The Canadian Federal Election of 2019 (McGill-Queen’s/Brian Mulroney Institute

The Canadian federal election of 2019 is extensively analyzed on this collaborative volume edited by Jon Pammett and Christopher Dornan. Bringing together leading political scientists and media scholars, the book examines the strategies, successes, and screw ups of each of Canada’s major political parties, with special attention given to the pressing question of climate change. In Canadian elections, the context of the campaign is important. Here, contributors believe in detail the best way public opinion polls were reported leading as much as the election, how traditional media portrayed events, why the electorate waited to make up their minds, and the means by which social media dealt with fears of a disinformation wave. The book uses data to identify the vital factors in determining the voting behaviour of Canadians in 2019 and the ways these factors combined to produce a minority Liberal government. The Canadian Federal Election of 2019 is the very important resource for each interested political observer wanting to dissect the last election and required reading to prepare for the next one.