The Liberal Party of Canada is a federal political party in Canada. The party espouses the principles of liberalism,and generally sits at the centre to centre-left of the Canadian political spectrum,with their main rival,the Conservative Party,positioned to their right and the New Democratic Party positioned to their left. The party is described as "big tent",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 federal politics of Canada for much of its history,holding power for almost 70 years of the 20th century. As a result,it has sometimes been referred to as Canada's "natural governing party".
Robert Keith Rae is a Canadian diplomat and former politician who is the current Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations since 2020. He previously served as the 21st premier of Ontario from 1990 to 1995,leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party from 1982 to 1996,and interim leader of the Liberal Party of Canada from 2011 to 2013. Between 1978 and 2013,he was elected 11 times to federal and provincial parliaments.
The Ontario Liberal Party is a political party in the province of Ontario,Canada. The party has been led by Bonnie Crombie since December 2023.
Justin Pierre James Trudeau is a Canadian politician who has been serving as the 23rd prime minister of Canada since 2015 and the leader of the Liberal Party since 2013.
Hazen Robert Argue was a Canadian politician who served in the House of Commons and the Senate. He was first elected as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) Member of Parliament (MP) in 1945 and was the last leader of the party,from 1960 to 1961. He crossed the floor to the Liberal Party in 1962 and was defeated in 1963. In 1966 he was appointed to the Senate. He entered the federal cabinet in 1980,as the only Saskatchewan representative,with responsibilities for the Canadian Wheat Board. He is well known for being a strong proponent of the proposed Canadian annexation of the Turks and Caicos Islands. He was the first senator ever to have been charged with fraud,in 1989. The charges were eventually dropped.
The Nova Scotia New Democratic Party is a social democratic political party in Nova Scotia,Canada. It is the provincial section of the federal New Democratic Party.
The 1968 Canadian federal election was held on June 25,1968,to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 28th Parliament of Canada.
The Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party is a social democratic political party in Newfoundland and Labrador,Canada. It is a provincial section of the federal New Democratic Party.
The Canadian Labour Congress,or CLC is a national trade union centre,the central labour body in Canada to which most Canadian labour unions are affiliated.
Stanley Howard Knowles was a Canadian parliamentarian. Knowles represented the riding of Winnipeg North Centre from 1942 to 1958 on behalf of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and again from 1962 to 1984 representing the CCF's successor,the New Democratic Party (NDP).
Trudeaumania was the term used throughout 1968 to describe the excitement generated by Pierre Elliott Trudeau's entry into the April 1968 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election. Trudeau won the leadership election and was sworn in as prime minister. Trudeaumania continued during the subsequent federal election and during Trudeau's early years as prime minister. Decades later,Trudeau's son,Justin Trudeau,drew a similar international reaction when he became prime minister himself in 2015.
Seamus Thomas Harris O'Regan is a Canadian politician and a former cabinet minister in the government of Justin Trudeau. He resigned from cabinet effective July 19,2024. A member of the Liberal Party,O'Regan was first elected to the House of Commons in 2015,representing St. John's South—Mount Pearl. He was appointed to Cabinet in 2017,and served as minister of natural resources from 2019 to 2021,minister of Indigenous services in 2019,and minister of veterans affairs and associate minister of national defence from 2017 to 2019 and minister of labour from October 26,2021 until July 19,2024 and minister of seniors from July 26,2023 until July 19,2024.
Dennis McDermott was a Canadian trade unionist who served as Canadian Director of the United Auto Workers from 1968 to 1978 and president of the Canadian Labour Congress from 1978 to 1986.
Claude Jodoin was a Canadian trade unionist and politician. He served as the first president of the Canadian Labour Congress from 1956 to 1966.
The New Democratic Party is a federal political party in Canada. Widely described as social democratic,the party sits at the centre-left to left-wing of the Canadian political spectrum,with the party generally sitting to the left of the Liberal Party. The party was founded in 1961 by the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC).
This article covers the history of the New Democratic Party of Canada.
The 2015 Canadian federal election held on October 19,2015,saw the Liberal Party,led by Justin Trudeau,win 184 seats,allowing it to form a majority government with Trudeau becoming the next prime minister.
Unifor is a Canadian general trade union founded in 2013 as a merger of the Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) and Communications,Energy and Paperworkers unions. It consists of 310,000 workers,and associate members in industries including manufacturing,media,aviation,forestry and fishing,making it the largest private sector union in Canada. In January 2018,the union left the Canadian Labour Congress,Canada's national trade union centre,to become independent.
The following is a page of endorsements from prominent individuals and organisations made during the 42nd Canadian federal election
The 45th Canadian federal election will take place on or before October 20,2025,to elect members of the House of Commons to the 45th Canadian Parliament. The date of the vote is determined by the fixed-date provisions of the Canada Elections Act,which requires federal elections to be held on the third Monday in October in the fourth calendar year after the polling day of the previous election,though a current government bill proposes to postpone the date to October 27,2025 to avoid conflicting with Diwali. In addition to the statutory fixed election date provisions,Canada has a constitutional requirement specified in both section 50 of the Constitution Act,1867 and section 4 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms that elections for the House of Commons must be called no more than five years after the writs for the preceding election are returned.
