Canada's Conservatives Made a Decisive Victory In The 2011 Canadian Federal Election

In the 2 May 2011 Canadian Federal Election, Canada's Conservatives had a decisive victory making it a majority in Canada's Parliament. Conservative Party won 54% of the seats in the Parliament and secured a stable four-year term in power. It acquired 167 seats in the Canada's Parliament.

The Liberals were reduced to a dismal third place. The Liberal leader, Michael Ignatieff announced his stepping down from his post as a leader, following the Liberal party's worst defeat in Canadian Election history. Ignatieff even lost his own seat in a Toronto suburb. Bloc Quebecois leader, Gilles Duceppe also lost his own seat and resigned after French-speaking voters in Quebec indicated that they had lost their interest in the separatist party (Bloc Quebecois), which had a shocking drop of seats in the Parliament in the 2011 Election.

Candian Prime Minister, Stephen Harper’s victory, along with Conservative party’s control of the Senate, put the Conservatives in firm control of the federal agenda for the first time since the early 1990s. In early 1990s, Conservative party’s predecessor, the Progressive Conservatives held majorities in both chambers of the Parliament of Canada.