Federal election 2015

As the 2019 campaign gets rolling, consider what made the 2015 election so unusual—results that were more than acceptable for all three major parties

Tories took the majority of rural seats, but Liberals found their spots

How Trudeau’s plan takes from the rich and gives to the almost-as-rich

Paul Wells on what the former Prime Minister is leaving behind

The class of 2015 has 197 rookies, but it also includes 14 MPs who are returning to Ottawa after an absence

New Tory MP Garnett Genuis: ’We’re going to need to have some important conversations’

Conservatives took for granted that they had won the intellectual debate about deficits. So when the Liberal party made its surprising tack left during the campaign, Conservatives simply didn’t have the words.

John Geddes on Trudeau’s risky refugee promise

Even where they lost big, Trudeau’s team might smile

The niqab issue may not have sunk the NDP in Quebec, and voters didn’t abandon Stephen Harper. Pollsters sift through the data for nuggets of election truth