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.

[LibFreeOrDie]

Cool! I wish CPAC would show the crowd at Harper's headquarters instead of the suits in the studio.

[proud_yank]

IMO, The funny thing is that private healthcare will be opening soon, and I'm sure that Michael Moore will be going to great lengths preaching how great public is.

[1066AD]

Tempting but that'd lose him the "BQ Dudes" he probably needs for support as it looks like a minority gov't.

[CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC]

Now can you try and get rid of your liberal media?

Maybe we can trade our MSM for theirs? Surely the liberal Canadian MSM can't be nearly as bad as ours, can it?

[bayourant]

To the Canadaians on here Steyn made this comment

---10.30pm EST
If I were an anglo Montrealer - which, come to think of it, I am - I'd be seriously wondering at this stage of the evening exactly what the point is of my unshakeable till-the-last-dog-dies loyalty to the Liberal Party. Anglos are out of step not just with francophone federalists but with anglo Canada, too.---

Now it has seemed to me since that last close vote I guess it was in the late 80's I believe early 90's but the time that Quebec Seccession went down by some sort of raser thin margin that a threat of Quebec leaving Canada diminishes every year. Again maybe not but i dont seems to hear the same passion about it. Does Steyns comments mean that many people voted liberal so to have a force to oppose this seccession movement. And if thats true does that mean what he is saying that people who are voting liberal are prob conservative in outlook and should come on over? Clueless really but curious what he meant

[tflabo]

"Maybe we can trade our MSM for theirs? Surely the liberal Canadian MSM can't be nearly as bad as ours, can it?"

Nawwww..it's a wash.

[spoolmak]

Here he comes folks! Our new Prime Minister!

[concrete is my business]

Michael Moore will never let the facts get in the way of a good argument or a fat paycheck.

[CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC]

It helps to be telegenic in politics.

Yup! That's why America's hunky heartthrob Michael Moore was so wildly successful in convincing Americans to put Kerry into office, and to convince Canadians to retain Martin.

(Hunky? Chunky?)

[balk]

Finally, Prime Minister Harper is headed for the stage. I feel better already. (The MSM has just been blathering on and on about how well the NDP & Liebs did tonite) Of course, if this result were predicted in November 2005, we'd all be blown away.

[conservative in nyc]

Most recent province-by-province results from Elections Canada:

Newfoundland and Labrador

Last updated: 22:15 ET

Party	Party standing	%		Popular vote	%

Conservative	3	42.9		96,924	42.7
Green Party	0	0.0		2,090	0.9
Liberal	4	57.1		97,269	42.8
N.D.P.	0	0.0		30,849	13.6

Total number of valid votes:

227,132

Polls reporting: 1,496/1,496	Voter turnout: 227,132 of 400,013 registered electors (56.8%)
The number of registered electors shown in this table does not include electors who registered on election day.

Prince Edward Island

Last updated: 22:52 ET

Party	Party standing	%		Popular vote	%

Christian Heritage Party	0	0.0		97	0.1
Conservative	0	0.0		26,147	33.4
Green Party	0	0.0		3,024	3.9
Independent	0	0.0		219	0.3
Liberal	4	100.0		41,094	52.5
Marijuana Party	0	0.0		193	0.3
N.D.P.	0	0.0		7,491	9.6

Total number of valid votes:

78,265

Polls reporting: 345/345	Voter turnout: 78,265 of 106,261 registered electors (73.7%)
The number of registered electors shown in this table does not include electors who registered on election day.

Nova Scotia

Last updated: 23:16 ET

Party	Party standing	%		Popular vote	%

Christian Heritage Party	0	0.0		1,376	0.3
Conservative	3	27.3		141,502	29.7
Green Party	0	0.0		12,495	2.6
Independent	0	0.0		1,204	0.3
Liberal	6	54.6		177,093	37.2
Marijuana Party	0	0.0		436	0.1
Marxist-Leninist	0	0.0		344	0.1
N.D.P.	2	18.2		142,223	29.8

Total number of valid votes:

476,673

Polls reporting: 2,339/2,339	Voter turnout: 476,673 of 749,714 registered electors (63.6%)
The number of registered electors shown in this table does not include electors who registered on election day.

New Brunswick

Last updated: 23:48 ET

Party	Party standing	%		Popular vote	%

Canadian Action	0	0.0		148	0.0
Conservative	3	30.0		145,619	35.8
Green Party	0	0.0		9,939	2.4
Independent	0	0.0		2,876	0.7
Liberal	6	60.0		159,658	39.2
N.D.P.	1	10.0		89,133	21.9

Total number of valid votes:

407,373

Polls reporting: 1,940/1,940	Voter turnout: 407,373 of 589,176 registered electors (69.1%)
The number of registered electors shown in this table does not include electors who registered on election day.

Quebec

Last updated: 01:12 ET

Party	Party standing	%		Popular vote	%

Bloc Québécois	51	68.0		1,534,845	42.3
Canadian Action	0	0.0		137	0.0
Christian Heritage Party	0	0.0		119	0.0
Communist	0	0.0		156	0.0
Conservative	10	13.3		896,928	24.7
Green Party	0	0.0		144,790	4.0
Independent	1	1.3		32,387	0.9
Liberal	13	17.3		742,355	20.4
Libertarian	0	0.0		477	0.0
Marijuana Party	0	0.0		1,855	0.1
Marxist-Leninist	0	0.0		3,113	0.1
N.D.P.	0	0.0		272,914	7.5
PC Party	0	0.0		2,527	0.1

Total number of valid votes:

3,632,603

Polls reporting: 16,105/16,319	Voter turnout: 3,632,603 of 5,830,797 registered electors (62.3%)
The number of registered electors shown in this table does not include electors who registered on election day.

Ontario

Last updated: 01:12 ET

Party	Party standing	%		Popular vote	%

AACEV Party of Canada	0	0.0		71	0.0
Canadian Action	0	0.0		2,426	0.0
Christian Heritage Party	0	0.0		16,669	0.3
Communist	0	0.0		1,651	0.0
Conservative	40	37.7		1,962,031	35.1
FPNP	0	0.0		562	0.0
Green Party	0	0.0		261,399	4.7
Independent	0	0.0		8,690	0.2
Liberal	54	50.9		2,230,512	39.9
Libertarian	0	0.0		1,632	0.0
Marijuana Party	0	0.0		4,236	0.1
Marxist-Leninist	0	0.0		3,667	0.1
N.D.P.	12	11.3		1,090,901	19.5
No Affiliation	0	0.0		360	0.0
PC Party	0	0.0		9,833	0.2

Total number of valid votes:

5,594,640

Polls reporting: 23,851/24,020	Voter turnout: 5,594,640 of 8,409,060 registered electors (66.5%)
The number of registered electors shown in this table does not include electors who registered on election day.

Manitoba

Last updated: 01:10 ET

Party	Party standing	%		Popular vote	%

Canadian Action	0	0.0		72	0.0
Christian Heritage Party	0	0.0		2,866	0.6
Communist	0	0.0		450	0.1
Conservative	8	57.1		220,429	42.8
Green Party	0	0.0		19,966	3.9
Independent	0	0.0		5,777	1.1
Liberal	3	21.4		134,024	26.0
N.D.P.	3	21.4		130,740	25.4
PC Party	0	0.0		934	0.2

Total number of valid votes:

515,258

Polls reporting: 2,517/2,517	Voter turnout: 515,258 of 821,603 registered electors (62.7%)
The number of registered electors shown in this table does not include electors who registered on election day.

Saskatchewan

Last updated: 00:55 ET

Party	Party standing	%		Popular vote	%

Canadian Action	0	0.0		120	0.0
Christian Heritage Party	0	0.0		871	0.2
Communist	0	0.0		96	0.0
Conservative	12	85.7		226,187	48.9
Green Party	0	0.0		14,923	3.2
Independent	0	0.0		1,039	0.2
Liberal	2	14.3		103,474	22.4
N.D.P.	0	0.0		111,132	24.0
No Affiliation	0	0.0		4,396	1.0

Total number of valid votes:

462,238

Polls reporting: 2,396/2,396	Voter turnout: 462,238 of 703,099 registered electors (65.7%)
The number of registered electors shown in this table does not include electors who registered on election day.

Alberta

Last updated: 01:03 ET

Party	Party standing	%		Popular vote	%

Canadian Action	0	0.0		1,070	0.1
Christian Heritage Party	0	0.0		2,848	0.2
Communist	0	0.0		324	0.0
Conservative	28	100.0		913,757	65.0
FPNP	0	0.0		683	0.1
Green Party	0	0.0		92,254	6.6
Independent	0	0.0		13,788	1.0
Liberal	0	0.0		214,145	15.2
Marijuana Party	0	0.0		455	0.0
Marxist-Leninist	0	0.0		534	0.0
N.D.P.	0	0.0		164,950	11.7
PC Party	0	0.0		604	0.0
WBP	0	0.0		410	0.0

Total number of valid votes:

1,405,822

Polls reporting: 6,358/6,448	Voter turnout: 1,405,822 of 2,294,910 registered electors (61.3%)
The number of registered electors shown in this table does not include electors who registered on election day.

British Columbia

Last updated: 01:13 ET

Party	Party standing	%		Popular vote	%

Canadian Action	0	0.0		2,062	0.1
Christian Heritage Party	0	0.0		3,244	0.2
Communist	0	0.0		417	0.0
Conservative	17	47.2		660,419	37.3
FPNP	0	0.0		95	0.0
Green Party	0	0.0		94,624	5.4
Independent	0	0.0		10,465	0.6
Liberal	9	25.0		489,507	27.7
Libertarian	0	0.0		851	0.1
Marijuana Party	0	0.0		1,342	0.1
Marxist-Leninist	0	0.0		1,369	0.1
N.D.P.	10	27.8		503,672	28.5
No Affiliation	0	0.0		425	0.0
PC Party	0	0.0		514	0.0
WBP	0	0.0		659	0.0

Total number of valid votes:

1,769,665

Polls reporting: 7,950/8,127	Voter turnout: 1,769,665 of 2,841,959 registered electors (62.3%)
The number of registered electors shown in this table does not include electors who registered on election day.

[plushaye]

Stephen Harper now on tv, shaking hands... He's looking good.

He will be the 5th youngest Prime Minister at 46 years old.

[MEG33]

I'm watching..

[mrsmel]

Beautiful,and the way it's supposed to be,and could've been,and will be!

[bayourant]

Another question from a clueless American. Earlier they were talking about how the current Canadian ambassador to the US could be the new leader of the LIberal party. I guess in most Parlementary systems in seems a elected offical has from Parliment has always been the leader. So from these comments does that mean an non elected person can be head of a party in a Parlimentarty system?

[plushaye]

He doesn't work the rope line as well as President Bush though. ;-)

[proud_yank]

Amen! It is a nice change of tides. Canada has always been a great ally and great friend. I just want to know where all our poor American Libs will move to now? Cuba I guess.

[MEG33]

;)

[balk]

Now is that crowd in Calgary a contrast from Martin's 40 supporters in Montreal!

[proud_yank]

is there a site/link you can watch online?