43rd Canadian federal election

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On or before October 21, 2019 (On or before October 21, 2019)

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338 seats in the House of Commons of Canada
170 seats needed for a majority


Leader	Justin Trudeau	Rona Ambrose	Thomas Mulcair
Party	Liberal	Conservative	New Democratic
Leader since	April 14, 2013	November 5, 2015 (interim until May 27, 2017)	March 24, 2012 (until October 29, 2017 at latest)
Leader's seat	Papineau	Sturgeon River—Parkland	Outremont
Last election	184 seats, 39.47%	99 seats, 31.89%	44 seats, 19.71%
Current seats	180	97	44


Leader	Martine Ouellet	Elizabeth May
Party	Bloc Québécois	Green
Leader since	March 18, 2017	August 27, 2006
Leader's seat	Running in TBD	Saanich—Gulf Islands
Last election	10 seats, 4.66%	1 seat, 3.45%
Current seats	10	1

Incumbent Prime Minister

Justin Trudeau
Liberal

The 43rd Canadian federal election (formally the 43rd Canadian general election) is scheduled to take place on or before October 21, 2019. The October 21 date of the vote is determined by the fixed-date procedures in the Canada Elections Act but the Act does not preclude the Governor General of Canada from issuing the writs of election at an earlier date.

The 2015 federal election resulted in a Liberal majority government headed by Justin Trudeau. The Conservatives became the Official Opposition (with Stephen Harper announcing his resignation as party leader) and the New Democrats (NDP) became the third party. While members of the Bloc Québécois and the Greens were elected to the House, both failed to achieve the required number of MPs for official party status. Bloc leader Gilles Duceppe announced his resignation shortly after the election.

Due to Tom Mulcair failing his April 2016 leadership review by garnering only 48% of the delegate vote, the NDP will hold a leadership election in October 2017.

In June 2015, Justin Trudeau pledged to reform the electoral system if elected, saying, "We are committed to ensuring that 2015 is the last election held under first-past-the-post." As the New Democrats, Bloc, and Greens were all in favour of reform of some kind, it was seen as possible that a different voting system would be in place the next federal election. In February 2017, however, the government dropped support for electoral reform, issuing a mandate to newly appointed Minister of Democratic Institutions Karina Gould saying "A clear preference for a new electoral system, let alone a consensus, has not emerged. [...] Changing the electoral system will not be in your mandate."

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