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{{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

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