A combination picture shows (L-R) New Democratic Party (NDP) leader Thomas Mulcair, Conservative Party leader and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Liberal leader Justin Trudeau attending the Calgary Stampede in Calgary, Alberta, July 3, 2015. REUTERS/Todd Korol
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper was set to call a parliamentary election for Oct 19 on Sunday, kicking off a marathon 11-week campaign likely to focus on a stubbornly sluggish economy and his decade in power.
Harper's office said in a statement he is due to visit Governor General David Johnston - the representative of the Queen, Canada's head of state - at 9:55 a.m.
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