Election result
Jan. 23rd, 2006 11:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jawnbcAnd so it was (with perhaps 3 or 4 seats subject to recount/challenges):
Conservatives 124 seats (+25)
NDP 29 seats (+11)
Bloc 51 seats (-3)
Liberals 103 seats (-30)
Independents +1 (in Québec, a Howard Sternesque ex-radio DJ)
So another hung minority Parliament. The Liberals got spanked but not incarcerated, the Conservatives got a qualified endorsement, mostly built on their Western Canada hegemony (of 92 seats, 65 went Tory), about 1/3 of Ontario (40 of 106), a surprising (but still small) 10 of 75 seats in Québec, and a mere 9/32 in Atlantic Canada.
So less than 1/3 of the ridings in Canada gave the Tories half their seats. But until they get at more than half of Ontario (another 20 seats), or a similar result in Quebec, a majority just isn't to be had.
But I'm very pleased with the NDP result! We finished a net +11 seatwise, including +5 in BC. And we've achieved gender parity in the BC NDP caucus too boot. Of our 6 queer candidates, both Bill Siksay and Libby Davies triumphed (of 6). These gains were almost all at the expense of the Tories.
Must chill out so I can sleep before 02h00
;)
Conservatives 124 seats (+25)
NDP 29 seats (+11)
Bloc 51 seats (-3)
Liberals 103 seats (-30)
Independents +1 (in Québec, a Howard Sternesque ex-radio DJ)
So another hung minority Parliament. The Liberals got spanked but not incarcerated, the Conservatives got a qualified endorsement, mostly built on their Western Canada hegemony (of 92 seats, 65 went Tory), about 1/3 of Ontario (40 of 106), a surprising (but still small) 10 of 75 seats in Québec, and a mere 9/32 in Atlantic Canada.
So less than 1/3 of the ridings in Canada gave the Tories half their seats. But until they get at more than half of Ontario (another 20 seats), or a similar result in Quebec, a majority just isn't to be had.
But I'm very pleased with the NDP result! We finished a net +11 seatwise, including +5 in BC. And we've achieved gender parity in the BC NDP caucus too boot. Of our 6 queer candidates, both Bill Siksay and Libby Davies triumphed (of 6). These gains were almost all at the expense of the Tories.
Must chill out so I can sleep before 02h00
;)
