Canadian Election--6/28 Live Thread

Various | 6/28/04 | Free Republic

[BurbankKarl]

Greens earn funding with 4 per cent of vote
Last Updated Tue, 29 Jun 2004 00:23:50 EDT
HALIFAX - The Green party, fighting to be recognized as a legitimate fourth party, recorded a major boost to its fortunes on Election Night, winning four per cent of the popular vote.

The party, which had complained about not being allowed to participate in the two all-leaders' debates, climbed more than three percentage points from the last election.

In 2000, their vote was almost negligible, recording only 0.08 per cent, or 1,100 votes. In this election, the party received about half a million votes.

With four per cent of the national popular vote, the Greens will qualify for annual funding of $1.75 per voter. That should allow Green Leader Jim Harris to build the party's infrastructure leading up to the next election.

The party's greatest showing has come in Alberta and British Columbia. In Alberta it captured six per cent of the popular vote, the highest support nationally. Its worst showing was in Manitoba, where it polled two per cent of the vote.

The party said from the beginning of the election campaign that it intended to send MPs to Ottawa. It has not been able to do that, but the party has increased its support more than four-fold across the country.

[PAR35]

I didn't notice until you replied to me that you were posting numbers for the 2000 seats. No wonder they didn't match CBC's numbers for the current election.

[conservative in nyc]

Overall Election Results
Party	Elected	Leading	Total	Vote Share
LIB	135	1	136	36.80%
CON	91	5	96	29.52%
BQ	54	0	54	12.71%
NDP	18	3	21	15.42%
NA	1	0	1	.12%
OTH	0	0	0	5.42%
Last Update:  June 29, 12:49:02 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, 12:49:02 AM EDT				32 seats

QUEBEC
Party	Elected	Leading	Vote Count	Vote Share
BQ	54	0	1642501	49.09%
LIB	21	0	1126122	33.66%
CON	0	0	292872	8.75%
NDP	0	0	154071	4.61%
Last Update:  June 29, 12:49:02 AM EDT				75 seats

ONTARIO
Party	Elected	Leading	Vote Count	Vote Share
LIB	75	1	2199604	44.69%
CON	22	1	1550559	31.5%
NDP	7	0	886543	18.01%
Last Update:  June 29, 12:49:02 AM EDT				106 seats

PRAIRIES
Party	Elected	Leading	Vote Count	Vote Share
CON	43	3	1104430	52.84%
LIB	6	0	529563	25.34%
NDP	4	0	321871	15.4%
Last Update:  June 29, 12:50:34 AM EDT				56 seats

BRITISH COLUMBIA
Party	Elected	Leading	Vote Count	Vote Share
CON	19	1	537519	36.89%
LIB	9	0	415281	28.5%
NDP	4	2	378047	25.95%
NA	1	0	15763	1.08%
Last Update:  June 29, 12:49:02 AM EDT				36 seats

[Torie]

I am listening the Martin's victory speech. What a mediocre sounding blowhard. Cliche city unlimited. His accent in French accent sounds almost Germanic, it is so ugly. :) In English, it sounds a bit like a duck quacking. Definitely a provincial nothing. I feel sorry for Canadians having to listen to that for the foreseeable future.

[BurbankKarl]

Layton puts Martin on notice
Last Updated Tue, 29 Jun 2004 00:13:25 EDT
TORONTO - NDP Leader Jack Layton put Liberal Leader Paul Martin on notice following the election, saying he better keep his promises.

Layton listed a number of social policy pledges Martin made during the campaign, including making Canada a greener country and the implementation of a national child-care program.

"My commitment tonight is that we will hold him to it with every ounce of energy we have," he said.

Layton told his supporters they should be proud of the party's results, with 15 per cent of the vote and about 25 seats.

"Tonight we must celebrate the fact we have doubled our support across the country and I want to thank those who put their trust in us," Layton said.

Layton, who was in a tough fight against Liberal incumbent Dennis Mills, praised his political opponent for his public service for Toronto and Canada.

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Harper vows to hold Liberals to account
Last Updated Tue, 29 Jun 2004 00:51:08 EDT
CALGARY - Conservative Leader Stephen Harper was disappointed by the Liberal win Monday night, but told supporters he was proud his party's progress.

"Our new party has ... made historic strides across the country," Harper told an enthusiastic crowd in Calgary.

Halfway through the campaign, Harper spoke about forming a Conservative majority government. The voters gave the Liberals a minority win.

"I'll admit I feel some disappointment," he told the crowd. "You should feel none."

Listing the party's accomplishments in the election, he said, they had "deprived the Liberals of the majority they thought they were entitled to..." "We have increased our seats, and broadened our support across the country," he said.

The Conservatives won as many as 95 seats, earning about 30 per cent of the vote. While they did increase their share of seats in Parliament, their support across the country was down about eight per cent.

Harper offered his congratulations to the Liberals for their win, but said the Conservatives would take be aggressive in their role as official Opposition.

"We will remind the Liberals they have been sent a message," he said. "We, the loyal Opposition, will continue to hold them accountable."

[Torie]

Annie seems to have grabbed the seat. The margin is now too large, unless the remainging ridings are Torie strongholds.

[BurbankKarl]

United through higher taxes!

[Huntingtonian]

Some sad facts about the Canadian election
1) While the Liberals lost about 40 seats, they only lost 4% of their popular vote compared to the 2000 election.

2) The Conservative earned about 30% of the national vote, THIS IS DOWN from the 37% of the vote that the Alliance/PC parties earned in 2000. The idea that this was some kind of conservative tide in Canada is false hope.

3) That 7-8% loss in popular vote by the Conservatives is exactly the same proportion that was picked up by the socialist NDP party

4) The Bloc picked up 22 seats on a 2% increase in popular vote all of it in Quebec. This was a clear anti-Liberal protest over the 'Sponsorship Scandal'. There is no strong separatist sentiment in Quebec right now.

5) In British Columbia the Conservatives will actually lose seat, while the Liberals will gain some (4 it looks like at this time). So much for the MYTH of the conservative 'West'.

Why is it a myth? Look at the seats and the % of the popular vote in each province. Alberta is the ONLY majority Conservative province.

Ironically the reason why the Conservatives can take seats in Manitoba and Saskatchewan is because they are MORE socialist and lest centrist than Ontario! Yep, the NDP does better in those provinces than it does in Ontario and splits the left wing vote letting the 40% minority Conservatives win. Saskatchewan will send an almost complete slate of Conservative MPs when 60% of the population is Left of center! On the whole, with the exception of Alberat, the west in only 5 to 8 points more conservative than Ontario.


Party Seats Share

ALBERTA

CON 26 61.9%

LIB 1 21.59%

NDP 0 9.65%

BC

CON 19 37.2%

LIB 10 28.48%

NDP 6 25.73%

NA 1 1.03%

Saskatchewan

CON 13 41.84%

LIB 1 27.24%

NDP 0 23.26%

Manitoba

CON 7 39.34%

NDP 4 23.34

LIB 3 33.1%

I wonder how long Alberta will be able to hold out as the last bastion of Canadian conservatism?

[Petronski]

Sweet Lord! Who is going to pay for all of that?

[conservative in nyc]

1 Liberal riding in Ontario is close.
3 NDP ridings are close.
-1 is in the Northwest Territories. That's a NDP-Liberal Battle
-2 in B.C. One likely swung to th Conservatives, according to the numbers on the bottom of CBC-TV. That is a NDP-Conservative battle in New Westminster. The other is a Liberal-NDP battle in Burnaby.

CBC says 135-98-54-20-1 now.

So it's up to the Ontario riding. I'm trying to figure out what it is.

[Torie]

Down to 155 for the Left coalition. That is a one seat margin. The CBC is having a panic attack. You can feel the angst in their voices. Have we blown it, just like the Americans did in 2000? Oh the horror.

[conservative in nyc]

Close Ontario riding called for Liberals:

Overall Election Results
Party	Elected	Leading	Total	Vote Share
LIB	136	0	136	36.79%
CON	91	5	96	29.52%
BQ	54	0	54	12.66%
NDP	18	3	21	15.48%
NA	1	0	1	.13%
OTH	0	0	0	5.43%
Last Update:  June 29, 12:57:46 AM EDT				308 seats

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ONTARIO
Party	Elected	Leading	Vote Count	Vote Share
LIB	76	0	2213546	44.7%
CON	22	1	1559511	31.49%
NDP	7	0	892790	18.03%
Last Update:  June 29, 12:57:46 AM EDT				106 seat

[Petronski]

Vancouver Island North (the Conservative leads by four votes). "Seems headed for a recount" says the CBC

[BurbankKarl]

A setback for women?

is CBC TV and CBC radio running the same feed?

The womens libbers are mad they lost representation

[conservative in nyc]

Unless there's a recount somewhere, or the projections are incorrect, the best you can hope for is a 155 NDP+Liberal one-seat majority. The best the Conservatives can do is 98.

[conservative in nyc]

I don't know. I'm listening to CTV and watching CBC.

[Petronski]

Average minority government in Canada lasts sixteen months. ---CBC

[Torie]

Yep, the party is over. Stick a fork in it. Still, the CBC called the election a bit too early. They got lucky.