Yea/Nea

 So the Liberals do have a chance at one more seat given the current recount process,

but they would still be on short of Majority. The number of seats in the House for this

election was 343, an odd number. So if Yea has 171, Nea has 172 and vice versa. Thus

the Speaker of the House could not get a motions through...

Canada's Speaker has to vote on a tie, and - it is said - by convention votes to keep the

process going. This casting vote might well be a function of when procedural ties were

most common ie in Odd periods. It's something for history buffs to look into.

Copilot:

Canada; starting in 1950, could I see the number of seats in the Federal House of Commons at each elections. I want to see if that number is even or odd...

Absolutely! Here’s a breakdown of the number of seats in the Canadian Federal House of Commons at each election since 1950, along with whether the number was even or odd:

Election Year	Number of Seats	Even/Odd
1953	265	Odd
1957	265	Odd
1958	265	Odd
1962	265	Odd
1963	265	Odd
1965	265	Odd
1968	264	Even
1972	264	Even
1974	264	Even
1979	282	Even
1980	282	Even
1984	282	Even
1988	295	Odd
1993	295	Odd
1997	301	Odd
2000	301	Odd
2004	308	Even
2006	308	Even
2008	308	Even
2011	308	Even
2015	338	Even
2019	338	Even
2021	338	Even
2025	343	Odd

It looks like the number of seats has fluctuated over time, but recently, it has been mostly even—until the latest election in 2025, where it became odd again!