41st federal election of Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2011 Canadian Federal Election was held on 2 May 2011,[1] in order to elect members to the House of Commons for the 41st Canadian Parliament.
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper advised the Governor General David Johnston on 26 March to dissolve Parliament after a non-confidence vote of minority government’s propose budget.
In the end, the Conservatives were re-elected, with a majority government. Surprisingly, the New Democratic Party was boosted to the Official Opposition with 103 seats.[2]
The Liberals lost 43 seats compared to their original 77 seats.[3] Meanwhile, the Green Party won 1 seat in the House of Commons.[4] The Bloc Québécois lost 6 seats bringing their total of seats down to 4 seats.[5] The Conservative Party won a majority government with 166 seats in the House of Commons.
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