| |
| | Election Resources on the Internet: Federal Elections in Canada - Elections to the House of Commons |
 | | Between 1962 and 1980, eight federal elections were held in Canada, five of which (1962, 1963, 1965, 1972 and 1979) resulted in minority governments, as no party won an absolute majority of seats in the House of Commons. |
 | | Canada will be holding an early general election on January 23, 2006 after the Liberal Party minority government of Prime Minister Paul Martin was toppled in a parliamentary confidence motion on Monday, November 28, 2005. |
 | | The Parliament of Canada consists of a lower chamber, the House of Commons, whose members are directly elected by universal adult suffrage for a maximum term of five years, and an upper chamber, the Senate, whose members are appointed on a provincial basis and may hold office until they are 75 years of age. |
| electionresources.org /ca (2285 words) |
|