August 17, 2018 •
By-Election For Outremont (Quebec) Seat in House of Commons To Be Announced on Future Date
Sometime before January 30, 2019, a by-election will be announced for the seat in the House of Commons representing Outremont in the province of Quebec. On August 3, the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada, Stéphane Perrault, received official notice from […]
Sometime before January 30, 2019, a by-election will be announced for the seat in the House of Commons representing Outremont in the province of Quebec.
On August 3, the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada, Stéphane Perrault, received official notice from the Speaker of the House of Commons that the seat for Outremont (Quebec) became vacant following the resignation of Tom Mulcair, who left office to teach at the at Universite de Montreal and to become a regularly scheduled political commentator at CJAD radio and CTV news.
Under the law, the by-election date must be announced between August 14, 2018, and January 30, 2019, and will signal the start of the by-election period. According to Elections Canada, the earliest date the by-election can be held is September 24, 2018.
September 18, 2017 •
Elections Canada: House of Commons By-election Date is October 23
On September 17, Elections Canada announced two by-elections for the House of Commons will be held on October 23. The by-elections will be held for the electoral districts of Sturgeon River–Parkland in Alberta and the Lac-Saint-Jean in Quebec. Advance voting […]
On September 17, Elections Canada announced two by-elections for the House of Commons will be held on October 23.
The by-elections will be held for the electoral districts of Sturgeon River–Parkland in Alberta and the Lac-Saint-Jean in Quebec. Advance voting will run from the 13th to the 16th of October.
MP Rona Ambrose of Sturgeon River-Parkland resigned from politics in July.
MP Denis Lebel of Lac-Saint-Jean announced his retirement in June.
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