Category Archives: Fixed-Date Elections

How the General Election of 2017 Will Occur in Practice

Posted on 2017/04/20 by J.W.J. Bowden

Introduction  Earlier today, I was very confused to see that the Westminster Parliament is still sitting and conducting business. After all, MPs voted by a huge margin — well above even the two-thirds super-majority — to go to an early … Continue reading →

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British Prime Minister Theresa May Calls *For* An Early Election Under the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act

Posted on 2017/04/18 by J.W.J. Bowden

British Prime Minister Theresa May made an announcement outside of 10 Downing Street and has just called for an early general election. But she has not “called” an early general election — because the British Prime Minister no longer possesses … Continue reading →

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What Is It About Dissolution That Everyone Finds So Confusing?

Posted on 2017/03/17 by J.W.J. Bowden

I’m posing this question seriously, because I genuinely don’t know the answer to it. It truly baffles me. But what I do know is that Canadian journalists and scholars don’t seem to understand the implications of our various federal and … Continue reading →

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Ontario’s Next General Election Has Only Just Been Scheduled for June 2018

Posted on 2016/12/22 by J.W.J. Bowden

On this subject, I raised the ire of various journalists who accused me of that cardinal sin of pedantry. If I’m pedantic, then they’re obtuse. To declare that a law has been amended even before the government has tabled the … Continue reading →

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Finally, A Media Outlet Writes an Accurate Story on Ontario’s Next Provincial Election!

Posted on 2016/10/19 by J.W.J. Bowden

  The Canadian Press finally wrote a factually correct and accurate story pertaining to the timing of Ontario’s next general election. The election is currently set for the fall of 2018, but the Liberal government wants to avoid conflict with … Continue reading →

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