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

Elections Canada ^ | N/A

[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.

[GiveEmDubya]

Reporting for duty! (and a ping for ya)

I have a good feeling about tonight...

[BluH2o]

As a former Canadian, now U.S. citizen many years, you have my attention. Conservatives need to win big ... good luck.

[Semper Paratus]

Are results usually known for Canadian Parlimentary elections the same day?

[Fawn]

GO CONSERVATIVES!

[TheBigB]

[GreenLanternCorps]

Can we make this the official live thread for the Canadian General Election being held today?

[End Times Sentinel]

Any exit polls?  Any conducted in a manner that heavily skews towards women and urban areas?  'Cause that's the only accurate way to judge the will of the people (Damn that DIEBOLD!!!)

Owl_Eagle

(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,

 it was probably sarcasm)

[GreenLanternCorps]

Thanks me too. I'd love to see the look on Michael Moore's face when Canada becomes a "Red State".

[SoFloFreeper]

Harper, the Conservative, is poised for a win. :)

[kellynch]

Does anyone in the States know if C-SPAN will have any coverage? I know they have covered Canadian elections before, and this is such an important one, that I hope they'll do something.

My cable provider offers an international news channel, so I'll check that too.

[Stentor]

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[kellynch]

I answered my own question -- at C-SPAN's website, they will have live coverage on C-SPAN 1 at 9:30 Eastern.

[mainepatsfan]

Any chance we'll know the results by tonight?

[mewzilla]

Thanks for the thread.

For anyone else who, like me, was curious, from this link:

The term Grit comes from the phrase Clear Grit. Clear grit was a prime type of sand used by the Scots in Upper Canada to make mortar, and the term was adopted as a description of the type of character required for members of the pre-Confederation reform movement in the Province of Canada. After Confederation, the term Grits was applied to Liberals and the Liberal Party, and has stuck.

[Semper Paratus]

If the Conservatives win will the US liberals who moved north go to Greenland next?

[July 4th]

[NorthOf45]

Yes, we should know by the end of the night. It will be a long night though as the country spans 5&1/2 hrs worth of time zones.

[captcanada]

Great idea.

[West Coast Conservative]