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The 39th Federal Election, 2006
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Abstract
This map shows the official results of the 39th Federal
Election, held on January 23, 2006.
The map colour-codes the winner in each of the 308 electoral districts (ridings)
by party affiliation. The distribution of ridings by province and territory
is follows:
British Columbia - 36, Alberta - 28, Saskatchewan - 14, Manitoba - 14, Ontario
- 106, Quebec - 75, New Brunswick - 10, Nova Scotia - 11, Prince Edward Island
- 4, Newfoundland and Labrador - 7, Yukon - 1, Northwest Territories
- 1 and Nunavut - 1.
The information shown for individual ridings (using "Get Info from Map ")
consists of:
- the name of the district
- the name of the candidate elected
- the elected candidate's party
- electors
- polling stations
- valid ballots
- percentage of valid ballots
- rejected ballots
- percentage of rejected ballots
- percentage of voter turnout
- total ballots cast
- a Web link to the Statistics Canada Federal Electoral District Profiles
(which have detailed socio-economic data about each district)
The candidate's name is the same as that used for his or her registration
with Elections Canada, with the exception that for incumbents (members who
had also been members of the 38th Parliament), the style used for their name
is that used on the Parliamentary Web site. "Hon." or "Right Hon." are
used with the candidates' names as appropriate.
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Parliament and Elections
Strictly speaking, "Parliament" (when referring to Canada)
is a body made up of three parts: the Sovereign, the Upper House
(Senate) and the Lower House (House of Commons). In common usage,
however, Parliament has come to mean the House of Commons. Following
each federal election, a new House of Commons is elected, and, thus,
a new Parliament is created. Therefore, the 39th Parliament will
be formed following the 39th federal election.
Federal elections must be held no longer than five years following
the immediately preceding election. The timing between elections
depends mainly on whether or not one party has a majority:
- If one party wins more than half of the seats in an
election (meaning it has a majority in the House of Commons), this
party forms a Government. Normally, it will not call the next general
election until about four years after the previous election took
place.
- If no party wins a majority, a minority government
will be formed. This consists of one party governing with the support
of other parties. When there is a minority Government, a Parliament
will tend to be ended (dissolved) for a new election about
one to two years after the Parliament was first elected.
For additional details on the relationship of Parliament and elections,
and how to interpret this map, refer to the Data and Mapping
Notes.
Related Web sites
- The Parliamentary Internet
This site contains current and past data about membership in the
House of Commons and the Senate of Canada.
- Elections Canada
Elections Canada is the non-partisan agency responsible for the
conduct of federal elections and referendums. This agency is
also the official source for names of electoral districts,
registered political parties and voting data for federal elections
and by-elections.
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