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...
If the 1957 election was the arrival of Diefenbaker, then the 1958 election would be his greatest triumph. In fact, for the Progressive Conservative Party, it would be a success they scarcely could have believed. Due to the Diefenbaker and the...
Change was in the air for Canada when the 1957 election rolled around. For the previous 22 years, through five elections, Canada had been governed by the Liberal Party. From the time of William Lyon Mackenzie King, to Louis St. Laurent, the party...
After the massive win for Louis St. Laurent and the Liberals in 1949, there was hope that the party would once again get a majority when the next election came about. This would be a re-match between St. Laurent and his Progressive Conservative...
You can support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at The Conservatives and Prime Minister R.B. Bennett had come into power in 1930 on the promise of fixing the problems created by The Great Depression. Five years later, not only did things seem...
After the chaos of the 1925 and 1926 elections, coupled with the King-Byng Affair, it probably seemed like things would get better for William Lyon Mackenzie King but what he did not count on was the monumental event of The Great Depression. By the...
You can support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at For the past 58 years, Canada generally had several years between elections. The shortest time period was between 1872 and 1874 but then 1925 and 1926 came along. Why did these elections come...
When the Oct. 26, 1908 election rolled around, Canada looked a bit different. Two new provinces had been born out of the Northwest Territories. Three years prior to the election, Alberta and Saskatchewan joined Confederation, but to start there...
Sir John A. Macdonald and his Conservatives would once again go up against Edward Blake and the Liberals five years after the 1882 election. As with the 1882 election, there was little in the way of a lively competition between the two parties. The...