc 1,136 3.11% | Raynald Blais | ||||||||
Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia | Jean-Yves Roy 11,984 37.53% | Jérôme Landry 5,771 18.07% | Nancy Charest 11,368 35.60% | Julie Demers 1,497 4.69% | Louis Drainville 1,139 3.57% | Liliane Potvin (Ind.) 175 0.55% | Jean-Yves Roy | |||||||
Lévis—Bellechasse | Guy Bergeron 13,747 25.46% | Steven Blaney 24,785 45.90% | Pauline Côté 8,130 15.06% | Gabriel Biron 5,856 10.84% | Lynne Champoux-Williams 1,370 2.54% | Normand Fournier (M-L) 113 0.21% | Steven Blaney | |||||||
Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup | Paul Crête 20,494 46.03% | Denis Laflamme 13,640 30.64% | Jean Bouchard 6,835 15.35% | Gaston Hervieux 2,428 5.45% | Claude Gaumond 978 2.20% | Aubert Côté (CHP) 147 0.33% | Paul Crête | |||||||
Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques | Claude Guimond 17,652 44.69% | Gaston Noël 7,216 18.27% | Pierre Béland 7,937 20.09% | Guy Caron 4,084 10.34% | James D. Morrison 645 1.63% | Louise Thibault (Ind.) 1,966 4.98% | Louise Thibault [lower-alpha 4] |
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BQ | Liberal | Conservative | NDP | Green | Independent | |||||||||
Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Raynald Blais 17,678 42.69% | Mario Lévesque 7,977 19.26% | Gaston Langlais 13,347 32.23% | Sylvie Dauphinais 1,225 2.96% | Bob Eichenberger 1,183 2.86% | Raynald Blais | ||||||||
Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia | Jean-Yves Roy 15,721 46.04% | Kim Leclerc 4,463 13.07% | Rodrigue Drapeau 10,157 29.75% | Stéphane Ricard 2,116 6.20% | Sarah Desjardins 910 2.67% | Yvan Côté 778 2.28% | Jean-Yves Roy | |||||||
Lévis—Bellechasse | Réal Lapierre 16,223 29.02% | Shirley Baril 4,581 8.19% | Steven Blaney 25,940 46.40% | Eric Boucher 2,590 4.63% | Mathieu Castonguay 2,293 4.10% | Normand Cadrin 4,275 7.65% | Réal Lapierre | |||||||
Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup | Paul Crête 24,117 52.44% | Lise M. Vachon 6,466 14.06% | Daniel Nadeau 11,529 25.07% | Myriam Leblanc 2,107 4.58% | Serge Lemay 1,768 3.84% | Paul Crête | ||||||||
Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques | Louise Thibault 19,804 46.38% | Michel Tremblay 8,254 19.33% | Roger Picard 9,481 22.20% | Guy Caron 4,186 9.80% | François Bédard 973 2.28% | Louise Thibault |
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | BQ | Conservative | NDP | Green | Communist | |||||||||
Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Georges Farrah 12,579 32.65% | Raynald Blais 21,446 55.67% | Guy De Coste 2,636 6.84% | Philip Toone 805 2.09% | Bob Eichenberger 1,060 2.75% | Georges Farrah Bonaventure—Gaspé—Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Pabok | ||||||||
Lévis—Bellechasse | Christian Jobin 13,664 27.62% | Réal Lapierre 21,930 44.34% | Gilles Vézina 9,425 19.05% | Louise Foisy 1,910 3.86% | Sylvain Castonguay 2,372 4.80% | Christophe Vaillancourt 163 0.33% | Christian Jobin [lower-alpha 5] Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière | |||||||
Matapédia—Matane | Marc Bélanger 9,653 30.48% | Jean-Yves Roy 17,878 56.45% | Vahid Fortin-Vidah 1,972 6.23% | Jean-Guy Côté 1,581 4.99% | Nicolas Deville 585 1.85% | Jean-Yves Roy | ||||||||
Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques | Côme Roy 9,161 23.77% | Louise Thibault 22,215 57.63% | Denis Quimper 3,445 8.94% | Guy Caron 2,717 7.05% | Marjolaine Delaunière 1,008 2.62% | Suzanne Tremblay† Rimouski—Neigette-et-La-Mitis | ||||||||
Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny | Isabelle Mignault 13,124 29.61% | Paul Crête 25,327 57.13% | Marc-André Drolet 4,040 9.11% | Frédérick Garon 876 1.98% | André Clermont 962 2.17% | Paul Crête Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques | ||||||||
merged district | ||||||||||||||
Gilbert Normand† Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet |
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BQ | Liberal | Canadian Alliance | NDP | PC | Other | |||||||||
Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet | François Langlois 14,973 37.44% | Gilbert Normand 19,163 47.91% | Jean-Claude Roy 4,224 10.56% | Suzanne Lafond 1,636 4.09% | Gilbert Normand | |||||||||
Bonaventure—Gaspé—Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Pabok | Raynald Blais 15,532 43.00% | Georges Farrah 19,213 53.19% | Linda Fournier 764 2.12% | Fred Kraenzel 613 1.70% | Yvan Bernier | |||||||||
Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques | Paul Crête 23,319 59.99% | Helen Ouellet 11,794 30.34% | René Théberge 1,373 3.53% | Elaine Côté 836 2.15% | André Pacquet 1,382 3.56% | Normand Fournier (M-L) 170 0.44% | Paul Crête | |||||||
Lévis-et-Chutes-de-la-Chaudière | Antoine Dubé 26,398 41.85% | Shirley Baril 21,522 34.12% | Jacques Bergeron 9,152 14.51% | France Michaud 1,411 2.24% | Réal St-Laurent 4,222 6.69% | André Cloutier (Comm.) 374 0.59% | Antoine Dubé Lévis | |||||||
Matapédia—Matane | Jean-Yves Roy 14,678 46.64% | Marc Bélanger 14,402 45.76% | Karine Paquet-Gauthier 935 2.97% | Germain Dumas 1,456 4.63% | René Canuel | |||||||||
Rimouski—Neigette-et-La-Mitis | Suzanne Tremblay 19,759 59.55% | Réal Marmen 9,795 29.52% | Gerard Gosselin 1,280 3.86% | René Lemieux 525 1.58% | Réal Blais 1,150 3.47% | Lyse Beauchemin (NLP) 673 2.03% | Suzanne Tremblay Rimouski—Mitis |
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BQ | Liberal | PC | NDP | Other | ||||||||
Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet | François Langlois 14,053 | Gilbert Normand 14,100 | Denis Roy 12,840 | Branda Michaud 520 | Gaétan Pouliot ( Reform ) 611 | François Langlois Bellechasse | ||||||
Bonaventure—Gaspé—Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Pabok | Yvan Bernier 15,983 | Patrick Gagnon 15,804 | Yves Quinton 6,297 | Dennis P. Drainville 649 | Patrick Gagnon Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine | |||||||
merged district | ||||||||||||
Yvan Bernier Gaspé | ||||||||||||
Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata—Les Basques | Paul Crête 16,518 | France Dionne 14,119 | André Plourde 11,623 | Elaine Côté 420 | Armand Pouliot (NL) 480 | Paul Crête Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup | ||||||
Lévis | Antoine Dubé 27,870 | Jocelyne Gosselin 17,256 | Thérèse Boucher 14,630 | France Michaud 1,881 | Antoine Dubé | |||||||
Matapédia—Matane | René Canuel 15,694 | Robert Boulay 10,558 | Darryl Gray 7,991 | Anny-Jos Paquin 417 | Miville Couture (NL) 377 | René Canuel | ||||||
Rimouski—Mitis | Suzanne Tremblay 17,282 | Réal Marmen 11,112 | Jean Roy 7,901 | Elizabeth Clark 479 | Suzanne Tremblay Rimouski—Témiscouata |
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BQ | Liberal | PC | NDP | Other | ||||||||
Bellechasse | François Langlois 17,098 | Eric Lemieux 8,352 | Pierre Blais 15,952 | Robert Leclerc 695 | Pierre Blais | |||||||
Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Michel Saint-Pierre 9,228 | Patrick Gagnon 12,334 | Darryl Gray 6,019 | Germaine Poirier 377 | Darryl Gray | |||||||
Gaspé | Yvan Bernier 13,123 | Delton Sams 10,074 | Charles-Eugène Marin 5,424 | Germaine Poirier 202 | Michel Limoges (Green) 292 | Charles-Eugène Marin | ||||||
Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup | Paul Crête 18,510 | Maurice Tremblay 7,479 | André Plourde 8,052 | Hélène Bois 476 | Pierre-Paul Malenfant (Ind.) 542 | André Plourde | ||||||
Lévis | Antoine Dubé 40,184 | Jean-Marc Gagnon 14,254 | Serge Léveillé 9,163 | Marie-France Renaud 1,182 | Carole Carrier (Abol.) 705 | Gabriel Fontaine | ||||||
Matapédia—Matane | René Canuel 18,331 | Maurice Gauthier 10,345 | Jean-Luc Joncas 2,446 | Robert McKoy 219 | Pierre Gauthier (NL) 573 | Jean-Luc Joncas | ||||||
Rimouski—Témiscouata | Suzanne Tremblay 23,118 | André Reid 9,454 | Jean Morin 4,622 | Alex En Hwa Ng 335 | François-Michel Denis (Ind) 598 Gilles Roussel (NL) 400 | Monique Vézina |
Electoral district | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PC | Liberal | NDP | Green | Other | ||||||||
Bellechasse | Pierre Blais 27,621 | Claudette Beaulieu 11,120 | Gilles Papillon 2,762 | Alain Raby 1,010 | Pierre Blais | |||||||
Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Darryl Gray 15,491 | Lyse Routhier 9,296 | Germaine Poirier 1,546 | Darryl Gray | ||||||||
Gaspé | Charles-Eugène Marin 16,298 | Delton Sams 9,908 | Bertrand Réhel 1,504 | 710 | Charles-Eugène Marin | |||||||
Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup | André Plourde 20,388 | Gilles Desjardins 10,353 | Maurice Tremblay 3,257 | Marc Bilodeau 685 | 192 | André Plourde | ||||||
Lévis | Gabriel Fontaine 33,673 | Denis Sonier 13,002 | John Paul Harney 11,501 | 445 | Gabriel Fontaine | |||||||
Matapédia—Matane | Jean-Luc Joncas 15,962 | Claude Canuel 11,584 | Yves Coté 4,253 | Jean-Luc Joncas | ||||||||
Rimouski—Témiscouata | Monique Vézina 23,789 | Eva Lachance Côté 10,561 | Pierre Boisjoli 2,417 | 1,210 | Monique Vézina |
The 1993 Canadian federal election was held on October 25, 1993, to elect members to the House of Commons of the 35th Parliament of Canada. Considered to be a major political realignment, it was one of the most eventful elections in Canada's history. Two new regionalist parties emerged, finishing second and third in seat count. Most notably, the election marked the worst defeat for a governing party at the federal level and among the worst ever suffered by a governing party in the Western democratic world. In a landslide, the Liberal Party, led by Jean Chrétien, won a majority government.
Canadian federal elections have provided the following results in Eastern Montreal.
The 2006 Canadian federal election was held on January 23, 2006, to elect members to the House of Commons of Canada of the 39th Parliament of Canada.
This is a seat by seat list of candidates in the 2004 Canadian election.
Canadian federal elections have provided the following results in the Laurentides, Outaouais and Northern Quebec.
Canadian federal elections have provided the following results in the Côte-Nord and Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean.
Canadian federal elections have provided the following results in Quebec City.
Canadian federal elections have provided the following results in Central Quebec.
Canadian federal elections have provided the following results in the Eastern Townships.
Canadian federal elections have provided the following results in Montérégie.
Louis Plamondon is a Canadian politician who served as the interim speaker of the House of Commons of Canada from September 27 to October 3, 2023. A member of the Bloc Québécois, he has represented Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel since 1984. As the longest-serving current member of the House of Commons, Plamondon is Dean of the House, and holds the record as Canada's longest-serving dean.
Diane St-Jacques is a Canadian business person and former politician. St-Jacques served in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2004.
The 39th Canadian federal election was held on January 23, 2006.
The 40th Canadian Parliament was in session from November 18, 2008 to March 26, 2011. It was the last Parliament of the longest-running minority government in Canadian history that began with the previous Parliament. The membership of its House of Commons was determined by the results of the 2008 federal election held on October 14, 2008. Its first session was then prorogued by the Governor General on December 4, 2008, at the request of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who was facing a likely no-confidence motion and a coalition agreement between the Liberal party and the New Democratic Party with the support of the Bloc Québécois. Of the 308 MPs elected at the October 14, 2008 general election, 64 were new to Parliament and three sat in Parliaments previous to the 39th: John Duncan, Jack Harris and Roger Pomerleau.
The 2008 Canadian federal election was held on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 to elect members to the House of Commons of Canada of the 40th Canadian Parliament after the previous parliament had been dissolved by the Governor General on September 7, 2008. The election yielded a minority government under the Conservative Party of Canada, led by the incumbent Prime Minister, Stephen Harper.
This article covers the history of the New Democratic Party of Canada.
The 40th Canadian federal election was held on October 14, 2008.
The 41st Canadian federal election was held on May 2, 2011. It resulted in a Conservative majority government under the leadership of Prime Minister Stephen Harper. It was the third consecutive election win for Harper, and with 166 of 308 seats, giving them a majority government for the first time in their eight-year history. It was also the first right-of-centre majority government since the Progressive Conservatives won their last majority in 1988. The Conservative Party won 39.62% of the popular vote, an increase of 1.96%, and posted a net gain of 24 seats in the House of Commons.
This is a timeline for the 42nd Canadian federal election, which took place in October 2015.