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Federal Election Trivia Majority and Minority Governments
What is the average duration of a majority government in
Canada?
When was the longest majority government?
When was the shortest majority government?
What is the largest government majority?
What is the smallest government majority? What is the average
duration of a minority government in Canada
When was the longest minority government?
When was the shortest minority government?
What is the largest government minority?
What is the smallest government minority?
What is the average duration of a majority government in
Canada?
The average duration of a majority government in Canada is 3
years, 10 months and 14 days.
When was the longest majority government?
The longest majority government lasted 2191 days (5 years, 11
months and 31 days). It occurred
during the 12th Parliament: the writs were returned on October
7, 1911 and Parliament wasdissolved October 6, 1917.
When was the shortest majority government?
The shortest majority government lasted 486 days (1 year, 3
months and 30 days). It occurred
during the 2nd Parliament: the writs were returned on September
3, 1872 and October 12, 1872 andParliament was dissolved January 2,
1874.
What is the largest government majority?
The March 31, 1958 general election brought in a Progressive
Conservative government claiming
208 seats of a total of 265 seats, giving the Progressive
Conservatives a majority of 151 seats.
What is the smallest government majority?
Two general elections gave Canada a government with a majority
of 5 seats:
The September 14, 1926 election saw the Liberal/Liberal
Progressive government claim 125 seats
of a total of 245 seats.
The June 11, 1945 election also saw the Liberals claim 125 seats
of a total of 245 seats.
What is the average duration of a minority government in
Canada
The average duration of a minority government in Canada is 1
year, 7 months and 27 days.
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When was the longest minority government?
The longest minority government lasted 1329 days (3 years, 7
months, and 20 days). It occurred
during the 14th Parliament: the writs were returned on January
15, 1922 and Parliament wasdissolved September 5, 1925.
However, due to coalition-building, by-elections and Members
crossing the floor, the government
of William Lyon Mackenzie King fluctuated between minority and
majority status during the 14 th
Parliament.
The longest uninterrupted minority government, in which the
government maintained a minoritythroughout, lasted 937 days (2
years, 6 months, and 24 days). It occurred during the 39 th
Parliament: the writs were returned on February 13, 2006 and
Parliament was dissolved on
September 7, 2008.
When was the shortest minority government?
The shortest minority government lasted 177 days (5 months and
24 days). It occurred during the
23rd Parliament: the writs were returned on August 8, 1957 and
Parliament was dissolved February
1, 1958.
What is the largest government minority?
The January 23, 2006 general election saw the Conservatives form
the government with only 124seats of the 308 seats in the House of
Commons. The opposition parties collectively held 60 seats
more than the Government.
What is the smallest government minority?
Two general elections gave Canada a government with a minority
of only 3 seats:
On December 6, 1921 the Liberal government won 116 seats and the
opposition claimed the other
119 seats.
On November 8, 1965 the Liberal government won 131 seats and the
opposition claimed the other
134 seats.
