Episode 903
2019 Canadian federal election
Wed, 2019-Oct-23 02:59 UTC
Length - 2:31
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The 2019 Canadian federal election (formally the 43rd Canadian general election) was held on October 21, 2019, to elect members of the House of Commons to the 43rd Canadian Parliament. The writs of election for the 2019 election were issued by Governor General Julie Payette on September 11, 2019.
The Liberal Party, led by incumbent Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, won 157 seats to form a minority government, and lost the majority they won in the 2015 election. They lost the popular vote to the Conservatives which marks the second time that a governing party will form a government while receiving less than 35 percent of the national popular vote. The Liberals received the lowest percentage of the national popular vote of a governing party in Canadian history. The Conservative Party, led by Andrew Scheer, won 121 seats and remained the Official Opposition. The Bloc Québécois, under Yves-François Blanchet, won 32 seats 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 result with 3 seats. Independent MP Jody Wilson-Raybould won her seat and was the first independent to win a seat in over a decade. People's Party leader Maxime Bernier lost his own seat as his party failed to win any seats.
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