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Liberal MP Chrystia Freeland stepped down from cabinet as transport and internal trade minister on Sept. 16 to take up the role of Canada’s special representative for the reconstruction of Ukraine. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | February 8, 2025
Liberal MPs Jaime Battiste, left, and Mike Kelloway
Liberal MPs Jaime Battiste, left, says he is the incumbent for the newly-formed Sydney-Glace Bay, N.S., riding given it contains much of his current riding, while Mike Kelloway says the new electoral boundaries mean there are no incumbents. The Hill Times photograph by Stuart Benson, photograph courtesy of X
News | BY ABBAS RANA | February 8, 2025
News | BY ABBAS RANA | February 8, 2025
Liberal MPs Jaime Battiste, left, and Mike Kelloway
Liberal MPs Jaime Battiste, left, says he is the incumbent for the newly-formed Sydney-Glace Bay, N.S., riding given it contains much of his current riding, while Mike Kelloway says the new electoral boundaries mean there are no incumbents. The Hill Times photograph by Stuart Benson, photograph courtesy of X
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | December 18, 2024
Outgoing housing minister Sean Fraser leads the pack in the 2024 All Politics Poll survey, while Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has respondents divided. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia and photo illustration by Joey Sabourin
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | December 18, 2024
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | December 18, 2024
Outgoing housing minister Sean Fraser leads the pack in the 2024 All Politics Poll survey, while Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has respondents divided. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and Sam Garcia and photo illustration by Joey Sabourin
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | November 3, 2024
Pierre Poilievre
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is currently the only party leader in the House to not have a security clearance, which has left him open to criticism from other parties. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | November 3, 2024
News | BY SOPHALL DUCH | November 3, 2024
Pierre Poilievre
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is currently the only party leader in the House to not have a security clearance, which has left him open to criticism from other parties. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | September 26, 2024
Stéphane Perrault
On Sept. 24, Chief Electoral Officer Stéphane Perrault told the Public Inquiry on Foreign Interference that Elections Canada should not administer nomination races, but he would propose tighter rules on how parties choose their leaders and candidates. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | September 26, 2024
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL | September 26, 2024
Stéphane Perrault
On Sept. 24, Chief Electoral Officer Stéphane Perrault told the Public Inquiry on Foreign Interference that Elections Canada should not administer nomination races, but he would propose tighter rules on how parties choose their leaders and candidates. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL, ABBAS RANA | September 6, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to the Liberal caucus in West Block on April 17, 2024. Top party officials benefit from having a high degree of control over nominations, say veteran political insiders. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL, ABBAS RANA | September 6, 2024
News | BY IAN CAMPBELL, ABBAS RANA | September 6, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to the Liberal caucus in West Block on April 17, 2024. Top party officials benefit from having a high degree of control over nominations, say veteran political insiders. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | April 22, 2020
Outgoing Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, pictured earlier this year, addresses reporters while flanked by members of his caucus. All Conservative MPs elected in the 2019 election will be protected from a nomination challenge so long as they are able to raise $15,000 by the end of the year. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | April 22, 2020
News | BY ABBAS RANA | April 22, 2020
Outgoing Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, pictured earlier this year, addresses reporters while flanked by members of his caucus. All Conservative MPs elected in the 2019 election will be protected from a nomination challenge so long as they are able to raise $15,000 by the end of the year. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | March 2, 2020
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, pictured on Dec. 4, 2019, at a caucus meeting about week before announcing his resignation as party leader. MPs want the national council to protect them from nomination challenges for the next election. The council is still debating on what should be the rules for incumbent MPs. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | March 2, 2020
News | BY ABBAS RANA | March 2, 2020
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, pictured on Dec. 4, 2019, at a caucus meeting about week before announcing his resignation as party leader. MPs want the national council to protect them from nomination challenges for the next election. The council is still debating on what should be the rules for incumbent MPs. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | February 17, 2020
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, pictured on Nov. 28, 2019, in the House foyer on the Hill. The National Council of the Conservative Party decided last week that if an election were held between now and June 2021, all 121 Conservative MPs would be protected from nomination challenges. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | February 17, 2020
News | BY ABBAS RANA | February 17, 2020
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, pictured on Nov. 28, 2019, in the House foyer on the Hill. The National Council of the Conservative Party decided last week that if an election were held between now and June 2021, all 121 Conservative MPs would be protected from nomination challenges. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | September 25, 2019
The People's Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May have seen the highest number of nominated candidates get dropped from the ballot, with 19 and 13 people, respectively, no longer running under their banners. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | September 25, 2019
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | September 25, 2019
The People's Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May have seen the highest number of nominated candidates get dropped from the ballot, with 19 and 13 people, respectively, no longer running under their banners. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | September 2, 2019
The Conservative riding association of Calgary Forest Lawn elected Jasraj Hallan, right, as its candidate for the Oct. 21 election. The riding opened up after the death of Deepak Obhrai at the beginning of August. The Hill Times file photograph and Facebook photograph
News | BY ABBAS RANA | September 2, 2019
News | BY ABBAS RANA | September 2, 2019
The Conservative riding association of Calgary Forest Lawn elected Jasraj Hallan, right, as its candidate for the Oct. 21 election. The riding opened up after the death of Deepak Obhrai at the beginning of August. The Hill Times file photograph and Facebook photograph
News | BY PALAK MANGAT | August 28, 2019
The four national party leaders have been touring cities across Canada this summer in the lead up to the fall election. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals are looking to gain ground in individual ridings they may not otherwise have a chance in to make up for losses it could experience out east. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY PALAK MANGAT | August 28, 2019
News | BY PALAK MANGAT | August 28, 2019
The four national party leaders have been touring cities across Canada this summer in the lead up to the fall election. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals are looking to gain ground in individual ridings they may not otherwise have a chance in to make up for losses it could experience out east. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | July 17, 2019
The Samara Centre for Democracy looked at Canada’s five major parties’ approaches to candidate selection. From left: Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, and Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and courtesy of Twitter
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | July 17, 2019
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | July 17, 2019
The Samara Centre for Democracy looked at Canada’s five major parties’ approaches to candidate selection. From left: Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, and Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and courtesy of Twitter
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | June 5, 2019
Andrew Scheer’s Conservatives lead in candidate nominations, followed by his former leadership competitor Maxime Bernier’s People's Party of Canada, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | June 5, 2019
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | June 5, 2019
Andrew Scheer’s Conservatives lead in candidate nominations, followed by his former leadership competitor Maxime Bernier’s People's Party of Canada, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | March 27, 2019
Liberal MP Wayne Long has earned a reputation as an outspoken MP, something two New Brunswick political scientists say should help him on the campaign trail in a traditionally Conservative riding. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | March 27, 2019
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | March 27, 2019
Liberal MP Wayne Long has earned a reputation as an outspoken MP, something two New Brunswick political scientists say should help him on the campaign trail in a traditionally Conservative riding. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | March 20, 2019
Jagmeet Singh's NDP lags behind the other parties in nominated candidates, with the party's 40 nominees representing only 12 per cent of those the party will need to run a full slate in October. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | March 20, 2019
News | BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN | March 20, 2019
Jagmeet Singh's NDP lags behind the other parties in nominated candidates, with the party's 40 nominees representing only 12 per cent of those the party will need to run a full slate in October. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | October 1, 2018
Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould, the minister responsible for the Canada Elections Act, Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu, and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May. Ms. May says that higher spending limits in nomination contests are a barrier in recruiting quality female candidates. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY ABBAS RANA | October 1, 2018
News | BY ABBAS RANA | October 1, 2018
Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould, the minister responsible for the Canada Elections Act, Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu, and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May. Ms. May says that higher spending limits in nomination contests are a barrier in recruiting quality female candidates. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | September 3, 2018
Justin Trudeau; Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer; Lois Brown; NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, while not yet the official candidate, will seek a seat in Burnaby-South, B.C.; Quebec Conservative MP Gérard Deltell has been nominated for his party; and Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains was the first 2019 Liberal candidate nominated on June 27. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade, file photos, and courtesy of Facebook
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | September 3, 2018
News | BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT | September 3, 2018
Justin Trudeau; Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer; Lois Brown; NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, while not yet the official candidate, will seek a seat in Burnaby-South, B.C.; Quebec Conservative MP Gérard Deltell has been nominated for his party; and Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains was the first 2019 Liberal candidate nominated on June 27. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade, file photos, and courtesy of Facebook