Liberal Party of Canada
Federal political party
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| 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. |
| January 6 2025 | Trudeau prorogued parliament and announced his intention to resign as both party leader and Prime Minister following a leadership election. |
| September 2024 | Jagmeet Singh announced the end of the confidence-and-supply agreement with the Liberal Party. |
| 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. |
| April 12 2023 | Hal Perry was appointed as interim party leader after Sharon Cameron's resignation following a poor election performance. |
| 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. |
| March 2022 | Trudeau's Liberal Party agreed to a confidence and supply deal with the New Democratic Party. |
| 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 24 2020 | Senator Lillian Dyck was set to retire from the Senate. |
| 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 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. |
| 2019 | The Liberals were defeated and reduced to third party status for the first time in their history, falling behind the Progressive Conservatives and the Green Party. |
| 2019 | Robert Mitchell serves as interim leader of the party. |
| November 14 2019 | Joseph A. Day's term as leader of the Senate Liberal Caucus concludes, marking the end of the caucus's existence. |
| November 14 2019 | The Senate Liberal Caucus was dissolved, with its members forming a new non-partisan parliamentary group called the Progressive Senate Group. This marked the first time since Canadian Confederation in 1867 that the Senate of Canada had no Liberal members. |
| December 20 2018 | Mobina Jaffer left the Senate Liberal Caucus to sit as non-affiliated |
| September 29 2018 | Art Eggleton retired from the Senate Liberal Caucus |
| April 22 2018 | Céline Hervieux-Payette retired from the Senate Liberal Caucus. |
| March 16 2018 | Charlie Watt retired from the Senate Liberal Caucus |
| February 2 2018 | Joan Fraser retired from the Senate Liberal Caucus |
| February 2 2018 | Claudette Tardif retired from the Senate Liberal Caucus |
| October 30 2017 | Paul Massicotte joins the Independent Senators Group, leaving the Senate Liberal Caucus. |
| September 8 2017 | Libbe Hubley retired from the Senate Liberal Caucus. |
| September 4 2017 | George Baker retired from the Senate Liberal Caucus |
| March 31 2017 | Pana Merchant retired from the Senate Liberal Caucus |
| January 22 2017 | Jim Cowan retired from the Senate Liberal Caucus |
| September 8 2016 | Libbe Hubley retired from the Senate Liberal Caucus |
| July 14 2016 | Jim Munson's mandatory retirement date from the Senate Liberal Caucus. |
| June 15 2016 | Jim Cowan's leadership of the Senate Liberal Caucus ends, and Joseph A. Day from New Brunswick assumes leadership. |
| May 16 2016 | David Smith retired from the Senate Liberal Caucus |
| May 5 2016 | Nick Sibbeston left the Senate Liberal Caucus to sit as non-affiliated |
| May 2 2016 | Grant Mitchell left the Senate Liberal Caucus to sit as non-affiliated |
| April 6 2016 | Larry Campbell joined the Independent Senators Group, leaving the Senate Liberal Caucus |
| February 2 2016 | Pierrette Ringuette joined the Independent Senators Group, leaving the Senate Liberal Caucus |
| 2015 | After the Liberal Party formed government following the federal election, Trudeau broke with previous practice by not making Senate Liberals the government caucus, instead appointing a non-affiliated senator as the Representative of the Government in the Senate. |
| 2015 | Wade MacLauchlan succeeded Robert Ghiz as party leader and premier, leading the Liberals to their third consecutive election victory. |
| 2015 | The Liberal Party of Canada fielded candidates in all 338 electoral districts during the Canadian federal election, ultimately winning 184 seats and securing a majority government under Justin Trudeau's leadership. |
| 2015 | Liberal Party of Canada candidates contested 34 seats in Alberta during the 2015 Canadian federal election, representing a diverse range of professions including lawyers, engineers, businesspeople, educators, and public servants. |
| 2015 | Liberal Party of Canada fielded candidates across 121 electoral ridings in Ontario for the 2015 Canadian federal election, representing a diverse range of professional backgrounds including lawyers, politicians, healthcare professionals, business leaders, and community activists. |
| 2015 | Hunter Tootoo ran as the Liberal Party candidate in the Nunavut riding, winning 53.65% of the votes and securing the seat. |
| 2015 | Michael McLeod ran as the Liberal Party candidate for Northwest Territories in the Canadian federal election, winning the seat with 9,172 votes (48.34% of the total votes). |
| 2015 | Liberal Party of Canada contested 78 seats in Quebec during the 2015 Canadian federal election, fielding candidates across multiple ridings in the Montérégie region. |
| December 3 2015 | George Furey left the Senate Liberal Caucus to sit as non-affiliated |
| April 17 2015 | Marie Charette-Poulin retired from the Senate Liberal Caucus |
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