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This is a timeline for the 42nd Canadian federal election, which took place in October 2015.
2015
- October 19, 2015: The Liberal Party of Canada wins a majority government in the 42nd Canadian federal election. Outgoing Prime Minister Stephen Harper announces his intention to resign as leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.[1]
- October 22, 2015: Gilles Duceppe resigns as leader of the Bloc Québécois and is replaced on an interim-basis by Rivière-du-Nord MP Rhéal Fortin.[2]
- November 4, 2015: Justin Trudeau is sworn in as Prime Minister of Canada.[3]
- November 5, 2015: Sturgeon River—Parkland MP and former cabinet minister Rona Ambrose is elected interim Conservative leader.[4]
- December 3, 2015: The 42nd Parliament is convened.[5]
2016
- March 23, 2016: Jim Hillyer, Conservative MP for Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner dies of a heart attack.[6]
- April 10, 2016: 52% of delegates at the 2016 NDP convention voted in support of a leadership review motion to hold a leadership election within 24 months.[7] Party leader Tom Mulcair announces he will stay on as leader until his replacement is chosen.[8]
- August 15, 2016: Mauril Belanger, Liberal MP for Ottawa—Vanier dies of ALS.[9]
- August 26, 2016: Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Conservative MP for Calgary Heritage resigns his seat in the House of Commons.[10]
- September 9, 2016: Strength in Democracy, a party which had three incumbent MPs among its 17 candidates in the last election is deregistered by Elections Canada for failure to file papers maintaining its party status.[11]
- September 23, 2016: Jason Kenney, Conservative MP for Calgary Midnapore resigns his seat to seek the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta.[12]
2017
- February 1, 2017: John McCallum, Liberal MP for Markham—Thornhill resigns his seat to become Ambassador to China.[13]
- February 6, 2017: Stéphane Dion, Liberal MP for Saint-Laurent resigns his seat to become Ambassador to Germany and Special Envoy of Canada to the European Union and Europe.[14]
- March 18, 2017: Martine Ouellet is acclaimed as leader of the Bloc Québécois.[15]
- May 27, 2017: Andrew Scheer is elected leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.[16]
- July 4, 2017: Rona Ambrose, Conservative MP for Sturgeon River—Parkland resigns her seat in the House of Commons.[17]
- August 31, 2017: Calgary Skyview MP Darshan Kang resigns from the Liberal caucus amid sexual harassment allegations.[18]
- September 14, 2017: Arnold Chan, Liberal MP for Scarborough—Agincourt dies of cancer.[19]
- October 1, 2017: Jagmeet Singh is elected leader of the New Democratic Party.[20][21]
- December 1, 2017: Denis Lemieux, Liberal MP for Chicoutimi—Le Fjord resigns his seat in the House of Commons.[22]
2018
- February 28, 2018: Citing conflict with party leader Martine Ouellet, seven Bloc Québécois MPs resign from the party caucus,[23] establishing the Groupe parlementaire québécois for parliamentary purposes, while remaining independent of any electoral political party.[24] Only Xavier Barsalou-Duval (Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères), Mario Beaulieu (La Pointe-de-l'Île), and Marilène Gill (Manicouagan) remain in the Bloc Québécois caucus.
- May 5, 2018: Gord Brown, Conservative MP for Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes dies of a heart attack.[25]
- May 9, 2018: Members of the Groupe parlementaire québécois announce they will be forming a new political party, Québec debout.[26]
- June 4, 2018: After losing a leadership review, Martine Ouellet announces she will step down as leader of the Bloc Québécois effective June 11, 2018.[27]
- June 6, 2018: Michel Boudrias and Simon Marcil, Québec debout MPs for Terrebonne and Mirabel, respectively, announce they will return to the Bloc Québécois caucus as a result of Martine Ouellet's resignation as party leader.[28] Citing the Bloc's vote the previous weekend to focus exclusively on Quebec sovereignty, Québec debout spokesman Rhéal Fortin announces that he and the party's other four MPs will not rejoin the Bloc Québécois.[28]
- August 3, 2018: Tom Mulcair, NDP MP for Outremont resigns his seat in the House of Commons.[29]
- August 23, 2018: Beauce MP Maxime Bernier resigns from the Conservative caucus in disagreement with the leadership of Andrew Scheer. Bernier announces his intention to form a new federal party.[30]
- September 14, 2018:
- Three weeks after leaving the Conservative caucus, Beauce MP Maxime Bernier formally launches the People's Party of Canada, becoming its first MP.[31]
- Kennedy Stewart, NDP MP for Burnaby South, resigns to run for mayor of Vancouver, triggering a by-election in his riding.[32]
- September 17, 2018:
- All five Québec debout MPs – Rhéal Fortin (Rivière-du-Nord), Monique Pauzé (Repentigny), Louis Plamondon (Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel), Gabriel Ste-Marie (Joliette), and Luc Thériault (Montcalm) – announce they will rejoin the Bloc Québécois,[33] officially dissolving Quebec debout.
- Leona Alleslev, Liberal MP for Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill, crosses the floor to join the Conservatives, citing concerns for the Liberal's handling of the economy, foreign and security policies, and international trade.[34]
- September 30, 2018: Peter Van Loan, Conservative MP for York—Simcoe resigns his seat in the House of Commons.[35]
- November 7, 2018: Parry Sound—Muskoka MP Tony Clement resigns from the Conservative caucus, at the request of leader Andrew Scheer, due to a sexting scandal.[36]
- November 30, 2018: Brampton East MP Raj Grewal resigns from the Liberal caucus to enter treatment due to a gambling addiction.[37]
2019
- January 2, 2019: Sheila Malcolmson, NDP MP for Nanaimo—Ladysmith resigned her seat to seek election in the British Columbia provincial riding of Nanaimo.[38]
- January 17, 2019: As no other candidate had entered the race by the January 15 nomination deadline, Yves-François Blanchet was acclaimed leader of the Bloc Québécois.[39]
- January 29, 2019: Nicola Di Iorio, Liberal MP for Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel resigned his seat in the House of Commons.[40]
- February 10, 2019: Scott Brison, Liberal MP for Kings—Hants resigned his seat in the House of Commons.[41]
- February 25, 2019: By-elections were held in Outremont, York—Simcoe and Burnaby South, electing Liberal Rachel Bendayan, Conservative Scot Davidson, and New Democrat Jagmeet Singh, respectively.
- March 20, 2019: Whitby MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes resigned from the Liberal caucus.[42]
- April 2, 2019: Markham—Stouffville MP Jane Philpott and Vancouver Granville MP Jody Wilson-Raybould were removed from the Liberal caucus.[43]
- May 6, 2019: A by-election was held in Nanaimo—Ladysmith, electing Green candidate Paul Manly.[44]
- June 20, 2019: Mark Warawa, Conservative MP for Langley—Aldergrove died of cancer.[45]
- August 2, 2019: Deepak Obhrai, Conservative MP for Calgary Forest Lawn died from liver cancer.[46]
- August 16, 2019: Pierre Nantel was removed from the New Democratic Party caucus and de-selected as the NDP candidate for Longueuil—Saint-Hubert after reports surfaced of ongoing discussions regarding Nantel joining the Green Party of Canada.[47] He announces that he is now an independent MP.
- August 19, 2019: Pierre Nantel repeated that he will remain an independent MP until the end of his term in the current Parliament and announces that he will be a candidate for the Green Party of Canada in the election for the next Parliament.[48][49]
- September 10, 2019: The Rhinoceros Party nominated a candidate named Maxime Bernier in Beauce, the riding of People's Party leader Maxime Bernier.[50]
- September 11, 2019: Parliament is dissolved and writs of election are dropped.[51]
- September 13, 2019: Elizabeth May announced that her party will conduct more thorough "re-vetting" of candidates after media reports of some Green candidates have made past statements opposing legal abortion.[52]
- September 15, 2019: Andrew Scheer said he will stand by candidates despite "controversial" comments in the past as long as the candidate apologizes, and takes responsibility for said comments.[53][54]
- September 16, 2019: Maxime Bernier was officially invited to the debates organized by the Leaders' Debates Commission after Commissioner David Johnston announces the People's Party meets the criteria set for the debates.[55]
- October 11–14, 2019: Advance polls were open, with an estimated record 4.7 million electors casting their ballots, a turnout increase of 29% above the 2015 general election. It also marked the first time polls have been open for 12 hours each day.[56][57]
- October 18, 2019: Elections Canada reports historic turnout among international voters, with 21,842 electors casting their ballots.[58]
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