Canada 2019 general election produces Liberal minority government

Wednesday, October 23, 2019

On Monday, Canada held a general election to select the members of the House of Commons for the 43rd Canadian Parliament. The Liberal Party, which previously controlled a majority of the House of Commons, lost a net of 20 seats, according to preliminary reports, resulting in a minority government.

In early September, Julie Payette, the Governor General of Canada, dissolved the 42nd Canadian Parliament, triggering the elections. She did so at the request of Justin Trudeau, then the Prime Minister.

**2019 Canadian Election results**¹
Party	Seats	Change²
Liberal Party of Canada	157	20
Conservative Party of Canada	121	26
Bloc Québécois	32	22
New Democratic Party	24	15
Green Party of Canada	3	1
Others³	1	9
1. Unofficial results 2. Relative to seats at dissolution 3. At dissolution, there was one MP of the People's Party of Canada, one MP of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, and 8 independent MPs

Trudeau heads the Liberal Party. Liberals, which had secured an absolute majority of seats in the House of Commons in the 2015 election, lost that majority. Instead, they secured a plurality of seats, but a minority.

The House of Commons includes 338 seats, each with a Member of Parliament, or MP. For a party to fully control the House of Commons, it needs an outright majority of 170 MPs.

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Sources

Leyland Cecco. "Canada elections: Trudeau wins narrow victory to form minority government" — The Guardian, October 22, 2019
"Federal election 2019: Liberals win strong minority but lose popular vote to Conservatives" — The Globe and Mail, October 21, 2019
"Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals to form minority government, CBC projects" — CNBC, October 21, 2019
Jillian Kestler-D'Amours. "Canada election: What you should know" — Al Jazeera, October 21, 2019
"PARTY STANDINGS IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS" — Canadian House of Commons, October 21, 2019
Catharine Tunney. "It's official, Canadians: the 2019 federal election campaign is underway" — CBC News, September 11, 2019

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