Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Canadian political parties by time in office


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The result was delete. Eddie891 Talk Work 21:53, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

List of Canadian political parties by time in office

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How many years a given political party formed the government is not noteworthy or encyclopedic topic. While there are some instances where people (and sources) will talk about a party's time in office, that tends to be in rare and specific circumstances: pointing out that Party A has held office for X years in Y timeframe to underscore their dominance. But a thorough breakdown that tracks every party— no matter how small or of lasting relevance— and their time in office across all of history— with no specific timeframe— is far beyond that, and it becomes mere trivia.

In short, this page fails WP:LISTN and WP:INDISCRIMINATE. — Kawnhr (talk) 21:07, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
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Delete - This content is covered in List of political parties in Canada and List of federal political parties in Canada. If there is need for a table clearly showing time in government, it could be added there or incorporated into a table that already exists there. That said, I am not sure that is even helpful, as it gets confusing with parties that dissolve, merge, split etc.--Darryl Kerrigan (talk) 23:32, 11 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom and WP:OR. Who adds up time in office (other than the creator of this list)? Nobody apparently, as there are no sources. Clarityfiend (talk) 07:08, 12 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete. This is unsourced and of dubious value, and as Darryl Kerrigan noted it gets messy when you consider the multiple different iterations of the Conservative Party. Also recall that a properly researched and properly referenced list should also stretch back well before 1867, and start showing parties like the Clear Grits, the Family Compact, the Château Clique and the Patriotes. And for added bonus, I'm hard pressed to come up with a good reason why we would care as well about Ontario, but not about any other Canadian province. Bearcat (talk) 05:31, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:OR. Self-created lists are generally not notable. Mukt (talk) 15:48, 13 January 2021 (UTC)


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