Canadian General Election, Live Thread (UPDATE: Conservatives Win!)

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[GreenLanternCorps]

If JimRob, etc. approve this is the Live Thread for the Canadian General Election, on January 23rd, 2005.

We have a while to go before the returns start coming in, but I thought the thread needed to get up and running.

[McGavin999]

OK, so who will the conservatives get together with in order to form the government?

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

Thanks!

I'm back.

:)

Just heard a commentator on the John Bachelor Show discussing a potential NDP-CPC coalition.

What's that all about?

[Victoria Delsoul]

Amen to that.

[July 4th]

Why does the NDP vote matter if the Con+BQ total is so much greater?

[conservative in nyc]

The West isn't in as much as Ontario and Atlantic Canada. Things will get better.

[July 4th]

sorry, greater than NDP+Lib?

[HunterAmor]

as of now, conservatives -3 in BC...

not good! NDP is gaining big in BC

[TheBigB]

Absolutely! Maybe not as big of a margin as we had hoped, but let PRIME MINISTER STEPHEN HARPER show good leadership and clean up the corruption, and then build on it next time!

[kanawa]

Looks like you got missed in the excitement.
Welcome to FR

[Torie]

Per the projections, Torie erosion everywhere, except the plains, and of course Quebec, which was a Torie shocker. In Ontario, BC, and Atlantic, things just fell a bit short. My 122 Torie seat projection looks pretty good.

[fanfan]

C 124

L 103

Not as strong as I would like, but still......We Won!

[HunterAmor]

uhhhhhhhhhhhhh.... and the common ground would be where again??? i think this is a last gasp hope of the liberal media commentators

[Soul Seeker]

Well, last time Michael moore curled up with cartons of junk food and wasn't heard from for days after our 2004 election. Got to wonder what he will do now that the Liberals he idolized in canada have been tossed.

[Canadian Outrage]

Hopefully B.C. will contribute about 35 seats ( I hope) - that might be a little high. I think the NDP will make gains in Vanc.

[southernnorthcarolina]

All but one of the 308 ridings are now reporting some votes, though many western ridings have only fragmentary returns...

CON 123
LIB 103
BQ 50
NDP 30
IND 1

[Canadian Outrage]

The Marijuana Party is a nuisance!!

[dfwgator]

Harper has now gotten his foot in the door, now it's time to kick it down.

[Skylab]

The Liberals have done much better than the polls predicted.

[goldstategop]

Yes! A little bit under polling projections but a win is a win. And the Liberals have been relegated to the Opposition Benches.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

[frankjr]

BQ