Tag: Conservative Party - Canada

• Thursday, November 5th 2015 - 07:17 UTC

  Liberal chief Justin Trudeau, 43, takes office with a gender-balanced cabinet

  

  Justin Trudeau was sworn in Wednesday as Canada's prime minister, ending 10 years of Conservative rule. Trudeau led his Liberal Party to a commanding victory in parliamentary elections last month, taking 184 seats compared with 99 for Stephen Harper's Conservative Party.

• Monday, August 3rd 2015 - 08:16 UTC

  Canada will hold elections next October; conservatives could lose office

  

  Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has called a parliamentary election for Oct. 19, kicking off a marathon 11-week campaign likely to focus on a stubbornly sluggish economy and his decade in power. Polls indicate Harper's right-of-center Conservative Party, which has been in office since 2006, could well lose its majority in the House of Commons.