Well, we made it folks. We have hit the final election in the series. It has been a long 36 days and we have covered a lot of elections and I want to thank all of you for following along. After gaining the second most seats in the history of the...
After Stephen Harper was able to obtain a majority government in 2011, it would mean that Canada would get several years before another election was called. During that time, the major parties would go through some major changes in leadership. While...
Following the 2008 federal election, the Conservatives remained in power with a minority government. The government would almost fall twice but Prime Minister Stephen Harper would prorogue Parliament in December in 2008 to end an attempted...
After almost 13 years of Liberals in power, 2006 came along and it would appear that Canadian public was ready for a change. Unlike every election since 1984, this was not called by a prime minister but through a vote of no-confidence, the first...
After the monumental change brought forward by the 1993 election, things were a bit more stable and relaxed going into the 1997 election. The election came only two years after the 1995 Quebec Referendum, which asked voters whether or not Quebec...
There have been several elections that have remade Canada, creating lasting ramifications that would be felt for decades. I’m not talking about Liberals defeating Conservatives, or vice versa, but elections that created a core change to the makeup...
Four years after Brian Mulroney and the Progressive Conservatives won the most seats in Canadian history, it was time for another election but this time, things would be somewhat different. The 1988 election is notable for many reasons. It would be...
By the mid-point of the 1980s, Canada was looking for a change. Joe Clark had been ousted as leader of the Progressive Conservatives, replaced by newcomer Brian Mulroney, who did not have a seat in Parliament upon his leadership victory. For the...
Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau had been able to win a majority in 1974 after shifting tactics on the campaign trail, which had previously hurt him in 1972 when he won a minority government. With several issues facing Canada including high gas prices...
When the country erupted with Trudeaumania in 1968, by the time 1972 rolled around, the swinging 60s were over, and the honeymoon period for Trudeau had since ended. The Liberals were still high in the polls, but the slumping economy was hurting the...