List of snap elections in Canada
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The following is a list of Canadian elections, both federal and provincial, that have been regarded by all or some observers as snap elections:
- New Brunswick general election, 1865
- Issue: Canadian confederation
- Result: Pro-confederates under Premier Samuel Leonard Tilley are defeated, but later return to power after the new anti-confederate government is forced from office.
- Canadian federal election, 1911
- Issues: Reciprocity with the United States; the Naval Bill
- Result: Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier's Liberals are defeated.
- Canadian federal election, 1917
- Issue: Conscription Crisis of 1917.
- Result: Prime Minister Robert Borden's Unionists, an alliance of pro-conscription politicians, win a massive majority.
- Canadian federal election, 1958
- Reason: Obtain a majority government.
- Result: Prime Minster John Diefenbaker's Progressive Conservatives win the largest majority ever in at the federal level.
- Quebec general election, 1962
- Reason: Obtain a clear mandate to nationalize the electricity industry.
- Result: Premier Jean Lesage's Liberals win an increased majority.
- Alberta general election, 1989
- Reason: Opposition support evenly divided between NDs and Liberals.
- Result: Premier Donold Getty's Tories win a slightly reduced majority, but Getty loses his own seat and must run in a by-election.
- Ontario general election, 1990
- Reason: Favourable opinion polls.
- Result: Premier David Peterson's Liberals are massively defeated.
