Early Election

• N.B. premier says cost of living measures in limbo due to election possibility

  Premier Higgs says affordability measures promised by his finance minister last month can't be rolled out until the threat of an election subsides.

  Politics

  Oct 19, 2023
  
• Why Blaine Higgs and his PC government may gamble on an early N.B. election

  New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs has refused to rule out an early election, but political watchers say there's both opportunity and danger in that decision.

  Canada

  Sep 28, 2023
  
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• B.C. premier says no plans for early election, as poll finds majority expect 2023 vote

  An new poll has found 53 per cent of respondents believed it was either "very likely" or "moderately likely" that B.C. will have a provincial election in 2023. 

  Politics

  Feb 15, 2023
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• UBC political-science expert says early provincial election would be unwise

  Horgan has refused to rule out the possibility of an early election for weeks now.

  Politics

  Sep 19, 2020
• Former MP Fin Donnelly hoping to jump to provincial politics as BC NDP candidate

  Former NDP MP Fin Donnelly is hoping to make a political comeback.

  Politics

  Sep 2, 2020
• Premier signals early election again as Manitoba legislature set to break for summer

  Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister has given his strongest signal yet of an early election as the spring sitting of the legislature wraps up.

  Politics

  Jun 3, 2019
• Pallister hints at early Manitoba election call

  Manitoba premier Brian Pallister dropped another hint which suggests an early election could be called.

  Politics

  Mar 29, 2019
• Bill Kelly: The odds of a fall federal election are slim

  Recent polling shows the Liberals just a couple of percentage points ahead of the Conservatives, so there's no great comfort level there, but more importantly, the government needs to stack up a few more political victories.

  Aug 15, 2018