2019 Canadian federal election

2019 Canadian federal election

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338 seats in the House of Commons
170 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout67.0%[1] (Decrease1.3pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Justin Trudeau in 2019 at the G7 (Biarritz) (48622478973) (cropped) (cropped) (cropped).jpg
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Yves-François Blanchet Entrevue no smile 2023 (cropped-2).png
Leader Justin Trudeau Andrew Scheer Yves-François Blanchet
Party Liberal Conservative Bloc Québécois
Leader since April 14, 2013 May 27, 2017 January 17, 2019
Leader's seat Papineau Regina—Qu'Appelle Beloeil—Chambly[a]
Last election 184 seats, 39.47% 99 seats, 31.89% 10 seats, 4.66%
Seats before 177 95 10
Seats won 157 121 32
Seat change Decrease 20 Increase 26 Increase22
Popular vote 6,018,728 6,239,227 1,387,030
Percentage 33.12% 34.34% 7.63%
Swing Decrease 6.40pp Increase 2.52pp Increase3.03pp

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Jagmeet Singh at the 2nd National Bike Summit - Ottawa - 2018 (42481105871) (cropped v2).jpg
Elizabeth May 2017 (cropped).jpg
Maxime Bernier in 2017 - cropped.jpg
Leader Jagmeet Singh Elizabeth May Maxime Bernier
Party New Democratic Green People's
Leader since October 1, 2017 August 27, 2006 September 14, 2018
Leader's seat Burnaby South Saanich—Gulf Islands Beauce
(lost re-election)
Last election 44 seats, 19.71% 1 seat, 3.45% New party
Seats before 39 2 1
Seats won 24 3 0
Seat change Decrease15 Increase1 Decrease1
Popular vote 2,903,722 1,189,607 294,092
Percentage 15.98% 6.55% 1.62%
Swing Decrease3.78pp Increase3.07pp New party


Prime Minister before election

Justin Trudeau
Liberal

Prime Minister after election

Justin Trudeau
Liberal

The 2019 Canadian federal election was held on October 21, 2019. Members of the House of Commons were elected to the 43rd Canadian Parliament. In keeping with the maximum four-year term under a 2007 amendment to the Canada Elections Act, the writs of election for the 2019 election were issued by Governor General Julie Payette on September 11, 2019.

With 33.12% of the vote for the Liberal Party, led by incumbent Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the 2019 election ranked second (with the 2021 federal election ranking first) for the lowest vote share for a party that would go on to form a single-party minority government.[2] The Liberals lost the popular vote to the Conservative Party by one per cent,[3] marking only the second time in Canadian history that a governing party formed a government while receiving less than 35 per cent of the national popular vote, the first time being the inaugural 1867 Canadian federal election after Confederation. It was also the first time since 1979 that the party with the most votes overall did not win the most seats.

The Conservatives, led by Andrew Scheer, won 121 seats and remained the Official Opposition. The Bloc Québécois, led by Yves-François Blanchet, won 32 seats to regain official party status and became the third party for the first time since 2008. The New Democratic Party, led by Jagmeet Singh, won 24 seats, its worst result since 2004. The Green Party, led by Elizabeth May, saw its best election results with three seats and for the first time received over one million votes. The Greens also elected their first MP outside of British Columbia, Jenica Atwin in Fredericton, New Brunswick.[3] Independent MP Jody Wilson-Raybould won her seat and was the first independent to win a seat in over a decade. In their first election, the People's Party failed to win any seats, as leader Maxime Bernier lost his own seat in Beauce, a seat he won as a Conservative in the previous four elections before forming his own party following his unsuccessful bid for the Conservative Party's leadership.

  1. ^ "Forty-Third General Election 2019: Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. October 22, 2019. Archived from the original on April 24, 2020. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
  2. ^ Brean, Joseph (October 22, 2019). "All-time low share of popular vote is enough for Liberals to win power". National Post. Archived from the original on July 6, 2021. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
  3. ^ a b Zimonjic, Peter (October 22, 2019). "Liberals take losses but win enough in Quebec and Ontario to form minority government". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on October 22, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.


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