For the first time in Canadian history, five different parties held official party status.

Beyond this procedure for appointment, the party status has no significance.

If we got only 25 percent of the vote," he said, "that gives us full party status.

The 1999 election reduced the Liberals to only four seats and third party status in the legislature.

This is the only by-election at which a change of party status has not been contested.

They may apply for party status as explained in 4 above.

The rules at the time of the election called for parties to hold 12 seats to maintain party status.

Despite having almost 24% of popular support, the Liberals won only three seats and lost official party status.

Its high point was in 1912, after which they detoured into a disastrous third party status.

It achieved party status by winning the support of seven sitting diet members.