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The led by the Conservative Party with Stephen Harper becoming the 22nd Prime Minister Of Canada ; this is Canada's smallest minority government since Confederation , in terms of the percentage of seats held by the governing party. Harper was reelected in Calgary Southwest , which he has held since 2002, ensuring that he has a seat in the new parliament. decided by this election.]] The election was held on as the last polls closed. Shortly after midnight (ET) that night, incumbent Prime Minister Paul Martin conceded defeat, and announced that he will resign as leader of the Liberal Party . He will continue to sit as a Member Of Parliament representing LaSalle—Émard , the Montreal -area riding he has held since 1988 . At 9:30 a.m. on January 24, Martin informed . {Link without Title} CAUSE OF THE ELECTION This General Election elected members for the House of Commons, indirectly determining the prime minister and Cabinet , as the government will be formed by the Political Party or Coalition of parties that the Governor General determines is best able to command the confidence of the House (usually the one with the most elected members). This unusual winter election was caused by a Motion Of No Confidence passed by the House of Commons on November 28 , 2005 . The following morning, Prime Minister Paul Martin met with Governor General Michaëlle Jean , who agreed to Dissolve the Minority Parliament , issuing a proclamation of the dissolution ( Canada Gazette: Proclamation Dissolving Parliament ). The Governor General then issued a proclamation issuing Writs of election ( Canada Gazette: Proclamation Issuing Election Writs ), followed by a final proclamation summoning Parliament to meet ( Canada Gazette: Proclamation Summoning Parliament to Meet on February 20, 2006 ), though this will be superseded by further proclamations as the date for the assembling of Parliament is changed. The campaign was almost eight weeks in length, the longest in two decades, in order to allow for downtime over the Christmas and New Year holidays. Recent political events, most notably testimony to the Gomery Commission investigating the Sponsorship Scandal , significantly weakened the Liberals (who, under Martin, had formed the first Liberal Minority Government since the Trudeau era) by allegations of criminal corruption in the party. The first Gomery report, released November 1 , 2005 , had found a "culture of entitlement" to exist within the Government. Although the next election was not legally required until 2009, the opposition had enough votes to force the dissolution of Parliament earlier. While Prime Minister Martin had committed in April 2005 to dissolve Parliament within a month of the tabling of the second Gomery Report (which was released on schedule on February 1 , 2006 ), all three Opposition Parties —the Conservatives, Bloc Québécois , and New Democratic Party (NDP) — and three of the four independents decided that the issue at hand was how to correct the Liberal corruption, and the motion of non-confidence passed 171-133. RESULTS See Also: Results of the Canadian federal election, 2006 Overall results The results show a Conservative minority government with 124 seats in parliament with a Liberal opposition and a strengthened NDP. In his speech following the loss, Martin stated he would not lead the Liberal Party of Canada in another election. Preliminary results indicated that 64.9% of registered voters cast a ballot, a notable increase over 2004's 60.9%. {Link without Title} The NDP won new seats in British Columbia and Ontario, with their share of the overall popular vote increasing fairly marginally from 2004. The Bloc managed to win almost as many seats as in 2004 despite losing a significant percentage of the vote due to new vote-splitting between the Conservatives and the Liberals. The Conservatives saw most of their gains in Ontario and Quebec - indeed they took a net loss in the west. The popular vote of the Conservatives and Liberals were almost the exact opposite of 2004, though the Conservatives were not able to translate this into as many seats as the Liberals in 2004. A judicial recount was automatically scheduled in the Parry Sound—Muskoka riding, where early results showed Conservative Tony Clement only 21 votes ahead of Liberal Andy Mitchell , because the difference of votes cast between the two leading candidates was less than 0.1%. Clement was confirmed as the winner by 28 votes. {Link without Title} Conservative candidate the winner by a reduced margin of 68 votes. {Link without Title} | ||
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| !rowspan | "2" colspan="2"Party |
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| !rowspan | "2"Party leader |
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| !rowspan | "2"<font style="font-size: 80%">Candi-<br/>dates</font> |
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| !colspan | "4"Seats |
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| !colspan | "3"Popular vote |
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| align | "center" 2004 |
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| align | "center"<font style="font-size: 80%"> Dissol </font> |
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| align | "center" '''2006''' |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Conservative_Party_of_Canada" class="copylinks">Conservative |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Stephen_Harper" class="copylinks">Stephen Harper |
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| align | "right"+253% |
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| align | "right"5,374,071 |
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| align | "right"363% |
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| align | "right"+66% |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" class="copylinks">Liberal |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Paul_Martin" class="copylinks">Paul Martin |
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| align | "right"135 |
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| align | "right"133 |
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| align | "right"'''103''' |
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| align | "right"-237% |
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| align | "right"4,479,415 |
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| align | "right"302% |
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| align | "right"-65% |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Bloc_Québécois" class="copylinks">Bloc Québécois |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Gilles_Duceppe" class="copylinks">Gilles Duceppe |
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| align | "right"'''51''' |
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| align | "right"-56% |
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| align | "right"1,553,201 |
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| align | "right"105% |
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| align | "right"-19% |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/New_Democratic_Party" class="copylinks">New Democrat |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Jack_Layton" class="copylinks">Jack Layton |
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| align | "right"+526% |
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| align | "right"2,589,597 |
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| align | "right"175% |
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| align | "right"+18% |
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| colspan | 2 Independent / No Affiliation |
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| align | "right"90 |
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| align | "right"'''1''' |
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| align | "right"- |
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| align | "right"81,860 |
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| align | "right"06% |
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| align | "right"N/A |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Green_Party_of_Canada" class="copylinks">Green |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Jim_Harris_(politician)" class="copylinks">Jim Harris |
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| align | "right"- |
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| align | "right"'''-''' |
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| align | "right"  |
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| align | "right"664,068 |
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| align | "right"45% |
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| align | "right"+02% |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Christian_Heritage_Party_of_Canada" class="copylinks">Christian Heritage |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Ron_Gray" class="copylinks">Ron Gray |
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| align | "right"- |
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| align | "right"'''-''' |
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| align | "right"  |
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| align | "right"28,152 |
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| align | "right"02% |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Progressive_Canadian_Party" class="copylinks">Progressive Canadian |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Tracy_Parsons" class="copylinks">Tracy Parsons |
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| align | "right"- |
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| align | "right"'''-''' |
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| align | "right"  |
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| align | "right"14,151 |
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| align | "right"01% |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Communist_Party_of_Canada_(Marxist-Leninist)" class="copylinks">Marxist-Leninist |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Sandra_L_Smith" class="copylinks">Sandra L Smith |
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| align | "right"'''-''' |
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| align | "right"8,980 |
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| align | "right"01% |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Marijuana_Party_of_Canada" class="copylinks">Marijuana |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Blair_Longley" class="copylinks">Blair Longley |
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| align | "right"9,171 |
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| align | "right"01% |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Canadian_Action_Party" class="copylinks">Canadian Action |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Connie_Fogal" class="copylinks">Connie Fogal |
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| align | "right"6,102 |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Communist_Party_of_Canada" class="copylinks">Communist |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Miguel_Figueroa" class="copylinks">Miguel Figueroa |
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| align | "right"3,022 |
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| align | "right"00% |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Libertarian_Party_of_Canada" class="copylinks">Libertarian |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Jean-Serge_Brisson" class="copylinks">Jean-Serge Brisson |
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| align | "right"3,002 |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/First_Peoples_National_Party_of_Canada" class="copylinks">First Peoples National |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Barbara_Wardlaw" class="copylinks">Barbara Wardlaw |
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| align | "right"1,201 |
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| align | "right"00% |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Western_Block_Party" class="copylinks">Western Block |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Doug_Christie_(lawyer)" class="copylinks">Doug Christie |
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| align | "right"1,094 |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Animal_Alliance_Environment_Voters_Party_of_Canada" class="copylinks">Animal Alliance |
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| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/encyclopedia/entry/Liz_White_(politician)" class="copylinks">Liz White |
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| align | "right"72 |
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| colspan | "4"Vacant |
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| align | "right"2 |
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| align | "center" colspan="5"  |
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| Colspan | "3"'''Total''' |
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| Align | "right"'''1634''' |
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| Align | "right"'''308''' |
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| Align | "right"'''14,817,159''' |
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| Align | "right"'''100%''' |
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| Align | "center" colspan="13"'''Source:''' Elections Canada |
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