2006 Canadian federal election

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The 2006 Canadian federal election was a national vote that resulted in a Conservative minority government under Stephen Harper, reshaping the country’s political landscape after more than a decade of Liberal rule.

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2006 Canadian federal election canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Canadian federal election ⓘ
political event ⓘ
campaignPeriodLengthDays 55 ⓘ
chiefElectoralOfficer Jean-Pierre Kingsley ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
electionDate 2006-01-23 ⓘ
electionSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
electoralType parliamentary election ⓘ
endedGoverningParty Liberal Party of Canada ⓘ
forOffice members of the House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
fourthPartyPopularVoteShare 10.5% ⓘ
fourthPartySeatCount 51 ⓘ
governingPartyAfterElection Conservative Party of Canada ⓘ
governingPartyBeforeElection Liberal Party of Canada ⓘ
governorGeneralAtTime Michaëlle Jean ⓘ
incumbentPrimeMinisterBeforeElection Paul Martin ⓘ
independentMPsElected 1 ⓘ
leaderOfFourthParty Jack Layton ⓘ
leaderOfSecondParty Paul Martin ⓘ
leaderOfThirdParty Gilles Duceppe ⓘ
leaderOfWinningParty Stephen Harper ⓘ
mainIssue child care policy ⓘ
fiscal imbalance ⓘ
government ethics and sponsorship scandal ⓘ
health care ⓘ
tax policy ⓘ
majorParty Bloc Québécois ⓘ
Conservative Party of Canada ⓘ
Green Party of Canada ⓘ
Liberal Party of Canada ⓘ
New Democratic Party ⓘ
monarchAtTime Elizabeth II ⓘ
nextElection 2008 Canadian federal election ⓘ
notableOutcome end of more than a decade of Liberal federal rule in Canada ⓘ
numberOfSeatsContested 308 ⓘ
parliamentDissolutionDate 2005-11-29 ⓘ
parliamentNumberElected 39th Canadian Parliament ⓘ
previousElection 2004 Canadian federal election ⓘ
primeMinisterDesignate Stephen Harper ⓘ
resultedIn minority government ⓘ
resultedInGovernmentParty Conservative Party of Canada ⓘ
secondPartyPopularVoteShare 30.2% ⓘ
secondPartySeatCount 103 ⓘ
thirdPartyPopularVoteShare 17.5% ⓘ
thirdPartySeatCount 29 ⓘ
triggeredBy defeat of the Liberal minority government in a vote of no confidence ⓘ
voterTurnout 64.7% ⓘ
voterTurnoutComparedToPrevious higher ⓘ
winningPartyPopularVoteShare 36.3% ⓘ
winningPartySeatCount 124 ⓘ

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Jack Layton → electedIn → 2006 Canadian federal election ⓘ
2008 Canadian federal election → previousElection → 2006 Canadian federal election ⓘ