Snap Election

Snap Elections in Canada

• 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 Canada.

• Canadian federal election, 1988
• Issue: Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement.
• Result: Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's Progressive Conservatives win a reduced majority.

• Ontario general election, 1990
• Reason: Favourable opinion polls.
• Result: Ontario Premier David Peterson's Liberals are massively defeated.

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