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Liberals win in Canada (Original Post) Botany Oct 2015 OP
Real sweet malaise Oct 2015 #1
So, this marks the end of the Harper era? Art_from_Ark Oct 2015 #2
Yep :D nt laundry_queen Oct 2015 #4
Harpers toast LiberalArkie Oct 2015 #6
Farm out!!!! LiberalArkie Oct 2015 #3
Outa state! Iggo Oct 2015 #17
Congrats! A great day in Canada :) n/t fredamae Oct 2015 #5
Sanity vadermike Oct 2015 #7
Pure fun at the Liberal HQ malaise Oct 2015 #8
Liberals nearing majority. roamer65 Oct 2015 #9
Won't need it malaise Oct 2015 #10
Victory will be sweeter if they don't need a coalition with the NDP Warpy Oct 2015 #12
Wave election malaise Oct 2015 #15
Yes, Harper just had his arse handed to him. Warpy Oct 2015 #21
Fantastic news! Congrats to our Northern Neighbors! CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2015 #11
Watching Canadian TV malaise Oct 2015 #16
Kick malaise Oct 2015 #13
The Liberals are now winning an outright Majority. wilsonbooks Oct 2015 #14
Official malaise Oct 2015 #18
Congratulations to our neighbors north meow2u3 Oct 2015 #20
Liberals win majority per CBC LiberalArkie Oct 2015 #19
This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Oct 2015 #22
Yes. Here's the political spectrum in Canada. PDittie Oct 2015 #23

LiberalArkie

(15,727 posts)
6. Harpers toast
Mon Oct 19, 2015, 10:01 PM
Oct 2015

Liberals: 83 ridings, 57.9% of the vote
Conservatives: 42 ridings, 19.9%
NDP: 11 ridings, 17.5%

malaise

(269,118 posts)
8. Pure fun at the Liberal HQ
Mon Oct 19, 2015, 10:06 PM
Oct 2015

Hope they have a majority
Count now at 150 - need 170 to be a majority. I want a whipping.

roamer65

(36,745 posts)
9. Liberals nearing majority.
Mon Oct 19, 2015, 10:11 PM
Oct 2015

If the NDP go into coalition with the Liberals, they now have a majority.

malaise

(269,118 posts)
10. Won't need it
Mon Oct 19, 2015, 10:15 PM
Oct 2015

Four to go - now 166

Oops 168 now

That's it - majority government 173 now - goof whipping.

Warpy

(111,309 posts)
12. Victory will be sweeter if they don't need a coalition with the NDP
Mon Oct 19, 2015, 10:19 PM
Oct 2015

and I imagine former NDP voters made the difference this time, holding their noses and voting for the Liberals to be sure to get Harper tossed out on his arse.

ETA: Now 172, but only 39 of those are "elected." The rest are classified as "leading." Let's hope the lead holds and the Conservatives take a drubbing everywhere but those provinces where cows outnumber people.

wilsonbooks

(972 posts)
14. The Liberals are now winning an outright Majority.
Mon Oct 19, 2015, 10:22 PM
Oct 2015

173952410
Refresh in: Seats to form majority: 170
PARTY NAME LEADING + ELECTED ELECTED SEATS POPULAR VOTE CHANGE IN SEATS (?)
Liberals 173 39 48.1% 45.6%
Conservatives 95 21 27.8% -20.1%
NDP 24 3 17.7% -22.9%
Bloc Québécois 10 0 2.5% 2.7%
Green 0 0 3.1% -0.6%
Other 0 0 0.8% -4.5%
16% of polls reporting


Congratulations

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