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Open Image ModalReducing the GST from 7 to 5 per cent(02 of34)
Open Image ModalOne in three — 36 per cent — chose this as the Harper government's top achievement.(Harper stands in front of TVs displaying a 5% GST during a campaign stop in 2005). (credit:Fred Chartrand/The Canadian Press)
Balancing budgets in 2006-2008 and 2015(03 of34)
Open Image ModalAlmost one-quarter — or 24 per cent — highlighted this action as a key achievement.(Harper poses with then-finance minister Joe Oliver as he arrives to table the 2015 federal budget). (credit:Justin Tang/The Canadian Press)
Establishing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and apologizing to First Nations for the residential schools abuses(04 of34)
Open Image Modal13 per cent chose this action as a notable achievement.(Harper gives then-Assembly of First Nations chief Phil Fontaine a standing ovation as he responds to the official apology for residential school abuses in 2008). (credit:Chris Wattie/The Canadian Press)
Negotiating trade deals with Europe (CETA) and Asia-Pacific region (TPP)(05 of34)
Open Image Modal12 per cent chose this action as a key achievement.(Harper greets European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso in 2013). (credit:Yves Logghe/AP Photo)
Moving to exert Canadian power in the Arctic(06 of34)
Open Image ModalNine (9) per cent chose this action as a key achievement.(Harper drives an ATV across the tundra on Baffin Island, near York Sound, Nunavut). (credit:Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)
Pulling Canada out of the Kyoto Accord on climate change(07 of34)
Open Image Modal27 per cent chose this action as the Harper government's most notable failure. (A Canada goose stands on railway tracks as a plant operates in the background in Hamilton, Ont.) (credit:Kevin Frayer/The Canadian Press)
Prohibiting scientists receiving government funding from speaking publicly about their work(08 of34)
Open Image Modal26 per cent of respondents said this action was a failure.(A protester in a Grim Reaper costume protests cuts to science policies during a 2012 rally on Parliament Hill). (credit:Fred Chartrand/The Canadian Press)
Passing Bill C-51(09 of34)
Open Image Modal20 per cent chose this action as a key failure.(A protester demonstrates against C-51 at a March, 2015 rally in Montreal.) (credit:Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press)
Canada's military combat missions against ISIS and Afghanistan(10 of34)
Open Image Modal16 per cent said the combat mission against ISIS was a failure, while 14 per cent said the same of the mission in Afghanistan.(Harper and then-defence minister Peter MacKay look out from a bunker at an operating base in the district of Sperwan Ghar, Afghanistan in 2011.) (credit:Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)
Lowering corporate tax rates(11 of34)
Open Image Modal13 per cent chose this as a key failure.(Harper holds up a pile of money during a 2015 campaign event). (credit:Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press)
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Open Image ModalThough Stephen Harper was re-elected in his Calgary riding in the 2015 federal election, many members of his cabinet went down in defeat.Here are some key figures from Harper's inner circle who will not be returning to Ottawa... (credit:Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press)
Chris Alexander(13 of34)
Open Image ModalCabinet position: Minister of citizenship and immigrationRiding: AjaxFirst elected: 2011 (credit:Aaron Vincent Elkaim/CP)
Joe Oliver(14 of34)
Open Image ModalCabinet position: Minister of financeRiding: Eglinton-Lawrence (Toronto)First elected: 2011Oliver also previously served as minister of natural resources (credit:Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)
Bernard Valcourt(15 of34)
Open Image ModalCabinet position: Minister of aboriginal affairsRiding: Madawaska—Restigouche (N.B.)First elected: 2011 (though he was a Progressive Conservative MP from 1984 to 1993). (credit:Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)
Julian Fantino(16 of34)
Open Image ModalCabinet position: Associate defence ministerRiding: VaughanFirst elected: 2010Fantino is probably better remembered for his controversial tenure as minister of veterans affairs. (credit:Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)
Leona Aglukkaq(17 of34)
Open Image ModalCabinet position: Minister of the environmentRiding: NunavutFirst elected: 2008Aglukkaq previously served as minister of health, and was the first Inuk in Canadian history named to federal cabinet. (credit:The Canadian Press)
Greg Rickford(18 of34)
Open Image ModalCabinet position: Minister of natural resourcesRiding: KenoraFirst elected: 2008Rickford previously served as minister of state for science and technology. (credit:Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)
Gail Shea(19 of34)
Open Image ModalCabinet position: Minister of fisheries and oceansRiding: Egmont (P.E.I.)First elected: 2008 (credit:Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)
Tim Uppal(20 of34)
Open Image ModalCabinet position: Minister of state for multiculturalismRiding: Edmonton—Sherwood Park First elected: 2008Uppal also previously served as minister of state for democratic reform. (credit:Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)
Ed Holder(21 of34)
Open Image ModalCabinet position: Minister of state for science and technologyRiding: London WestFirst elected: 2008 (credit:Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)
John Duncan(22 of34)
Open Image ModalCabinet position: Chief government whipRiding: Vancouver Island NorthFirst elected: 2008 (though he also served as an MP from 1993 to 2006).Duncan previously served as minister of aboriginal affairs. (credit:Fred Chartrand/The Canadian Press)
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Open Image ModalIn the 2015 federal election, Thomas Mulcair's New Democrats fell from 95 seats to 44. And several high-profile incumbents from across the country were defeated, usually to Liberal candidates.Here are a few key names that will not be returning to Ottawa... (credit:Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press)
Paul Dewar(24 of34)
Open Image ModalFirst elected: 2006Riding: Ottawa CentreShadow cabinet role: Foreign affairsDewar also ran for the leadership of the party in 2012. (credit:CP)
Megan Leslie(25 of34)
Open Image ModalFirst elected: 2008Riding: HalifaxShadow cabinet role: Deputy leader, environment (credit:CP)
Peter Stoffer(26 of34)
Open Image ModalFirst elected: 1997Riding: Sackville—Eastern Shore (N.S.)Shadow cabinet role: Veterans affairsStoffer was named Maclean's magazines Parliamentarian of the year in 2013 and frequently won the most congenial MP award. (credit:CP)
Jack Harris(27 of34)
Open Image ModalFirst elected: 2008Riding: St. John's EastShadow cabinet role: National defenceHarris was also the longtime leader of the Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party. (credit:CP)
Craig Scott(28 of34)
Open Image ModalFirst elected: 2012Riding: Toronto DanforthShadow cabinet role: Democratic and parliamentary reformScott represented the Toronto riding held by former leader Jack Layton. (credit:CP)
Malcolm Allen(29 of34)
Open Image ModalFirst elected: 2008Riding: WellandShadow cabinet role: Agriculture and Agri-Food (credit:CP)
Françoise Boivin(30 of34)
Open Image ModalFirst elected: 2011 (though she served from 2004-2006 as a Liberal MP)Riding: GatineauShadow cabinet role: Justice (credit:CP)
Robert Chisholm(31 of34)
Open Image ModalFirst elected: 2011Riding: Halifax AtlanticShadow cabinet role: Fisheries, deputy employment insuranceChisholm served as leader of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party and ran for the federal leadership in 2012. (credit:CP)
Ryan Cleary(32 of34)
Open Image ModalFirst elected: 2011Riding: St. John's South—Mount PearlShadow cabinet role: Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (credit:CP)
Jinny Sims(33 of34)
Open Image ModalFirst elected: 2011Riding: Newton—North DeltaShadow cabinet role: Employment and Social Development (credit:CP)
Pat Martin(34 of34)
Open Image ModalFirst elected: 1997Riding: Winnipeg CentreShadow cabinet role: Public Works and Government ServicesMartin is perhaps the most quotable politician in Canada. (credit:CP)