Sorry for the late post on this item. My congrats go out to Dick Harris, re-elected MP for Cariboo-Prince George. He had 2-to-1 vote count over his nearest competitor Bev Collins from the NDP. Final Vote Count is:
Dick Harris (C) - 22, 619
Bev Collins (NDP) - 10, 579
Drew Adamick (Lib) - 4,309
Amber van Drielen (Green) - 2,614
Doug Gook (I) - 729
One thing that really disappointed me was the typical "Natural Governing Party" aka Liberal Party Canada response to the election. Drew Adamick stated his view that Dick Harris keeps getting re-elected and Mr. Adamick stated on Prince George TV that it is "disturbing". Hey, Mr. Adamick, how about policies that people in Cariboo-Prince George can support and then perhaps you will have a fighting chance at getting elected here. Not policies like a national carbon tax. The provincial carbon tax here is hated dearly.
Final Seat Count in the House of Commons is:
Conservative - 143 seats
Liberal - 76 seats
Bloc Quebecois - 50 seats
NDP - 37 seats
Independents - 2 seats (1 from Quebec, 1 from Nova Scotia)
Total - 308 seats
The House of Commons is slated to be re-called for the Opening of the 40th Parliament sometime in early November
2 comments:
How was the voters' participation there? 60% overall for Canada is pretty poor result...
Here in Liberal Stronghold Ontario Liberals suffered, generally, I am a bit surprised - I thought Harper would lose some points after such negative campaign. Instead, conservatives gained - but still, voters are a bit afraid and keep Tories on a short lead :)
Take care
Lorne
In our Riding of Cariboo-Prince George, 54.4% of eligible voters cast a ballot. Somewhat disappointing, but I'm not even sure what the answer to improving that stat
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