2023 Canadian electoral calendar explained
This is a list of elections in Canada that were held in 2023. Included are municipal, provincial and federal elections, by-elections on any level, referendums and party leadership races at any level.
January–March
- January 9: 2023 Yukon Liberal Party leadership election[1] [2] (acclamation)
- January 13: Municipal by-election in Ryley, Alberta[3]
- January 23: Conseil scolaire Viamonde and Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir by-elections[4]
- January 25: Tsawwassen First Nation by-election[5]
- February 4:
- February 6: Prince Albert Roman Catholic School Division by-election in Subdivision-2.[7]
- February 10: Municipal by-election in Devon, Alberta[8]
- February 23: Municipal by-election in Halkirk, Alberta[10]
- February 25: Municipal by-elections in Peace River Regional District and Salmo, British Columbia
- February 27: Yukon school referendum[11]
- March 4: Municipal by-election in Invermere, British Columbia
- March 11: Municipal by-election in Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District
- March 12: Municipal by-election in Harrington, Quebec[12]
- March 13: Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne, Quebec provincial by-election
- March 16: Hamilton Centre, Ontario provincial by-election
- March 22: Municipal by-election and plebiscite in Regina Beach, Saskatchewan[13]
- March 26: 2023 Green Party of Manitoba leadership election
- March 27: Municipal by-election Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories[14]
- March 28: 2023 Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party leadership election (acclamation)[15]
- March 31: 2023 Conservative Party of British Columbia leadership election (acclamation)
April–May
- April 3:
- April 23: Municipal by-election in Cedar/ Le Village District, Pointe-Claire, Quebec
- April 24:[18]
- May 1: Municipal by-election in Linkletter, Prince Edward Island
- May 2: Municipal by-election in Beaverlodge, Alberta[19]
- May 6: Municipal by-election in Lions Bay, British Columbia
- May 14: Municipal by-election in District 1, Rivière-Rouge, Quebec
- May 15: Municipal by-election in Bastard and South Burgess Ward, Rideau Lakes, Ontario[20]
- May 27: Municipal by-election in Capital Regional District (Salt Spring Island Local Community Commission)
- May 28: Municipal by-election for councillors #4 and #5 in Gros-Mécatina, councillor #3 in Saint-Basile, for councillors #3 and #4 in Saint-Camille-de-Lellis, for councillor #1 in Sainte-Mélanie, for councillor #5 in Saint-Michel-du-Squatec and for councillor #5 in Saint-Pie-de-Guire, Quebec
- May 29:
- May 31: Municipal by-elections in Ward 8, Prince Albert[22] and Weyburn, Saskatchewan[23]
June
- June 4:
- Municipal by-election in District 5, Rosemère, for councillor #2 in Chute-aux-Outardes, for councillor #6 in Hemmingford Township, for councillor #4 in Lamarche, for councillor #5 in La Martre, for councillor #6 in La Reine, for councillors #4 and #6 in L'Avenir, Quebec, for councillor #1 in Laverlochère-Angliers, for councillor #1 in Les Escoumins, for councillor #3 in Marsoui, for councillor #5 in Montcerf-Lytton, for Saint-Éleuthère district (post 2) in Pohénégamook, for mayor and councillor #5 in Ripon, for councillor #6 in Sainte-Angèle-de-Monnoir, for councillor #1 in Sainte-Anne-du-Lac, for councillor #3 in Saint-Barnabé, for mayor and councillor #1 in Saint-Benjamin, for councillors #1 and #4 (deferred to Sept 3 due to no candidates) in Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc (parish) and for councillor #5 in Thorne, Quebec
- Eastern Townships School Board Commissioner, District 4 by-election
- June 11: Municipal by-election in de Mgr-Blanche District, Sept-Îles, councillors #1 and #3 in Authier-Nord, councillor #6 in Calixa-Lavallée, councillors #3 and #5 in Laforce, councillor #4 in Moffet, councillor #3 in Normétal, councillor #1 in Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours, councillor #3 in Palmarolle, mayor of Plaisance, councillor #2 in Poularies, councillor #5 in Saint-Aimé-du-Lac-des-Îles, councillor #5 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, councillors #2 and #4 (deferred to Aug 27 due to no candidates) in Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier, councillor #4 in Saint-Pierre-de-Lamy, councillor #6 in Saint-Ulric and for the Prefect of the Minganie Regional County Municipality, Quebec
- June 17: Prince George School District by-election
- June 18: Municipal by-election for Seat #6 in Wentworth,[24] councillor #4 in Armagh, mayoral by-elections in Biencourt and Cloridorme, mayoral and councillor #3 by-elections in La Corne, mayoral and councillor #6 by-elections in Rémigny, for councillor #6 in Rivière-Éternité, for councillor #5 in Saint-Charles-Garnier, for councillor #4 in Saint-Édouard-de-Maskinongé, for mayor and councillors #1 and #5 in Saint-Élie-de-Caxton, for councillor #5 in Saint-Léonard-de-Portneuf, for mayor and councillor #1 in Saint-Luc-de-Bellechasse, for councillor #3 in Saint-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans and for mayor and councillor #4 in Wickham, Quebec
- June 19:
July–August
- July 5: Municipal by-election in Mundare, Alberta[28]
- July 8: Municipal by-elections in North Saanich and Stewart, British Columbia
- July 9: Municipal by-election for councillor #3 in Franquelin, for councillors #1 and #2 in Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, for councillor #3 in Rapide-Danseur, for mayor of Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville and for councillor #6 in Sainte-Émélie-de-l'Énergie, Quebec July 16: Municipal by-election in Louis-Laberge District, L'Assomption, for councillor #6 in Hinchinbrooke, for councillor #2 in Lantier, for councillor #3 in Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette, for councillor #5 in Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, for councillor #4 in Saint-Alexandre-des-Lacs, for councillor #4 in Sainte-Élizabeth-de-Warwick, for councillors #1 and #2 in Saint-Léandre, for councillor #5 in Saint-Luc-de-Bellechasse, for councillor #1 in Sainte-Marguerite-Marie, for councillor #2 in Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska, for councillors #1 and #3 in Saint-Théophile, for councillor #1 in Stratford and for mayor and councillor #1 in Stukely-Sud, Quebec July 23: Municipal by-election for councillors #3 and #4 in Esprit-Saint and for councillor #5 in Saint-Adalbert, Quebec July 24: Federal by-election in Calgary Heritage
- July 27: Provincial by-elections in Ontario[29]
- July 29: Municipal by-election in Hudson's Hope, British Columbia
- July 30: Municipal by-election for councillor #6 in Causapscal, Quebec
- August 5: Kana:takon District Chief by-election, Mohawk Council of Akwesasne[30]
- August 10: Provincial by-elections in Saskatchewan
- August 11: 2023 New Brunswick New Democratic Party leadership election[31] [32] (acclamation)
- August 13: Municipal by-election in District 3, Val-des-Monts and for councillor #4 Martinville, Quebec
- August 16: Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief by-election (acclamation)[33]
- August 20: Municipal by-election for councillor #1 in Gallichan and for councillor #3 in Saint-Cyprien, Quebec (parish)
- August 26: Mohawk Council of Akwesasne Seaway Claim referendum[34]
- August 27: Municipal by-election for councillor #1 in Chénéville, for councillors #2, #3 and #6 in Lac-des-Plages, for councillor #1 in Lac-Saguay, for councillor #4 in Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland, for mayor and councillor #3 in Saint-Edmond-les-Plaines, for councillors #4 and #5 in Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier, for mayor and councillors #2 and #3 in Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu and for councillor #4 in Saint-Mathieu-de-Rioux, Quebec
September
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- September 7: Municipal by-election in Taber, Alberta[36]
- September 10: Municipal by-election for councillor #6 in Calixa-Lavallée and for councillor #3 in Saint-Sévère, Quebec
- September 18:
- September 24: Municipal by-election for councillor #3 in Biencourt, for councillor #4 in Bolton-Est, for councillors #4 and #5 in La Bostonnais, for councillor #2 in Laurierville, for councillor #5 in Lingwick, for councillor #3 in Piopolis, for mayor and councillor #1 in Saint-Albert, for councillor #3 in Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval, for councillor #3 in Saint-Charles-Borromée, for councillors #2 and #3 in Sainte-Rose-de-Watford and for councillors #3 and #4 in Stanstead, Quebec
- September 27: Takla Nation council by-election[38]
- September 30:
October
- October 1: Mayoral and municipal by-election for councillor #2 in Godbout, mayoral and municipal by-election for councillor #3 in Lorrainville, for councillor #5, Saint-André-Avellin, for councillor #3 in Saint-Benoît-Labre, for councillor #2 in Saint-Bruno-de-Guigues, for mayor of Saint-Cyprien, Quebec (parish), for councillors #1 and #3, Saine-Élisabeth, for councillor #2, Saint-Léandre, for councillors #1 and #2 in Saint-Philémon, for councillor #4 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, for councillor #2 in Saint-Simon-de-Rimouski, for councillor #4 in Saint-Zacharie, for councillor #6 in Tadoussac, for councillor #5 in Témiscaming, and for councillors #1, #2, and #3 in Vaudreuil-sur-le-Lac, Quebec October 2: 2023 Jean-Talon provincial by-election
- October 3:
- October 8: Municipal by-election for councillor #6 in L'Île-Dorval, for councillor #3 in Paspébiac, and for councillors #1, #4, #5, and #6, Sainte-Apolline-de-Patton
- October 13: Public Schools Branch Zone 7 and Commission scolaire de langue française Zone 2 by-elections[39]
- October 14:
- Sooke School District by-election
- 2023 Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador leadership election[40]
- October 15: Municipal by-election for mayor and councillor #3 in Berthierville, de l'Anse District, L'Île-Perrot, Murray District, Pointe-Lebel, councillor #1, Sainte-Marguerite-Marie, Quebec October 22:
- Municipal by-election for councillor #6 in Abercorn, councillors #1 and #4 in Macamic, councillor #3 in Saint-Alphonse, for mayor and councillor #5, Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, for councillors #1 and #5, Sainte-Anne-du-Lac, for councillors #2, #3, and #4, Sainte-Paul, for councillor #6 in Saint-Justin, for mayor and for councillors #1 and #4, Saint-Louis-de-Blandford, for councillor #1, Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague, for councillor #4, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse, for councillor #1, Saint-Prosper-de-Champlain, for councillor #6, Saint-Télesphore, for councillor #4 in Saint-Thuribe, for councillor #5 in Weedon, and for councillor #5 in Wotton, Quebec Western Quebec School Board by-election in Ward #6[41]
- October 23:
- Nunavut municipal elections
- Municipal by-elections in Ward 2 & 6, Beaurivage; Ward 2, Campobello Island; mayor, Fredericton Junction; Ward 4, Grand Lake; at-large (2), Grand Manan; Ward 4, Hanwell; at-large, Neguac; at-large, Riverview; Ward 2, Southern Victoria; Ward 1, Sunbury-York South; at-large, Tacy; and Ward 1, Upper Miramichi, New Brunswick[42]
- Municipal by-election in Beaumont, Alberta[43]
- October 25:
- October 29: Municipal by-election for councillor #2 in Bryson, mayor and councillor #3 in Maricourt, mayor and councillor #6 in Marieville, councillor #6 in Marsoui, councillor #4 in Nédélec, councillor #4 in Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland, mayor and councillors #1, #3 and #4 in Padoue, and councillor #2 in Saint-Joseph-des-Érables, Quebec
- October 30: Municipal by-elections in Breadalbane and Victoria, Prince Edward Island
November–December
- November 4: Nechako Lakes School District by-election
- November 5: Municipal by-election for councillor #5 in Aguanish, councillor #5 in Dosquet, mayor and councillor #2 in East Farnham, councillor #3 in Hope Town, councillors #2, #4 and #6 in Lac-des-Plages, Les Boisés District, Léry, councillors #1 and #2, Saint-Donat, councillor #4, Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc (parish), for mayor of Sainte-Thècle, for councillor #5, Saint-Eugène-d'Argentenay, councillors #2 and #6, Saint-François-Xavier-de-Viger, councillor #3, Sainte-Hedwidge, for mayor and councillor #6, Saint-Jean-de-Cherbourg, for councillor #6, Saint-Michel-des-Saints, for councillors #3 and #4, Saint-Omer, for councillor #5, Saint-Paul-de-l'Île-aux-Noix, and for councillors #1 and #2, Shannon, Quebec November 6: Municipal by-election in Murray Harbour, Prince Edward Island
- November 8: Grande Yellowhead Public School Division by-election for Ward 2, Grande Cache[46]
- November 12: Municipal by-election in des Arpents-Verts District, L'Ange-Gardien, councillor #4 in Massueville, councillors #3 and #6, Rémigny, councillor #2, Saint-Dominique-du-Rosaire, councillors #2, and #3, Sainte-Rose-de-Watford, for mayor and councillors for Marie-Immaculée and Mgr-Blanche Districts, Sept-Îles, and for councillor #5, Verchères, Quebec
- November 13:
- November 16: Mayoral and council by-election in Hinton, Alberta[48]
- November 26: Municipal by-election for councillor #3, Portage-du-Fort, and for councillor #2, Saint-Bernard, Quebec
- December 2: 2023 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election
- December 3: Municipal by-election for councillor #4, Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, Quebec
- December 9: Sunshine Coast School District Area 1 By-election
- December 10: Municipal by-election for councillors #2 and #5, Lamarche and councillor #5, Saint-Gervais
- December 11:
- December 17: Mayoral by-election in L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève borough, Montreal
- December 18: Municipal by-election in Miscouche, Prince Edward Island
External links
Notes and References
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- https://www.electionsnb.ca/content/enb/en/local-government-by-elections-oct-23-2023.html Local government by-elections
- https://www.beaumont.ab.ca/DocumentCenter/View/8349/Nomination-Package-for-Candidates?bidId= City of Beaumont 2023 By-election
- https://townofbalgonie.ca/2023/08/19/2023-by-election/ 2023 by-election
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- https://www.gypsd.ca/elections-2021 Elections 2021
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- Web site: 2023-08-28 . 2023 By-Election: Councillor Ward 20, Scarborough Southwest . 2023-09-05 . City of Toronto . en-CA.
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