2011 Canadian federal election

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The 2011 Canadian federal election was a nationwide vote that resulted in Stephen Harper’s Conservative Party winning a majority government and the New Democratic Party becoming the Official Opposition for the first time.

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2011 Canadian federal election canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Canadian federal election ⓘ
parliamentary election ⓘ
afterPartyInGovernment Conservative Party of Canada ⓘ
beforePartyInGovernment Conservative Party of Canada ⓘ
blocQuebecoisLeader Gilles Duceppe ⓘ
blocQuebecoisPopularVotePercentage 6.0 ⓘ
blocQuebecoisSeatsWon 4 ⓘ
campaignPeriodLengthDays 36 ⓘ
campaignPeriodStart 2011-03-26 ⓘ
conservativeLeader Stephen Harper ⓘ
conservativePopularVotePercentage 39.6 ⓘ
conservativeSeatsWon 166 ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
date 2011-05-02 ⓘ
electionFor 41st Canadian Parliament ⓘ
House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
fifthParty Green Party of Canada ⓘ
fourthParty Bloc Québécois ⓘ
greenPartyFirstMP Elizabeth May ⓘ
greenPartyLeader Elizabeth May ⓘ
greenPartyPopularVotePercentage 3.9 ⓘ
greenPartySeatsWon 1 ⓘ
leadingParty Conservative Party of Canada ⓘ
legislatureNumber 41 ⓘ
liberalLeader Michael Ignatieff ⓘ
liberalPopularVotePercentage 18.9 ⓘ
liberalSeatsWon 34 ⓘ
majoritySeats 155 ⓘ
newDemocraticLeader Jack Layton ⓘ
newDemocraticPopularVotePercentage 30.6 ⓘ
newDemocraticSeatsWon 103 ⓘ
nextElection 2015 Canadian federal election ⓘ
nonConfidenceReason finding of contempt of Parliament against the government ⓘ
nonConfidenceVoteDate 2011-03-25 ⓘ
notableOutcome Bloc Québécois was reduced to fewer than 12 seats and lost official party status ⓘ
linked to: Bloc Québécois

Green Party of Canada won its first elected MP at the federal level ⓘ
Liberal Party of Canada fell to third place for the first time in federal history ⓘ
New Democratic Party became Official Opposition for the first time ⓘ
officialOppositionAfterElection New Democratic Party ⓘ
previousElection 2008 Canadian federal election ⓘ
primeMinisterAfterElection Stephen Harper ⓘ
primeMinisterBeforeElection Stephen Harper ⓘ
resultedIn Conservative Party of Canada majority government ⓘ
secondParty New Democratic Party ⓘ
thirdParty Liberal Party of Canada ⓘ
totalSeatsContested 308 ⓘ
triggeredBy non-confidence vote in the House of Commons ⓘ
typeOfGovernmentFormed majority government ⓘ
voterTurnoutChangeFromPreviousPercentagePoints 2.3 ⓘ
voterTurnoutPercentage 61.1 ⓘ
year 2011 ⓘ

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2015 Canadian federal election → previousElection → 2011 Canadian federal election ⓘ
Elizabeth May → election → 2011 Canadian federal election ⓘ
Jack Layton → electedIn → 2011 Canadian federal election ⓘ
2008 Canadian federal election → nextElection → 2011 Canadian federal election ⓘ
41st Canadian Parliament → election → 2011 Canadian federal election ⓘ
Gord Brown → election → 2011 Canadian federal election ⓘ