Andrew Thomson

The Conservatives won the popular vote and gained 26 MPs, but failed to make gains in seat-rich Ontario and Quebec, and Andrew Scheer resigned his leadership eight weeks later.

The Liberal government has put forward a sweeping document that pledges to extend several aspects of emergency COVID-19 support for Canadians, introduce national standards for long-term care, invest more in child care, and create one million jobs as part of a more resilient economy that empowers women, fights climate changes, and tackles systemic racism.

Every 10 years the House of Commons receives a numerical and geographic makeover based on the Census and a representation formula found in Section 51 of the Constitution.

More on the voting process for the Conservative Party of Canada's 2022 leadership race -- including a change to how the points are determined across all 338 federal ridings.

Canadian women who had recently become eligible to vote in federal elections gained the ability to run as candidates themselves in 1919. Five stepped forward during the next campaign. But only one was victorious on Dec. 6, 1921: Agnes Macphail, the first woman elected to the House of Commons.