Canadian Election--6/28 Live Thread

Various | 6/28/04 | Free Republic

[conservative in nyc]

The Canadian election is today. If the most recent polls are correct, the Conservative Party of Canada may win more seats in Canada's House of Commons, setting the stage for a Conservative minority government. A new day may be dawning in Canada. But the election is going to be close.

Please use this thread for any early election articles that pop-up over the course of the day, predictions and news analysis, and, of course, the actual results as they come in.

Also, please post links to Canadian elections result sites here.

[Dont Mention the War]

To all right-minded Candians on FR (double entendre intended), you have my condolences.

To all lurking Canadian left-wingers, enjoy your new hell.

[Dane]

What's the chances of the west getting fed up enough to finally allow Quebec to go independent? Wouldn't that tick off Ontario, which might bring the best result of all, a 3 way split of Canada resulting in a conservative West country? Its not like we care how many seats the left would gain in the UN..

Alberta joining the US, I wouldn't mind, but I read an article maybe a decade ago, I think in the WSJ, saying that the maritime provinces should join the US if Quebec seceded.

No freaking way.

[GOP_1900AD]

Better yet would have been to preemptively attack and to set the agenda. The Tories ought have been loudly proclaiming what is good about Christian beliefs, gun rights, friendship with the US and UK, etc. By setting the stage and defining all of this, when the Left counterattacked, the Right could have labelled them traitors, Jihad lovers, Communists and all sorts of negative things. Instead, the Tories took the high road and had to respond to the initial volley, and when they did, they got called Fascists and wackos. First strike wins.

[paul544]

Elections have not been kind to conservatives anywhere this year. I hope W can buck the trend.

[goldstategop]

We take our losses in stride and move on.

[KangarooJacqui]

This is nutty. In Australia the Australian Labor Party Left together with Australian Democrats and Greens can't get something like 55% of the popular vote!

Perish the thought... but they just might. Depends on what happens between now and the election here...

[section9]

Ooooh, holy dog poop!'

NDP will exact a high price, however.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

[LilyBean]

I hope you all fare better in your elections then we just did in ours. I don't know if I can stand even one more year of the Liberals.

[conservative in nyc]

Overall Election Results
Party	Elected	Leading	Total	Vote Share
LIB	128	7	135	37.15%
CON	86	7	93	29.46%
BQ	53	2	55	12.69%
NDP	18	6	24	15.27%
NA	1	0	1	.07%
OTH	0	0	0	5.36%
Last Update:  June 28, 11:48:52 PM EDT				308 seats

ATLANTIC
Party	Elected	Leading	Vote Count	Vote Share
LIB	22	0	473483	43.79%
CON	7	0	324975	30.05%
NDP	3	0	244326	22.6%
Last Update:  June 28, 11:48:52 PM EDT				32 seats

QUEBEC
Party	Elected	Leading	Vote Count	Vote Share
BQ	53	2	1394769	49.44%
LIB	20	0	934825	33.14%
CON	0	0	246805	8.75%
NDP	0	0	134565	4.77%
Last Update:  June 28, 11:48:52 PM EDT				75 seats

ONTARIO
Party	Elected	Leading	Vote Count	Vote Share
LIB	75	1	1968393	44.5%
CON	20	3	1394120	31.52%
NDP	7	0	801119	18.11%
Last Update:  June 28, 11:49:23 PM EDT				106 seat

PRAIRIES
Party	Elected	Leading	Vote Count	Vote Share
CON	42	3	965233	52.1%
LIB	5	1	473590	25.56%
NDP	4	1	294638	15.9%
Last Update:  June 28, 11:48:52 PM EDT				56 seats

The Prairie region consists of the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. It has a total of 56 ridings.

ALBERTA
Party	Elected	Leading	Vote Count	Vote Share
CON	26	0	624904	61.68%
LIB	1	1	218857	21.6%
NDP	0	0	99285	9.8%
Last Update:  June 28, 11:48:52 PM EDT				28 seats

BRITISH COLUMBIA
Party	Elected	Leading	Vote Count	Vote Share
CON	17	1	303365	38.28%
LIB	4	5	224248	28.29%
NDP	4	4	197001	24.86%
NA	1	0	7716	0.97%
Last Update:  June 28, 11:48:52 PM EDT				36 seats

CBC

[BurbankKarl]

That isnt true...the EU elections gave more conservatives and EUsceptics.

[July 4th]

This leader of the NDP takes basically every position opposite of the US. If he wields any sort of power in the new government, there will be no thaw in the US/Canada relationship.

[BurbankKarl]

opposite the US or opposite Bush?

[conservative in nyc]

Annie-grab-your-guns is trailing slightly.  It will be a squeaker.

253 Edmonton Centre

 DISTRICT: Edmonton Centre

Candidate

Party

Vote Count

Vote Share

Elected

Laurie Hawn

CON

12103

41.66%

Anne McLellan

LIB

12018

41.36%

Meghan McMaster

NDP

2721

9.37%

David J. Parker

GRN

1517

5.22%

Lyle Kenny

MP

285

0.98%

Sean Tisdall

PCP

259

0.89%

John Baloun

IND

104

0.36%

Peggy Morton

ML

47

0.16%

Last Update:  June 28, 11:56:04 PM EDT

153 of 253 polls reporting

CBC

[goldstategop]

The NDP wants two things: PR so they can expand their power at the expense of the Liberals and more spending. My thinking is the Liberals will accomodate them on the latter and try to hold them off on PR right up til the next election.

[BurbankKarl]

the Bloc Quebecois are already saying they will push the separation issue now they have more seats.

haha.

[goldstategop]

They'll prop up the Liberals til they can force an election to their own advantage.

[conservative in nyc]

Overall Election Results
Party	Elected	Leading	Total	Vote Share
LIB	130	5	135	37.05%
CON	86	8	94	29.51%
BQ	53	2	55	12.71%
NDP	18	5	23	15.25%
NA	1	0	1	.09%
OTH	0	0	0	5.39%
Last Update:  June 29, 12:00:11 AM EDT				308 seats

ATLANTIC
Party	Elected	Leading	Vote Count	Vote Share
LIB	22	0	473483	43.79%
CON	7	0	324975	30.05%
NDP	3	0	244326	22.6%
Last Update:  June 29, 12:00:11 AM EDT				32 seats

QUEBEC
Party	Elected	Leading	Vote Count	Vote Share
BQ	53	2	1458900	49.4%
LIB	20	0	982873	33.28%
CON	0	0	259486	8.79%
NDP	0	0	136184	4.61%
Last Update:  June 29, 12:00:11 AM EDT				75 seats

ONTARIO
Party	Elected	Leading	Vote Count	Vote Share
LIB	75	1	2017744	44.59%
CON	20	3	1425452	31.5%
NDP	7	0	819070	18.1%
Last Update:  June 28, 11:59:40 PM EDT				106 seats

PRAIRIES
Party	Elected	Leading	Vote Count	Vote Share
CON	42	5	1001072	52.32%
LIB	5	0	487881	25.5%
NDP	4	0	301439	15.75%
Last Update:  June 28, 11:59:40 PM EDT				56 seats

BRITISH COLUMBIA
Party	Elected	Leading	Vote Count	Vote Share
CON	17	0	367995	37.8%
LIB	6	4	277167	28.47%
NDP	4	4	241285	24.78%
NA	1	0	10112	1.04%
Last Update:  June 29, 12:00:11 AM EDT				36 seats

Midnight CBC Update

[BurbankKarl]

CBC saying Dennis Mills lost his seat because of his stance against gay marriage.

[LilyBean]

We should have dumped those damn frenchies a long time ago. All they know how to do is milk the cash cow. And whine, whine, whine.

[BurbankKarl]

Some liberal on CBC Radio already said the Conservative Party will break in two!

is Paul Begala up there?