Template:Canada elections/federal election/doc

{{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

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Examples

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Election numbers and years

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  • 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

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  • 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"

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{{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|→]]

{{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

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{{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

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

{{Canada elections/navigate next|2000}} produces    [[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|→]]

{{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

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

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

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

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

{{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|→]]

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

Invalid combinations

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  • 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