On April 28, 2025, 19.5 million Canadians, a total of 67.44 per cent of registered voters, headed to the polls and cast their vote in the 45th General election. Voter turnout was the highest it’s been since 2015. Summary/Political Context The Liberals won and now will form a minority government. This is their fourth consecutive...Read More
Three Peat – The Progressive Conservatives Win Another Majority Vote Introduction Decision desks across the province called the Ontario election within the first five minutes after the polls closed. Here are the results: The Progressive Conservatives (PC) won re-election by winning 80 seats, 43% of the popular vote. The New Democratic Party (NDP) won 27...Read More
A Supermajority – The Progressive Conservatives Increase Their Vote and Seat Count November 26, 2024 IntroductionThe results are in! The Progressive Conservatives (PC) won re-election with 43 seats (up from 34 at dissolution) and managed to capture a massive 52.8% of the popular vote. The New Democratic Party (NDP) won nine seats becoming the Official...Read More
October 31, 2024 On October 28, the Saskatchewan Party (SP) won their fifth straight majority government. Not since the days of Tommy Douglas and the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (which governed from 1944 to 1964) has a single party won five elections in a row. The SP won the race with 34 seats (and a popular...Read More
October 22, 2024New Brunswick (NB) likes change – since 2006 it has alternated between the NB Liberals and NB Progressive Conservatives (PCs) with Premiers only being able to serve one term. While Premier Blain Higgs broke this pattern and served two terms, last night he lost his seat and the election to the Liberals. Among...Read More
October 20, 2024 The results are in and the only thing it tells us for certain is the British Columbia (BC) NDP are no longer in the majority. In fact, at the time this document was written, both the BC NDP and BC Conservatives are in a dead heat when it comes to elected seats....Read More
With the 2023 election ballots all re-counted and official results posted, Premier Danielle Smith announced and swore in her cabinet today, at an 11 am session. As Diplomat had predicted, through our support channels, the size of the cabinet is smaller than previous but remains substantial. With a smaller pool of MLAs to select from,...Read More
Nova Scotia Legislature New Liberal Premier Iain Rankin and his first Cabinet were sworn in on Feb 23rd, 2021. With a provincial election to be triggered no later than May 2022 due to provincial election laws, Premier Rankin’s first Cabinet is the result of a delicate balancing act of Party unity and candidate recruitment, as...Read More
If Canadian politics were playing out in the scene of a movie right now, it would be Ben Stiller’s Zoolander with political observers and pundits doing their best Mugatu impression when talking Atlantic Canada: it’s so hot right now. As I write this from Charlottetown, Atlantic Canada is getting hit with the strongest winter storm...Read More
