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Canada's 2011 federal election results. After five years of ruling Canada with a minority government, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Conservatives vaulted to majority rule on May 2, 2011, in federal elections that resulted in dramatic changes for all of the country’s main political parties. The Conservatives were predicted to win, but ...
2011 % Change % seats # # Change % pp Change Conservative: Stephen Harper: 307: 143: 143: 166 +16.08%: 53.90%: 5,835,270 +626,201: 39.63% +1.98pp New Democratic: Jack Layton: 308: 37: 36: 103 +178.38%: 33.44%: 4,512,411 +1,997,123: 30.65% +12.47pp Liberal: Michael Ignatieff: 308 1: 77: 77: 34: −42.86%: 11.04%: 2,783,076: −850,109: 18.90% ...
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The 41st Canadian federal election was held on May 2, 2011. It resulted in a Conservative majority government under the leadership of Prime Minister Stephen Harper. It was the third consecutive election win for Harper, and with 166 of 308 seats, giving them a majority government for the first time in their eight-year history.
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May 2, 2021 · The Conservatives won 166 seats in the 2011 federal election with just under 40 per cent of the popular vote. (Jeff McIntosh / Canadian Press) The Liberals were reduced to 34 seats and 19 per...
The socialist New Democratic Party (NDP) won 10 additional seats for a total of 29. The most significant changes occurred in Quebec, where the separatist Bloc Québécois won 51 of the 75 seats; the Liberals suffered a severe reversal, dropping from 21 seats to 13; and the CPC, which was without a Quebec seat before the election, won 10 ridings ...
In the 2011 federal election, the NDP won a record 103 seats, becoming the Official Opposition for the first time in the party's history. The party had a historic breakthrough in Quebec , where they won 59 out of 75 seats, dominating Montreal and sweeping Quebec City and the Outaouais .
Apr 21, 2011 · Second term. Stéphane Dion. On Oct. 14, 2008, in Canada’s third general election since 2004, the Conservative Party and Harper won reelection. The Conservatives won an increased minority in the House of Commons, taking 143 of 308 seats. The Liberal Party, under the leadership of Dion, took 77 seats to retain its position as the official ...
