The Canadian federal election of 1949 was the first election in Canada in almost thirty years in which the Liberals were not led by William Lyon Mackenzie King. King had retired in 1948, and was replaced as Liberal leader by Louis St. Laurent. The Liberal party was re-elected with its fourth consecutive majority government, winning just under 50% of the vote.
In the ensuing January 23, 2006 general election, the Liberals were defeated by the Conservatives, who emerged as the largest party in the House of Commons, although well short of an absolute majority.
The Reform Party (which became the Canadian Alliance in 2000) displaced the Progressive Conservatives as the major right-wing force at the federal level, but the party was unable to mount an effective challenge to the Liberals, who dominated Canadianfederal politics from 1993 to 2006.
Between 1962 and 1980, eight federalelections were held in Canada, five of which (1962, 1963, 1965, 1972 and 1979) resulted in minority governments, as no party won an absolute majority of seats in the House of Commons.
Elections Canada recently recommended that federal legislation be changed to allow people to officially decline their ballots, and for that to be recorded alongside spoiled ballots so that the public will know how many people are making a peaceful protest against the process.
Elections Canada commissioned an academic study on youth voters, then used the results to come up with a cutting-edge series of ads aimed at young Canadians and a special section of its website designed to quickly answer the most frequent questions of young voters.
The Elections Canada website says an inmate's home riding is considered to be the place he or she lived before being imprisoned, or the house of a spouse, common-law partner, relative or friend with whom the voting inmate would usually live.
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