what are by elections canada?
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By-elections to the 42nd Canadian Parliament. Map of relevant by-election results by riding. ... By-elections to the 42nd Canadian Parliament were held to fill vacancies in the House of Commons of Canada between the 2015 and the 2019 federal elections.
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Provincial governments are run according to the parliamentary system and are given specific, exclusive responsibilities by the Canadian Constitution. Municipal governments are the weakest form of government in Canada, and only hold powers that have been delegated to them by the provinces.
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The prime minister of Canada (French: premier ministre du Canada) is the head of government, chair of the Cabinet, and primary minister of the Crown. Canadian prime ministers are styled as The Right Honourable (French: Le très honorable), a privilege maintained for life.
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The elected component of the Canadian Parliament is the House of Commons (French: Chambre des communes), with each member chosen by a plurality of voters in each of the country's federal electoral districts, or ridings. To run for one of the 338 seats in the lower house, an individual must be at least 18 years old.
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This is a list of British Columbia's 87 provincial electoral districts (also colloquially known as ridings in Canadian English) as defined by the Redistribution of 2008, which came into effect for the 2009 election.
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Electoral College. In other U.S. elections, candidates are elected directly by popular vote. But the president and vice president are not elected directly by citizens. Instead, they're chosen by “electors” through a process called the Electoral College.
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Judges in Canada are appointed and not elected. Judges of the Supreme Court of Canada, the federal courts, the appellate courts and the superior-level courts are appointed by the Governor-in-Council (by the Governor General on the advice of the Federal Cabinet).
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In Canada, a premier is the head of government of a province or territory. Though the word is merely a synonym for prime minister, it is employed for provincial prime ministers to differentiate them from the Prime Minister of Canada. There are currently ten provincial premiers and three territorial premiers.
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Prime Minister after election 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.
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2019 Canadian federal election. ... 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 had won in the 2015 election.
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For many years, municipal elections occurred annually in Toronto. After 1956, elections occurred every other year until 1966 after which elections occurred in 1969 and 1972 before reverting to a 2-year cycle.
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By-elections overview A by-election may be held on a date to be determined by the Speaker, or, in the Speaker's absence from Australia, by the Governor-General in Council. ... The Acting Speaker performing the duties of the Speaker during the Speaker's absence from the Commonwealth may also issue a by-election writ.
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Canada consists of 13 political divisions: 10 provinces and 3 territories. The territories are Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon.
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Since that election, the NDP caucus rose to 30 members following the victory of NDP candidate Thomas Mulcair in a by-election in Outremont. ... The party won 37 seats in the 2008 federal election, the best performance since the 1988 federal election total of 43.
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Provincial and territorial Since 2001, most Canadian provinces and the Northwest Territories have passed laws establishing fixed election dates, in most cases calling for elections every four years on a specific day and month.
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Direct election is a system of choosing political officeholders in which the voters directly cast ballots for the persons, or political party that they desire to see elected. ... By contrast, in an indirect election, the voters elect a body which in turn elects the officeholder in question.