Liberal Party of Canada
Federal political party
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| 2025 | Pablo Rodriguez becomes leader of the Quebec Liberal Party. |
| 2025 | The Liberal Party formed another minority government, winning 169 seats with 43.70% of the popular vote. |
| May 3 2025 | John Hogan was elected as the new leader of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador. |
| April 28 2025 | In the Canadian federal election, the Liberal Party under Carney's leadership gained seats in the Canadian House of Commons, won the popular vote for the first time since 2015, and secured over 40% of the popular vote for the first time since 1993. |
| March 19 2025 | Mark Carney succeeds Justin Trudeau as party leader and prime minister. |
| March 9 2025 | Liberal Party of Canada held its leadership election, with Mark Carney winning a decisive victory. He secured 86.75% of votes cast (131,774 votes) and 85.88% of points allocated (29,457 points), significantly outperforming other candidates like Chrystia Freeland, Karina Gould, and Frank Baylis. The election saw a voter turnout of nearly 37% of registered Liberals. |
| February 25 2025 | Andrew Furey announced his pending resignation as premier and Liberal Party leader, to be succeeded after a leadership election in May. |
| January 6 2025 | Trudeau prorogued parliament and announced his intention to resign as both party leader and Prime Minister following a leadership election. |
| 2024 | The party is supplanted by the NDP as the official opposition in the provincial election. |
| 2024 | Derek Mombourquette becomes the interim leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party, succeeding Zach Churchill. |
| 2024 | The Liberals suffered their worst defeat in history, winning only two seats. Zach Churchill lost his own seat and resigned as party leader two weeks later. |
| December 2024 | Deputy Chrystia Freeland suddenly resigned, contributing to a political crisis for Trudeau. |
| September 2024 | Jagmeet Singh announced the end of the confidence-and-supply agreement with the Liberal Party. |
| August 22 2024 | Liberal candidate Jamie Korab was elected in the Waterford Valley by-election. |
| May 27 2024 | Progressive Conservative candidate Lin Paddock was elected in the Baie Verte-Green Bay by-election, gaining the seat from the Liberals. |
| April 15 2024 | Progressive Conservative candidate Jim McKenna was elected in the Fogo Island-Cape Freels by-election, gaining the seat from the Liberals. |
| January 30 2024 | Liberal candidate Fred Hutton won the Conception Bay East–Bell Island by-election. |
| 2023 | Bonnie Crombie begins her term with the Young Liberals, having previously served as Mayor of Mississauga from 2012-2023. |
| 2023 | Sharon Cameron leads the Prince Edward Island Liberal Party from 2022 to 2023. |
| 2023 | The party regained opposition status in the general election, winning three seats, though with the lowest popular vote share in the party's history. |
| May 6 2023 | Sachit Mehra becomes president of the Liberal Party of Canada, serving to the present. |
| April 12 2023 | Hal Perry was appointed as interim party leader after Sharon Cameron's resignation following a poor election performance. |
| 2022 | Dominique Anglade, the first Black leader of the party, led the Liberals in the election, coming third in vote share but forming the official opposition. |
| 2022 | Zach Churchill was elected leader of the Liberal Party in a leadership election. |
| 2022 | Jason Kenney concluded his roles as Premier of Alberta and leader of the United Conservative Party. |
| 2022 | Committed to presenting a National Action Plan on Combating Hate as part of a renewed Anti-Racism Strategy. |
| November 19 2022 | Sharon Cameron was named party leader as the only candidate seeking the position. |
| September 12 2022 | Premier Furey announced that Independent MHA Perry Trimper would rejoin the Liberal caucus. |
| March 2022 | Trudeau's Liberal Party agreed to a confidence and supply deal with the New Democratic Party. |
| 2021 | Derek Mombourquette became the interim leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party after the 2021 election. |
| 2021 | Introduced a comprehensive election platform with six key categories: pandemic response, housing, health care, economy, climate change, and reconciliation. |
| 2021 | Trudeau secured a third mandate and his second minority government by winning 160 seats, though again coming second in the national popular vote with 32.6 percent. |
| August 17 2021 | Iain Rankin called a snap election, which the Liberal Party lost. Rankin was personally re-elected in Timberlea-Prospect but stepped down as leader after the defeat. |
| March 27 2021 | Furey's government won a majority government in a mail-in election, with results announced on this date. |
| February 23 2021 | Iain Rankin became the 29th Premier of Nova Scotia, replacing McNeil, after winning a leadership election. |
| January 15 2021 | Furey requested dissolution of the House of Assembly to call an election for a stronger mandate. |
| 2020 | Dominique Anglade becomes leader of the Quebec Liberal Party. |
| 2020 | Steven Del Duca begins his term with the Young Liberals, serving until 2022, and later becoming Mayor of Vaughan in 2022. |
| October 6 2020 | Furey won a by-election in Humber-Gros Morne, gaining a seat in the legislature. |
| August 24 2020 | Senator Lillian Dyck was set to retire from the Senate. |
| August 19 2020 | Andrew Furey was formally sworn in as Premier, along with his provincial cabinet, following Ball's resignation. |
| August 6 2020 | Stephen McNeil announced he would step down as party leader, planning to continue as premier until a replacement was found. |
| August 3 2020 | Andrew Furey was elected leader of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador. |
| February 1 2020 | Senator Serge Joyal was scheduled to retire from the Senate. |
| January 24 2020 | Senator Joseph A. Day was set to mandatorily retire, which would have reduced the Senate Liberal Caucus to eight members, threatening its official caucus status. |
| 2019 | Liberal Party wins re-election with 20 out of 40 seats, losing their majority after an unexpected loss in Labrador West by 2-5 votes. |
| 2019 | Dwight Ball continues to lead the Liberal Party, but shifts to a minority government with 11 seats. |
| 2019 | Jason Kenney was elected as the Premier of Alberta, taking office in this year. |
| 2019 | Liberal Party of Canada ran candidates in all 338 electoral districts during the Canadian federal election, with Justin Trudeau leading the party. |
| 2019 | In the federal election, Trudeau's Liberal Party lost 20 seats but still won the most seats, forming a minority government with 157 seats, despite receiving less of the national popular vote than the Conservatives. |
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