Layton suggests that Hull–Aylmer MP Nycole Turmel be interim leader of the NDP.Good luck, Jack.
Tag Archives: Election 2011
PQ In-Fighting Opens Door to Legault
A Québec provincial poll suggests that the centre-right party proposed by François Legault has 40% support against 26% for the Liberals, 17% for the PQ and 8% for the ADQ. Just like for the NDP, such a result would give Mr. Legault a commanding major…
Election Results Are Official
The election results from every riding have been validated, and the four recounts have been completed. As previously noted, the validation process moved one Québec riding from the Tories to the NDP. None of the recounts produced a further change in th… Continue reading
Economy, Economy, Economy
For any government, the state of the economy is of paramount importance. But it is even more so for the Harper government over the next four years. After all, it is its perceived competence in that matter that drove Torontonians to give it a majority.T… Continue reading
Districts of Different Sizes: Who Benefits?
It is well-known that the size of electoral districts (whether measured by population, electorate, or votes) varies wildly, not only across provinces, but also within provinces. When we put everything together, which party benefited from these discrepa… Continue reading
Safe Seats
Safest Seat in Each ProvinceNL – St. John’s East (NDP by 50.3%)PE – Egmont (CON by 23.3%)NS – Central Nova (CON by 32%)NB – Acadie–Bathurst (NDP by 53.5%)QC – Gatineau (NDP by 46.7%)ON – Wellington–Halton Hills (CON by 47.3%)MB – Portage–Lisgar (CON… Continue reading
Ontario and Toronto
Despite a larger swing away from the Liberals in the Toronto area, the region remains much friendlier to the Grits than the rest of Ontario, which is a complete Liberal wasteland. Below are some telling stats comparing the 39 ridings entirely within th… Continue reading
NDP Win Confirmed in Montmagny–L’Islet–Kamouraska–Rivière-du-Loup
One judicial recount is complete. In Montmagny–L’Islet–Kamouraska–Rivière-du-Loup, the NDP won by 9 votes, four more than the initially validated results. The preliminary results had the Conservative candidate as the winner by 110 votes on election… Continue reading
Democratic Reform
My guess is that the most significant democratic reform we will see under this Conservative majority is a change in the seat allocation formula for the House. Perhaps the government will prove me wrong by moving forward on Senate reform or other issues… Continue reading
Struggle shifts outside parliament
Commentary by the Central Executive Committee, Communist Party of Canada The May 2nd federal election gave Stephen Harper and his Conservative Party an absolute majority in the new Parliament. But to do it they had to hide their real agenda, and spend … Continue reading
Electoral Reform: Now more than ever
People’s Voice Editorial It’s no exaggeration to state that the May 2 federal election was literally stolen from the 60%-plus of Canadian voters who cast a ballot against the Harper Conservatives. There is wide agreement that the policy pla… Continue reading
One Person = One Vote: What Is a Person?
Before reading the rest of this post, ask yourself: when we say ‘One person = One vote’, what should we mean by person? Do we mean:a) resident of a constituency;b) eligible voter; orc) actual voter?In the debate about seat distribution, it has been as… Continue reading
It’s Not a Good Sign…
… when the featured article of Québec’s main federalist newspaper’s website is titled, “Newspapers in English Canada Demand the Marginalization of Québec”.Columnists like Lorne Gunter might consider that, in fact, that a majority of Canadians outsi… Continue reading
Liberal Party: Uncertain Future
After the 1953 election, when facing a united Right, the Liberals only won more non-Québec seats than the Conservatives twice: 1968 (Trudeaumania) and 2004 (Right still gluing pieces together).If the Liberals want to become a party of government again… Continue reading
The Number of this Election: Four
- Ignoring intervening by-elections, the Tories only gained a net four seats outside the Greater Toronto Area. Inside the GTA, they gained 19 and now hold a majority.- This is just the fourth time in Canadian history that a party wins a majority with s… Continue reading