Elections Canada is the independent, non-partisan agency responsible for conducting federal elections and referendums.
Its mission is to ensure that Canadians can exercise their democratic rights to vote and be a candidate.
Canada is a representative democracy divided into 338 ridings. When a federal election is called, Canadians vote to elect a member of Parliament to represent them in the House of Commons, where the member will debate and pass laws on behalf of their constituents.
The candidate who receives the most votes in a riding is declared the winner. This is called a “first-past-the-post” system.
Each member of Parliament has a seat in the House of Commons. Candidates can represent a political party, or can be independent, meaning they have no association with a political party.
The Canada Elections Act states that a general election shall be held on the third Monday of October every four years. However, the Act does not prevent a general election from being held on another date.
By law, election day must be at least 36 days and no more than 50 days after the day when an election is called.
A general federal election has been called and will be held on September 20th, 2021.
Here are the candidates for Labrador:
Shannon Champion for the People’s Party of Canada.
Shane Dumaresque for the Conservative Party of Canada
Yvonne Jones for the Liberal Party of Canada and Amy Norman for the New Democratic Party.