Minority government looms in Quebec

CBC News ^ | March 25, 2007 | CBC News/Canadian Press

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

ping for future.

[GiveEmDubya]

ADQ now elected in 30. Liberals ahead by 2. PQ still in fairly distant 3rd.

Somewhere, Stephen Harper is smiling.

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

ping for future .

[Reform Canada]

Take out the 28 seats on the Island of Montreal (20 LIB, 8 PQ) and the ADQ would have a majority government...

[GiveEmDubya]

Only 38 seats left undeclared. It's going to decide Charest or Dumont, not Charest or Boisclair most likely.

Boisclair is finished if the numbers stay like this.

[GMMAC]

According to CTV's fancy hi-tech interactive page, Charest's again neck & neck in Sherbrooke.

Local boy made good where he's lived all of his life, arguably one of the top .01% of perfectly bilingual Canadians, as good a public speaker in either language as you're likely to find anywhere, what an upset if he loses !!!

[GiveEmDubya]

It would be one of the biggest upsets I've seen.

Libs by 4. IMO, the ADQ won't do any worse than official opposition.

[Reform Canada]

Charest is now down by 421 votes.

[GiveEmDubya]

Charest now trails by 421.

[GMMAC]

CBC projects: Minority government in Quebec Libs- 46, ADQ - 43, PQ - 36

[GiveEmDubya]

Liberals: 37 elect, 9 lead
ADQ: 35 elect, 8 lead
PQ: 26 elect, 10 lead

ADQ is +31 so far tonight.

[GiveEmDubya]

ADQ now within 1.

[Reform Canada]

Over an hour ago on the CBC website they declared Charest a winner in his seat.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/quebecvotes2007/story/2007/03/26/qcv-charest20070326.html

I guess the CBC didn't learn anything from the MSM declaring Gore a winner in Flordia in 2000.

[GiveEmDubya]

They'll pull it back, call it for the PQ, pull that back, then a month of recounts. I can see it now... :)

[GMMAC]

CBC: Charest now trailing by roughly 459 w/ 90 out of 212 polls reporting smelling toast?

[GiveEmDubya]

Now most of the non-elects left on the board are in the Liberals & PQ. The ADQ has elected 39.

If the ADQ swings a few in the late count, hello Premier Dumont.

I think Charest will win by a nose, however.

[GiveEmDubya]

The ADQ is totally smashing the opposition in some of the seats they've gained. It's quite impressive.

[GiveEmDubya]

I think the PQ lead just went up another few votes.

[GMMAC]

note Charest link in #35 will up-date.
PQ's roughly 450 vote lead in Sherbrooke still holding constant with now well over half of polling stations reporting.

[Reform Canada]

Claude Forgues PQ 6064 34.6%
Jean Charest LIB 5603 31.97%

Link to live results in Charest's riding

http://www.cbc.ca/quebecvotes2007/riding/111