Stephen Harper our Canadian Prime Minister asked our Governor General (Her Majesty's representative here in Canada) to dissolve parliament meaning to end this current government. Canadians will now have a federal election on October 14th.

Thankfully it will be only a few short weeks of having to endure campaigning, and if tradition holds nowhere near the ugliness that Americans see in their US elections.

The very first Canadian federal election was in 1867, and held from August 7th to September 20th. It was held to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 1st Parliament of the new nation of Canada.

The Conservative Party of Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald won a majority of seats and votes in Ontario and Quebec.

I am quite certain that the current Conservative Prime Minister would love to do the same. We'll see.......