Other posts in this series at end of post 1927 For the first time in some time, the leaders of the two main parties in Quebec would not change leaders when the next election came along, four years after the last one. Louis-Alexandre Taschereau...
You can support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at Canada reached its tenth anniversary this year and it had been quite the first decade for the new country. Several notable, tragic and amazing events would happen in this anniversary year for...
Other parts in this series at end of post. After the 1923 election, the United Farmers of Ontario made the decision to withdraw from electoral politics and most of its elected members joined with the Progressives, which were led by former United...
You can support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at 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...
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...
You can support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at 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...
The first election of the 21st century would be the last for some, the first for others, and its result would help shape the coming years of the new century. Only three years after winning the 1997 election by a razor-thin margin for a majority...
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...
You can support Canadian History Ehx with a donation at 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...
You can donate to Canadian History Ehx at 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...