43rd Canadian Election Unofficial Results

With all polling stations reporting in

In Cariboo-Prince George -- congratulations to Conservative candidate Todd Doherty for his re-election win. He secured 28,564 of the 54,126 votes cast or 52.8% of all votes cast

Meanwhile down in Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo -- congratulations to Conservative candidate Cathy McLeod on her re-election win. She secured 30,558 of the 68,376 votes cast or 44.7% of all votes cast

Results are unofficial for the next 7 days while the election count process is completed. For the two ridings above -- it appears that this will be the final result

I extend a hearty thank you and best wishes to everyone who participated as a candidate in the federal election. Even though you might not have been successful as a candidate for MP - you are still successful in advancing your political party's views and I hope that you will continue to be engaged in the usual ways in our democratic process -- either locally, provincial or federally

Unofficially - the national count is:

Liberals - 156
Conservative - 122
BQ - 32
NDP - 24
Greens - 3
Independent - 1 (Jody Wilson-Raybould)

The above national numbers are subject to confirmation or judicial re-count.  The 43rd Parliament of Canada is currently scheduled to commence on Monday, November 18th where the official acts of the House of Commons on this day is to swear in the new 338 MP's and select a new House of Commons Speaker.  Watch for Halifax West MP Geoff Regan to be re-elected as House Speaker...

Finally -- it was disappointing to read some vitriolic language from some Canadians that their particular candidate or federal political party was not successful.. I would hope that we will trust in the process and let the voters collectively decide and accept their collective judgment and move on.  We don't see that on the local government or provincial government scene and hope we would be adult enough to do the same on the federal government scene… Thankful that this is over and hopefully we won't be back at the polls for another couple of years (typical life of a minority government - whether provincial or federal - is two years, in the absence of a signed agreement between political parties)

SF