Official Canadian election thread!

Let's try not to go totally nuts!

That image is freaking hilarious. Off it goes to my Canadian friend... :rofl:

My husbands' ex college professor is running for PM. He is going to be so happy and proud if he wins!!

To early to say who's winning.

:blush: :hi:

Federal law and all, y'know.

If only the USA were half as civilized as that.

:shrug:

We're trying to watch the Rays beat the Sox.

Paper ballot, baby!

Unfortunately, the Conservative guy is almost sure to get re-elected.

How about you?

It will be tight

Put one "X" in one box and you're good to go.

it will be our likely retreat!

Harper will likely take this.

becomes president?

Better than a majority, I guess.

I know it's early in the returns, but hoping Ontario and Quebec (well maybe Ontario more) can keep the Conservatives in check. We'll see.

:D I'm part Newfie so that makes me proud.

;)

That's how they pronounce it on the island.

Especially that the NDP picked up a seat here in a fucking BLOWOUT of a race. Jack Harris won St. John's East by like 25,000 votes. My riding went Liberal but it was really close, I was hoping the NDP could have gotten a second seat here.

I'm in Manitoba, the returns from Atlantic Canada are coming in, the Liberals are really picking up seats. NDP has gained support.

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May lost to Peter McKay.

They had 15 minutes of the election coverage now it's all stopped. I think they violated the black out!

God, I can actually remember those days. :)

That was a bonehead move - McKay's popular.

She should have run in Flaherty's riding - EVERYONE thinks he's a dweeb.

I guess George Strombolopolous is going to get pre-empted tonight.

:)

people I spoke to today I am the only one that voted Liberal :-(

:eyes:

ANd they're already calling this shit?

:P

What is wrong with Canadians?

(Uh, I'm Canadian, so I get to say that.)

hehehehehehehe...

ewwh.

Pissed. Off.

So pissed off I've apparently dropped my stereotypical Canadian politeness.

He doesn't inspire confidence.

I wonder if Chretien is looking for a job. ;)

Elected, Leading, Total:

CON 9 89 98
LIB 17 48 65
NDP 4 20 24
BQ 1 22 23
IND 1 0 1
GRN 0 0 0
OTH 0 0 0

BTW, fuck the Tories!

Remember how much the cons used to knock the Liberals for bad relations with Bush?

Gobama!

n00b

Right on, eh?

which includes the nutbar southwest Manitoba Bible belt.

God, how right wing twit Kennerd doesn't get in in Winnipeg South Centre (he's in second place some consolation)

St. Boniface is going Conservative....hmmmmm......

He's apparently got some real right wing ties......butthead.

which includes the nutbar southwest Manitoba Bible belt.

God, how right wing twit Kennerd doesn't get in in Winnipeg South Centre (he's in second place some consolation)

St. Boniface is going Conservative....hmmmmm......

Really, I love Dion the nerdy professor, but the country does not agree with me.

I liked Dryden

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canadavotes/map/2008/

Look for the "Open Full Screen" button.

Remember when Mike Duffy made Margaret Trudeau cry by reminding her of her dead son's birthdate?

Butthead.

I guess he's our equivalent to Lou Dobbs or one of those guys.

He likes whoever is in power. He gets more free drinks at Hy's that way.

It had been Liberal for 20 years too (S. Ontario).

No chance for stategic voting here.

Welcome to DU!
:toast:
:hi:

Where ya from?

Did you forget to point out that he is just a stooge of Bush and that he receives all of his marching orders from the US embassy? I hope that you did not forget to use patriotic rhetoric against a puppet like Harper...

WIth our own issues, and shit to worry about. This election was about the economy and environment.

:)

you folks are still more aware up there than most of the US tends to be :(

Most Conservatives I know don't care for Republicans.

Heck, my own father who probably voted for the Conservative candidate has backed Obama from the beginning. Canadian Conservatives are for the most part, not as right-wing as the Republican party is. With probably the exception of small loons in Alberta and the Bible belts. ;)

and are even more frightened by Mcain/Palin. I also think we have more voters that switch back and forth between Liberal and Conservative at least in my neighborhood.

...to show how close of a relationship that Bush and Harper have.

tie Bush to Harper.

But that thing about US troops being able to cross into Canada during emergencies is a bit spooky.

:eyes:

:evilgrin: :hide:

;) :hide:

146 Con, 75 Lib,50 BQ or is it BO, 34 NDP, and Oth. 2

PET's son looks like picking up a seat for the Liberals in Quebec.

and in St B, the Cons tacky tacky TACKY use of sports stars to try and win the ridings failed.

Sports stars? These guys need some class.

hmmm, guess people wanted change.

The Cons won in South, Charleswood, and Kildonan.

They tried the celebrity crap in South Center and I heard something about a former Jets player but now I can't find it.

:)

I ended up in LAST years results by accident when I was checking on St B... duh on me
You're right! Sorry :(

That's why I couldn't find steen... when I was checking the riding I thought he was in, it was after I clicked and ended up in the last elections results. Duh again on me.

and saints be praised, he was not elected.

Me, I'm in Battlin' Pat Martin's riding, which of course he won in a walk.

Think it was the rich bastards in Southdale who probably tipped it over to the Cons.
Bastards.

Think it was the rich bastards in Southdale who probably tipped it over to the Cons.
Bastards.

Conservatives suck. (Also, I love your username.)

:hug:

We defeated him here, though I voted NDP.... And of course Magic Martin won!

ick. :(

:)

same as the old Parliament. Once again, Harper oozes into a strong minority position. It could certainly be much worse, but the only thing that's improved is we no longer have to watch insipid attack ads.

I think Canadian liberals should do what Harper and his buddies are doing, and take some cues from their stateside counterparts. The Democrats are ascendant in America right now, not just because people are fed up with the Bush GOP, but because the Dems have finally started talking directly to voters, working together to develop coherent plans for improving their country, and making their positions clear on relevant issues. And they were able to do these things because they achieved a goal that no other left-leaning party in the history of the world has even attempted: THEY STOPPED BEING A BUNCH OF FUCKING IDIOTS.

interesting. :)

Current Parliament:

Con-127, Lib-95, Bloc-48, NDP-30, Ind-3, Grn-1, Vacant-4

Does the Bloc align with the Libs and NDP?


We yanks don't always get the parliamentary thing.... Any explanation would be appreciated. Hey-Hey always explains this to me every time, and then I forget.... :crazy:

Its' parlaimentary tradition that whoever wins the most seats forms the government; building coalitions almost never happens in Canada.

doesn't seem right.


Wish we had that kind of system down here in the US.

But in order to pass bills/legislation, they(conservatives) need the votes of the opposition parties, so compromises can be made.

However, knowing Harper, this won't happen a lot and he might get a major bill defeated and we will be back to the voting booth in 6 months.

Marc Garneau and Ken Dryden both won their ridings.

One of the smartest guys you ever meet. but I hope Iggy wins the leadership.

Because he was parachuted into my old home riding. Some say under VERY regrettable circumstances.

Go Iggy!

about not getting his way and having to cooperate.

Too bad Stevie! Now shut up and let me attach this short leash.

word has it people will stay up past 10pm. :hide:

We party way harder up here.

Environmental lawyer vs smarmy git.

If more had strategically voted, she'd have won. It was always known as a horse race between the two - if half the Liberal votes had switched to NDP, it'd be in the bag. She lost by less than 1000 votes; 43-41%.

We could have used a sane voice in this fucking redneck province.

:(

The con was celebrating his 'win' with a speech and got yanked away...it looked like a sure thing, but the NDP candidate has pulled ahead. This will be a battle to the very last vote!

Go Linda!! :bounce: :yourock:

cbc had called the con as elected; but the NDP candidate surged at the end to take it!



:bounce: :toast: :woohoo: :party: :bounce:

Looks like strategic voting in action, like when Joe Clark took Calgary Centre away from assbag Eric Lowther a few years ago. I don't like Jaffer at all, he seems to be a punk-ass little prick in the style of Rob Anders and Jason Kenney.

The NDP were really out there. I couldn't even begin to count all her signs in the area - including some bigass houses. Ones you might expect might be conservative. People were really behind her.

I received a couple of visits from them, vs none from the Libs (only a pre-recorded phone call the night before reminding me to vote) and no peep at all from the cons.

Even moreso, she has a very impressive resume. http://www.electlindaduncan.ca/enabout.html

I've always thought Jaffer was a smarmy git, too. I'm glad he's out.

I hope you're doing well, and had a great summer. :hi:

Gack. Winter's coming. :( :cry: :scared:

Man I wish I still lived in Canada so I could get in on some serious gloating action. I wish I lived in Colorado Springs right now for the same reason. Living in Boston is just going to be a bunch of delirious partying when Obama wins. Bo-ring :)

I sure hope that things down here are such that they would want to come and live here....

Mostly because it would allow me to live in Toronto and the US at the same time.

every election!

Sovereignty is dead, give up already. They seem to be a deadend party that just keeps getting elected.

Fuck I wish we had one for BC

I just went through pages and pages of Quebec riding counts.

27 seats would have gone to the liberals. In about 9 cases, the cons had the second highest number of votes (second to BQ), however in most of the liberal cases, the races were quite close. In the Con cases? The BQ generally won by a landslide. Also, even counting those 9, one would have to assume that if the BQ wasn't there, the people who voted for them would vote Con, as the liberals would have won by a landslide if they didn't. And I've generally found that the BQ's non-quebec-centric policies are not exactly like the Cons, and their supporters usually aren't conservative, or fans of them.

There were also at least three ridings where the NDP would have won, as in they were miles ahead of everyone else in at least two cases and JUST behind the BQ. The NDP tied with the liberals once for second place. The cons tied 6 times with the libs for second place, and those were far behind the winner.

I really do not think that harper would have had a majority thanks to quebec if the BQ wasn't there, and CERTAINLY not an easy majority. The numbers are available.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canadavotes/ridings/

You guys are way better at contributing to a thread at DU. I was kinda wishing I was Canadian, for crying out loud.

I don't see insults being flung around like wet spaghetti.

:-(

"The conservatives are now gaining seats in Downtown Vancouver"

Hey, assbag, there is not a con anywhere NEAR here.

Holy shit. You don't take personal shots, wow. That doesn't look good.

The reporter "I've just been roughed up by the RCMP here"

Truly bizarre.

.... as it has since 1963. (Mitchell Sharp's old riding in the Pearson days)