Category Archives: Fixed-Date Elections

Rob Lantz Re-Becomes Premier of Prince Edward Island

Posted on 2026/02/11 by J.W.J. Bowden

In December, I chronicled the corrupt bargain between Justin Trudeau and Dennis King whereby King resigned abruptly as both leader of the Progressive Conservative Party and Premier of Prince Edward Island on 21 February 2025 so that Trudeau could name … Continue reading →

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Updates on the Reform Act and Fixed-Date Elections

Posted on 2025/05/23 by J.W.J. Bowden

Nova Scotia Shows a Better Way In February, I outlined a government bill tabled by Tim Houston, Premier of Nova Scotia, which contained a line to repeal the province’s fixed-date elections law, amongst other things. The omnibus Government Organization and … Continue reading →

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Doug Ford Wins Snap Election on an Extremely Unequal Electoral Map

Posted on 2025/03/01 by J.W.J. Bowden

The 15th Snap Election Notwithstanding a Fixed-Date Elections Law Ontarians last went to the polls during the pandemic on 2 June 2022 in accordance with section 9 of the Election Act: General elections at four-year intervals Powers of Lieutenant Governor … Continue reading →

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Nova Scotia Poised to Repeal Its Fixed-Date Elections Law

Posted on 2025/02/19 by J.W.J. Bowden

  Tim Houston, Premier of Nova Scotia and leader of the Progressive Conservative Party, decided on 27 October 2024 to advise the Lieutenant Governor to dissolve the legislature for a snap election 7 months early instead of allowing the general … Continue reading →

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Tim Houston’s Snap Election in Nova Scotia

Posted on 2024/11/12 by J.W.J. Bowden

Houston Breached the Last Redoubt Nova Scotia long resisted the trend of fixed-date elections in Canada and stood for years as the last redoubt of the ten provinces to rely solely on section 4(1) of the Constitution Act, 1982, which … Continue reading →

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