Andreas Krebs considers the electoral history of the 41st Parliament.
Andreas Krebs considers the electoral history of the 41st Parliament.
In this election, the number of MPs who had previously ran increased to 102, or 33% of the House of Commons … Another way to look at “persistence” is the average number of election defeats per MP. On average, each MP in the House lost a total of 0.48 elections prior to winning their seat. If we break this number down by party, however, the NDP has a higher previous-losses average than other parties.