Election 44 was empirically the most pointless election in Canadian history. Monday night’s preliminary results delivered a seat count that was almost exactly the same as in 2019...
Until last night, the poster child for “pointless Canadian elections” was 1965. That was the year Liberal Prime Minister Lester Pearson called a snap election in a bid to turn his minority government into a majority. Instead, all Pearson did was add a piddling three seats to his caucus. Election 44 essentially re-enacted 1965, but with a seat change that was even more inconsequential.