Federal, provincial elections to overlap in Ontario in 2015
Posted May 4, 2011 12:18 pm.
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A municipal, federal and provincial elections all falling within a year may have some voters feeling exasperated but voter fatigue may be a real problem in four years because of fixed election dates.
The next federal election is slated to happen on Oct. 19, 2015 as per the fixed vote law – Bill C-16 — passed by the Conservatives in 2006. That vote falls just a week and a half after Ontarians head to the polls.
Ontario also has a fixed election dates rule.
There could be some respite: the law states the prime minister can request an election at any time and Stephen Harper did in 2008.