This is a documentation subpage for Template:Canada elections/federal election. It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

((Canada elections/federal election)), ((Canada elections/federal election year)), ((Canada elections/navigate previous)), and ((Canada elections/navigate next)) are intended to be used in the Canadian federal election navigational boxes, (for example Template:Canadian federal election, 2011A,) however they may have other uses.

Usage

• ((Canada elections/federal election)) takes one parameter, a year between 1867 and 2019, and produces the election number
• ((Canada elections/federal election year)) takes one parameter, a number between 1 and 43, and produces the year of the election
• ((Canada elections/navigate previous)) takes one parameter, an election year, if present in the pagename, a link to that page on the previous election will be produced
• ((Canada elections/navigate next)) takes one parameter, an election year, if present in the pagename, a link to that page on the following election will be produced

Examples

Election numbers and years

• Year to number.

((Canada elections/federal election|1958)) produces 24

((Canada elections/federal election|1962)) produces 25

• Number to year.

((Canada elections/federal election year|25)) produces 1962

((Canada elections/federal election year|26)) produces 1963

• There and back.

((#expr:((Canada elections/federal election|1963))+1)) produces 27

((Ordinal|((#expr:((Canada elections/federal election|1965))+1)))) produces 28th

((Canada elections/federal election year|((#expr:((Canada elections/federal election|1968))+1)))) produces 1972

Invalid parameters

• Numbers out of range
  • ((Canada elections/federal election|1973))
  • ((Canada elections/federal election|29))
  • ((Canada elections/federal election year|029))
  • ((Canada elections/federal election year|1974))
• Text
  • ((Canada elections/federal election|Foo))
  • ((Canada elections/federal election year|Foo))
  • ((Canada elections/navigate previous|Foo))
  • ((Canada elections/navigate next|Foo))

Linking to articles ending in "Canadian federal election"

• On Progressive Conservative Party of Canada candidates, 1979 Canadian federal election.

((Canada elections/navigate previous|1979)) produces [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada candidates, 1974 Canadian federal election|←]]   

((Canada elections/navigate next|1979)) produces    [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada candidates, 1980 Canadian federal election|→]]

• On Liberal Party of Canada candidates, 1980 Canadian federal election.

((Canada elections/navigate previous|1980)) produces [[Liberal Party of Canada candidates, 1974 Canadian federal election|←]]   

((Canada elections/navigate next|1980)) produces    [[Liberal Party of Canada candidates, 1984 Canadian federal election|→]]

Linking to Parliaments

• On 35th Canadian Parliament.

((Canada elections/navigate previous|1993)) produces [[34th Canadian Parliament|←]]   

((Canada elections/navigate next|1993)) produces    [[36th Canadian Parliament|→]]

((Canada elections/navigate previous|1997)) produces [[34th Canadian Parliament|←]]   

((Canada elections/navigate next|1997)) produces    [[36th Canadian Parliament|→]]

Linking to articles ending in the year

• On Canadian federal election, 2000.

((Canada elections/navigate previous|2000)) produces [[Canadian federal election, 1997|←]]   

((Canada elections/navigate next|2000)) produces    [[Canadian federal election, 2004|→]]

• On Results of the Canadian federal election, 2004.

((Canada elections/navigate previous|2004)) produces [[Results of the Canadian federal election, 2000|←]]   

((Canada elections/navigate next|2004)) produces    [[Results of the Canadian federal election, 2006|→]]

• On Timeline of the Canadian federal election, 2006.

((Canada elections/navigate previous|2006)) produces [[Timeline of the Canadian federal election, 2004|←]]   

((Canada elections/navigate next|2006)) produces    [[Timeline of the Canadian federal election, 2008|→]]

Linking to pages outside the mainspace

• On Template:Canadian federal election, 2008A.

((Canada elections/navigate previous|2008)) produces [[Template:Canadian federal election, 2006A|←]]   

((Canada elections/navigate next|2008)) produces    [[Template:Canadian federal election, 2011A|→]]

• On Template:Canadian federal election, 2011.

((Canada elections/navigate previous|2011)) produces [[Template:Canadian federal election, 2008|←]]   

((Canada elections/navigate next|2011)) produces    [[Template:Canadian federal election, 2015|→]]

• On User:Example/Target ridings in 2015/NDP.

((Canada elections/navigate previous|2015)) produces [[User:Example/Target ridings in 2011/NDP|←]]   

((Canada elections/navigate next|2015)) produces    [[User:Example/Target ridings in 2019/NDP|→]]

• Because off-mainspace is limited to 50 characters, User:Example/Target ridings in the Canadian federal election, 2015 will result in

((Canada elections/navigate previous|2015)) looking for the existence of 2011er:Example/Target ridings in the Canadian federal election, 2015.

Invalid combinations

• Years do not match.

((Canada elections/navigate previous|1980)) on Canadian federal election, 1979

((Canada elections/navigate next|1979)) on Canadian federal election, 1980

• Page does not exist.

((Canada elections/navigate previous|2004)) on Conservative Party of Canada candidates, 2004 Canadian federal election

((Canada elections/navigate next|2000)) on Progressive Conservative Party of Canada candidates, 2000 Canadian federal election

• No year in page name.

((Canada elections/navigate previous|2004)) on Paul Martin

((Canada elections/navigate next|2006)) on Stephen Harper

• Year out of range.

((Canada elections/navigate previous|2009)) on Canadian federal by-elections, 2009

((Canada elections/navigate next|2014)) on Canadian federal election, 2014