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.

[Torie]

Those issues don't sell in Canada. Wrong country, wrong place. Central Pennsylvania is known as Alabama north. There is no Alabama north in Eastern Canada. It is a choice between William Jefferson Clinton, John Kerry, HIllary Clinton, Barney Frank, and Bernie Saunders. Anything to the right of that, is rather on the fringe.

[LilyBean]

Nope, I haven't seen him since this afternoon. Yapping his face off on crossfire.

[July 4th]

Well, both right now. Yes to Kyoto, no to "Star Wars," higher fuel tax...etc.

[July 4th]

Wouldn't PR also help the Conservatives? That would probably be the reason it doesn't get adopted.

[Windcatcher]

Central Pennsylvania is known as Alabama north.

Now you know why I can't wait to make it to retirement so I can leave Delaware County and move upstate. Only twenty-five more years (sigh)...

Any good IT jobs there, perhaps?

[conservative in nyc]

12:15 CBC Update

Overall Election Results
Party	Elected	Leading	Total	Vote Share
LIB	132	3	135	36.90%
CON	87	9	96	29.58%
BQ	54	0	54	12.65%
NDP	18	4	22	15.35%
NA	1	0	1	.11%
OTH	0	0	0	5.40%
Last Update:  June 29, 12:15:06 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, 12:15:06 AM EDT				32 seats

QUEBEC
Party	Elected	Leading	Vote Count	Vote Share
BQ	54	0	1525961	49.27%
LIB	20	1	1035896	33.44%
CON	0	0	271144	8.75%
NDP	0	0	143267	4.63%
Last Update:  June 29, 12:15:06 AM EDT				75 seats

ONTARIO
Party	Elected	Leading	Vote Count	Vote Share
LIB	75	1	2086308	44.62%
CON	21	2	1471433	31.47%
NDP	7	0	846069	18.1%
Last Update:  June 29, 12:15:06 AM EDT				106 seats

PRAIRIES
Party	Elected	Leading	Vote Count	Vote Share
CON	42	4	1051345	52.71%
LIB	5	1	504721	25.3%
NDP	4	0	310302	15.56%
Last Update:  June 29, 12:15:06 AM EDT				56 seat

BRITISH COLUMBIA
Party	Elected	Leading	Vote Count	Vote Share
CON	17	2	443613	37.43%
LIB	8	0	338668	28.58%
NDP	4	3	300356	25.35%
NA	1	0	13000	1.1%
Last Update:  June 29, 12:15:06 AM EDT				36 seats

[goldstategop]

Of course. Its Canadian to follow Michael Moore, Ralph Nader, and Peter Jennings. Sometimes I wish our home-grown Lefties did us all a favor and move to Canada. They would feel right at home there.

[Dont Mention the War]

One thing I find interesting is how the party representatives participating in the CBC television roundtable are so nice to each other. They're spinning a little, to be sure, but they're amazingly subtle about it and respectful of their counterparts. Can you imagine that happening on any American network's election coverage? I can't even think of who they could get from either party that would act like that if they wanted to.

Also, it drive me nuts how the English-speaking politicians have to give bilingual speeches, but the Quebeckers can speak nothing but French. I will never understand why Canadians put up with the overt hypocritical racism of Quebec.

[BurbankKarl]

[conservative in nyc]

Annie-grab-your-guns is making her move:

253 Edmonton Centre

 DISTRICT: Edmonton Centre

Candidate

Party

Vote Count

Vote Share

Elected

Anne McLellan

LIB

15596

42.13%

Laurie Hawn

CON

15057

40.67%

Meghan McMaster

NDP

3542

9.57%

David J. Parker

GRN

1942

5.25%

Lyle Kenny

MP

359

0.97%

Sean Tisdall

PCP

324

0.88%

John Baloun

IND

140

0.38%

Peggy Morton

ML

60

0.16%

Last Update:  June 29, 12:25:53 AM EDT

189 of 253 polls reporting

[LilyBean]

I'm as far west as you can get from Quebec and it still isn't far enough away. I have no use for that Province. And I am sick and tired of having French shoved down my throat everytime I turn around. Every product sold here has to have french on the label. We have to take french in school. Oh Please, don't get me started on Quebec. I will be here ranting and raving all night. :0)

[BurbankKarl]

I see "biere" on the Labatt's Blue sitting next to me!

[LilyBean]

I see it everywhere I look. I see you have good taste in biere though. I think a good old Labatts just might be in order. Hell, after this fiasco tonight 3 or 4 might be in order.

[Torie]

Down to 156 to 152.

[Petronski]

D'accord!

[GAGOPSWEEPTOVICTORY]

Is it possible to get the Libs/NDP down to 154? What's still out?

[Torie]

There are several skin tight seats. It is barely possible. The numbers are based who is in the lead.

[Petronski]

That would be quite cool. Kinda like "Dewey Really Does Defeat Truman" in a way.

[conservative in nyc]

Annie-grab-your-guns was re-elected, according to CBC. So that seat's not out. The Bloc is set at 54.

[Dont Mention the War]

CBC called it for Landslide Annie.