Canada 2019 Election Results

It would be nice to include some more detail about the Canadian federal election, for the casual observer.

[quote]After a 40-day campaign, millions of Canadians will cast ballots today in the country's 43rd general election. Polls open first at 7 a.m. ET in NL and close at 10 p.m. ET in B.C.

What’s going on?

Votes are being cast, that's what going on.

OP, no there is no Dixville Notch. First results will be out at 7 Eastern, 6 Central, when the polls close in Newfoundland and Labrador. Voter suppression isn't a thing in Canada. You can use your Health Care card as ID to vote. There should be no long lines as you only vote for MP, nothing else. They don't have long ballots like we do down here. And it will be a Liberal Minority Government.

CSPAN 2 will simulcast CBC tonight at 8 central, 9 eastern for US viewers. And watch worldwide on YouTube.

A picture of a Canadian ballot. It's so simple compare to the US.

Unhackable and recountable as well. Voting machines -- produced by private companies -- are bonkers.

Global News morning anchor ripped Scheer a new one earlier today:

If their party losses which leader goes tonight?

What's a loss tonight though? In a minority situation, they'll all be jockeying to form government (though Trudeau gets first crack.)

The convention used to be that if a government is defeated and replaced by a majority, the leader went that night or very very quickly thereafter.

Considering his messiah complex, I don't know what Justin will do.

If the Liberals get the most seats I think Scheer will go after the knives come out, eighteen months to two years. He's damaged, no matter how you slice it (except if he wins... so unlikely.)

The NDP guy gets to stay. New lease on life after his campaign performance.

If the Liberals get a minority Trudeau will stay and again, watching the polls, make a decision to stay or go in eighteen months or so. Reduced to minority says it was about him, not the party. Realistically, the Liberals have proven reasonably good at governing... he's the one kept landing in hot water. If eighteen months from now the polls say he is redeemed, he gets to stay. If not, he should do the decent thing and stand down.

I don't predict a coalition. The Liberals hate the idea. They don't want the NDP at the table because that increases pressure on a merger and there's two wings in the Liberal party and one is centre enough not to want to let the NDP loose internally.

R8: Trudeau obviously. Scheer will hang on out of spite no matter what. Maxine is a party of one so whatever. The Bloc will gain seats guaranteed, so Blanchet is set. Singh, it may depend how many seats the NDP win, if the losses in Quebec are not made up for elsewhere, then he might be in trouble. And May? I honestly don't know. How many more elections is she gonna contest as leader?

R8–Given that May is usually the only one from her party who’s an MP....

As long as the Liberals are the largest party in the Commons, I think Trudeau will hang on...

Scheer needs to go (unless he pulls off a win). Maybe Caroline Mulroney can run for the federalconservite leadership (she’s toast in ONTARIO

Polls will start reporting at 7 et.

So an hour from now.

R12, yes, Atlantic Canada, like Maine in the U.S., comes in early because of the Eastern time zone.

[quote]And May? I honestly don't know. How many more elections is she gonna contest as leader?

May said a few months ago that this will be her last election, although I suppose it's possible she could change her mind.

The Greens had a lot of momentum earlier this year, but the final poll numbers yesterday showed that they lost momentum.

So it may just be Elizabeth May and Paul Manly (the guy who picked up an NDP seat in a byelection earlier this year). And maybe one extra seat, for a total of 3.

R14

The earliest closing states in the USA are Indiana and Kentucky. Maine results actually come in later, along with much of the rest of the east coast.

Trudeau voting in his Montreal district with his wife & kids:

r17 Did he glance over to check how his wife voted, like his American counterpart?

Seems very, very likely that it's going to be a Lib minority propped up by Greens. Scheer is the least inspiring politician ever to smarm, the Con supporters will stay home and drink their cares away.

R19: You mean the NDP. The Greens will have at most, AT MOST, 5 seats. And that's being optimistic. Unless you think the Liberals will be that close to 169....

Sigh. The Conservatives have learned well from our Republicans.

"He provided CBC News with a screenshot of the time the call was made to his phone. When CBC called the number in the screenshot, it went to a voicemail message for a group that calls itself as Proudly New Brunswick."

"Proudly New Brunswick is affiliated with Canada Strong and Proud, a third-party group that opposes carbon taxes. CBC News has reached out to one of the directors of the group for comment. "

Con supporters don't stay home. What he's likely unable to do is move the swing voters.

R7, I love that news anchor. Who is she?

R21 I got one of those calls Sunday afternoon.

One of the ridings to watch in the Atlantic results will be *Fredericton*.

Currently held by Liberal MP Matt DeCourcey. Being targeted by both the Cons & the Greens. If Matt DeCourcey hangs on, it could be a good night for the Libs. If not, it could be a good night for the Cons.

Btw, on a Canadian Gossip thread, a DLer in the know said that Matt DeCourcey is gay, but not out yet.

Not Dixville Notch, but my friend in Mount Pearl, NL voted NDP. I doubt Jagmeet Singh will be PM, but it's statistically possible, if improbable.

I'd like to see the Green Party gain at least a third seat in BC -- it came close in Victoria in 2015, but I'll be voting for another party in another riding.

[quote]Not Dixville Notch, but my friend in Mount Pearl, NL voted NDP.

That's the riding held by openly-gay Liberal minister Seamus O'Reagan, yes?

It seems that the Conservatives have won the biggliest majority ever.

Elections Canada results link:

Results will come in at 7 PM ET -- in about 30 minutes.

Stream at r4 is now live and fucking hell, that panel is HUGE. So many reporters and analysts.

I keep my fingers crossed for a landslide win for Justin Trudeau. Canada and the rest of the world don't need a Canadian Trump.

Journalist Martin Patriquin just tweeted that he has already received a text saying that former Conservative cabinet minister Peter MacKay is assembling a leadership team:

Journalist Martin Patriquin just tweeted that he has already received a text saying that former Conservative cabinet minister Peter MacKay is assembling a leadership team:

r32 What does that mean?

CBC host of Power & Politics just told Rosemary Barton that Liberal & Conservative internal polling over the past 48 hours points to a Liberal advantage, but caution has to be exercised in predicting it yet.

[quote] [St John's South -- Mount Pearl] That's the riding held by openly-gay Liberal minister Seamus O'Reagan, yes?

Yes, I got my friend's riding wrong, she's in St. John's East, but I know her address is west of St. John's. She still voted NDP; Jack Harris.

The Canadians where I live, six miles north of the US, didn't just all join social media in the last twelve months. The CONs and their global helpmeets think 19.8 thousand trollbots won't be recognized and called out, but the truth is Canadians are malevolently aware of the United States, most are disgusted and appalled by Trump, and feel they're better than the "oh I just won't vote, what's the worst that can happen/hey wow look at all this fraud and grift and scandal and treason we are simply at a loss how all that could happen" abstaining US contingent from November 2016.

My octogenarian neighbour, her son, and we will head to the polling station shortly. It's raining hard, and we're walking, because we want to.

All the panelists are going to cum in unison the second the results come in, correct?

R34, it means that Peter Mackay, who was one of PM Harper's cabinet ministers, is thinking of challenging Andrew Scheer for the leadership of the Conservative Party if he finishes 2nd tonight.

But early days yet.

Nanos - Globe - CTV daily tracking poll for Oct 20 gave the Conservatives a slight edge....

Conservatives: 32.5 Liberals: 31.7 NDP: 20.8

What is interesting is that all three were up, vs. Oct. 19... Green Party down... but the NDP was up most: 2%.

Assuming it is correct, that could be bad news for the Liberals and would seem to assure minority government.

R32... LOL...

[quote]Is there a Dixville Notch equivalent, i.e., some early-voting town that has already completed its voting?

OP, there's no equivalent to that, but CBC just reported few minutes ago that internal polling from both the Liberals & the Conservatives is pointing to a Liberal advantage tonight.

But it's too close to predict with certainty.

So we're five minutes away from learning whether Canada will turn into a right-wing shithole for the next four years.

The text message journalist Martin Patriquin received:

When can we expect the throne speech is the liberals retain their majority? Obviously, any other situation would require some time to get organized

Polls have now closed in Newfoundland and Labrador. The first seven seats of the election.

Elections Canada link to results:

Why are there no results in yet? Damn, they're slow. They should have at least some of the partials counted already.

Canada has fewer people than California. They should be able to wrap it up sooner than the long marathon election nights of the US, no?

Depends on the closeness of the votes and recall polls close on the west coast. Could go late but not likely.

1st result -- Con candidate leading in a Liberal riding (Scott Simms). Probably won't last.

The Bible Belt of Canada!

R51, Newfoundland is predominantly Liberal. The Bible Belt is in rural British Columbia.

And now Scott Sims (Lib) is in the lead.

The reporter said it..

*Although I think she was referring to that one county (?) in particular.

Libs leading in 3 of 3 Newfoundland seats so far.

Yes, she was talking about just that one religious part of Newfoundland.

Libs leading in 5 of 5 seats so far.

I love how they say "the maritimes" when referring to the coastal provinces. Not "the coasts"...

Resultats complet au Radio-Canada.

Libs leading in 6 of 6 seats, including openly gay Seamus O'Reagan.

Seamus O'Regan

R53: Scott Sims doing the weather in 2000.

Yup, Scott Simms was a weather boy.

He's held that seat since 2004.

Ridings will now starting coming in from the other Atlantic provinces.

Prince Edward Island

1 Liberal lead

1 Con lead

Is that where the cock piercings are mined?

ATLANTIC RESULTS SO FAR

LIB - 22

CON - 6

NDP - 1

Does that bode well? Or is it about what you'd expect? Or worse?

Is there no Canadian Poll troll???

Liberals won ALL of the Atlantic Canada seats last time so I’d say they’re in trouble

From the Globe:

Liberals have won six seats in Newfoundland and Labrador. Early returns show a number of competitive races between the Liberals and Conservatives in the rest of Atlantic Canada.

Polls are still open in most of Canada. In Ontario and Quebec, polls close at 9:30 p.m. ET; in Manitoba, polls close at 8:30 p.m. CT (9:30 p.m. ET); in Alberta and Saskatchewan, polls close at 7:30 p.m. local time (9:30 p.m. ET); and in B.C., polls close at 7 p.m. PT (10 p.m. ET).

At dissolution, the Liberals held 177 seats, the Conservatives held 95 seats, the NDP held 39 seats, the Bloc Québécois held 10 seats, the Greens had 2 seats, the People’s Party had 1 seat, the CCF had 1 seat, and there were 8 independents. There were five more vacant seats in the 338-seat House of Commons.

R71, that was an historical anomaly. It wasn't expected to happen again.

If the Libs get 20-22 seats in Atlantic this year, that would be considered good. Not a Majority, but a chance of a Minority.

Is easternmost Canada basically rural/conservative?

It's sparsely populated & rural in many areas, yes, R74.

But it is actually more liberal than the rural areas in Ontario & the West.

sounds New England'ish then

Sorry r73 are you talking about a governing minority or an American minority, aka irrelevant. Sorry, asking from the south. I did hit my WhatsApp to encourage one of Canadian friends, under 25 years old to vote Liberal. He knew NOTHING about what's going on with the race when we spoke two weeks ago. I was shocked and saddened, but he's hot so all is slightly forgiven.

So we have a racist liberal and if he wins, then it will be just fine with Canada? He already punched a woman, why is he even running. Canada is severely screwed up.

Province by province standings at dissolution.

At present L < 1 in Nfld. to NDP. Seem poised to lose half their seats 5/10 in NB. Down 2/10 in NS. Held all 4 in PEI.

Encouraging early sign for the Liberals in Quebec.

Leading so far in Gaspésie–Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine.

But early days.

Gaspésie–Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine is the farthest riding in Quebec, so it reports on the Atlantic time zone.

Often a predictor of the way Quebec votes.

Wow... the Greens might have a seat in NB.

I have no idea how to read these results. They are so complicated. When is the Prime Minister race called?

R38 Yes that seat comes at the expense of Liberal incumbent Matt DeCourcey who is allegedly quietly gay (but not out officially) and jokingly referred to as a poor man's Justin Trudeau.

Yes, R85.

On the "Canadian Gossip" thread, we had someone (you?) who told us Matt is gay, but not officially out.

There is no "Prime Minister race", r84. The party winning the 170 seats (minimum) forms the government.

R84– There is no Prime Minister race. Think of the PM like the Speaker of the House of Representatives— whichever party has the most seats gets its leader to be PM

Matt DeCourcey is cute!

Yes, R289. I feel bad for Matt that his seat got targeted by the Greens.

Any other Liberal seat in the Atlantic and he would probably be winning right now.

Current standings (170 needed for majority)

LIB - 26

CON - 5

NDP - 1

GRN - 1

Thanks guys. I never understood Canadian politics until I read this thread.

R90 If Matt needs a dick to suck on, he can come over to my place.

My St. John's East riding friend is happy her Jack Harris was returned.

My octogenarian friend was confused and led us to the wrong poll. We knew it was wrong but she was insistent. I led us to the real polling station, where she told us she had ALREADY voted. She went out in the heavy rain, sight impaired, to see us vote (one of us for the first time). We were splashed wet by passing traffic, but she wanted us to feel welcome.

I love Canada.

Greens hanging on to the lead in Fredericton so far. Not good for Matt. But better than having a Con.

Shouldn't there be more votes in by now? I remember back when Harper came in there were no returns whatsoever until 10 pm, when the CBC promptly tallied them all up simultaneously and announced a Conservative majority.

At my polling station today an Elections Canada staffer [italic]thanked[/italic] me for voting.

I think this will be a big yawn. Reduced Liberal majority..

Update (includes projected wins)

LIB - 25

CON - 5

NDP - 1

BQ - 1

GRN - 1

Quebec polls close in 15 minutes.

R97– they’ve lost too many seats in Atl Canada to get a majority tonight

R96 I wasn't aware the law had changed. I believe the Martin Government put a law forward that basically blacked out election results until all polls across the country had closed.

R100, I wish we had that in the US.

The election blackout has been gone for a while, but yes, there used to be one.

Now the results in Canada are available right away, just like the U.S.

Huge number of seats now about to close.

The make up department is to be commended on Rosie's presentation. No-nonsense-Chantal took a hard pass again.

Peter Mansbridge! And not even a Royal in sight!

Liberals stronger than expected in Quebec.

Good early numbers for Libs in Quebec & Ontario.

But early days yet.

I'm calling it...slim liberal majority. 175 (ish) seats.

R108 too early for that! But yes Liberals will win question is minority or majority.

It'll be a minority, R109.

I think Liberals will do better than their 2011 results

It will come down to BC. Libs doing better in Ontario and Quebec than expected.

BREAKING: Global News is calling a minority government ... given ON & QC numbers no party will command a majority. They are not ready to call which party will win.

I would hope so, R111. 2011 was a disaster for them.

R113 CBC is saying Liberal numbers are still in majority territory. The Liberals can dip by 17% from their 2015 results and still end the night at 170 seats.

Conservatives are ahead in the popular vote in Ontario, but Liberals have a seat lead.

But overall, doesn't it become insurmountable for the other side to overcome the liberal lead in votes?

CBC is strongly hinting they believe it will be a Liberal Majority.

CBC still contending the Liberals could pull off a majority.

R119 Not happening! The Liberals have peaked they will not get many seats beyond Manitoba.

LIBS now Leading & elected in 100 seats

Yeah, CBC seems to be leaning toward a liberal majority. Libs won or are leading in 100 seats, conservatives 72.

But the heartland is very conservative and those polls just closed.

R78: What the hell are you babbling about?

The whole country is now closed and reporting. We should know this in the next 2 hours.

The basis for CBC's contention is if the Ls hold all the remaining seats outstanding that they already hold.

Let's not get too excited. The Liberals have peaked they will not win many (if any) seats beyond Manitoba. AL & SK are going to be solid blue. BC is up in the air.

Both major parties have really shitty leaders this time. I hope the Liberals win but I hope they get rid of airhead Trudeau soon.

How can everything be known so soon? Aren't there mail in votes?

I hope Trudeau hangs on, I'm sick of responsible governments falling to the fridges of society.

Adam VanK leading by 8 votes in Milton!

Libs 115 Cons 83 BQ 19 NDP 9 Green 2

Libs are winning 905. NDP vote down in Ontario.

R127: If one candidate has a lead greater than all outstanding votes, then they win. It happens both in Canada and the US.

Adam van Koeverden leading in Milton!!!!!!!!

52 more seats needed for a #Liberal majority!!

#CanadaElection2019

CTV officially calls it: Liberal Minority.

R125: Saskatchewan has 14 seats, Alberta 30 something. If the Liberals did well in Ontario and Quebec, then that's not enough to block them. BC will be the wildcard.

CBC CALLS A LIBERAL GOVERNMENT

CBC calls Liberal government!

Who's the Canadian equivalent of Aaron Schock?

The Bloc are going to drive everything bonkers

I'm still thinking Liberal majority is a real possibility.

Where is our resident troll who posted threads month after month about how the Cons were going to win?

[quote] Where is our resident troll who posted threads month after month about how the Cons were going to win?

It is not over as the Conservatives and Bloc could form a coalition if they have more seats Trudeau

So this is NOT over

R142: Preparing to start screaming that TRUDEAU IS FINISHED, IT'S OVER for 2023 or sooner. The fucking idiot.

Looks like a Liberal minority government.

They've lost 20 seats. CBC said they could afford to lose 16.

Damn, r143, I was about to start celebrating.

R146: The Bloc and Cons are not forming a coalition. The person you're responding to is a stupid troll who I already had banned. You can relax R146.

Bad show for the NDP. Bit surprised by that. Strategic voting, I guess.

[quote] The Bloc and Cons are not forming a coalition.

You have Andrew Scheer and the Bloc leader on speed dial?

CBC reports that only two Liberals are trailing in the races that are left. All other current Lib seats look like holds.

Thank you Canada for rejecting Trumpism and whatever those other parties were selling.

[quote]Who's the Canadian equivalent of Aaron Schock?

Former Conservative cabinet minister John Baird.

Total gay slut in his personal life, but never officially came out.

R148 they will pick up more seats in BC, but yes not where they thought they would be.

CBC calls minority Liberal gov't

CBC calls liberal minority government.

What's going to happen to Scheer after this election when the Cons lose? I live in a Conservative riding (unfortunately) and use the ABC voting strategy. I would never vote conservative anyway, but he gives me goosebumps.

I'm so tired of populist politics. When will this shit go away?

R150: No, they were talking about 2 Liberal cabinet minsters are trailing. 38 seats are still outstanding.

r152 I am no Shock fan, but on his worst day he never looked like this blob. I think to be an Aaron S. you need to be at least a 7.

Greens have lost their lead in Fredericton to the Cons.

Justin Trudeau way ahead in his own Montreal riding.

I've been an NDP voter for a number of years and I considered voting strategically for Liberals. But, I'm in Trinity/Spadina riding so, having mulled over whether to do it or not, I didn't have to do that but I understand fellow NDP voters who did. This elections is way too critical not do that - anything to stop that slimy Trump wannabe and his cohorts.

DL's Scheer poll-troll is busy packing his bags and moving south to Trumplandia. Scheer and his family will probably follow him shortly.

John Baird will be trolling Toronto bathhouses particularly hard in the next couple of weeks - fuck the pain away, as Peaches said!

R161 I voted NDP because my riding is an NDP stronghold, but I'm very happy with results.

I think Liberals will end with 160 seats give or take.

Is BC in?

Maxine is losing in Beauce. May that result hold.

Yes, R166.

BC is starting to come in,

Liberal MP Dr. Hedy Fry, who represents Vancouver's gay community, will be likely re-elected to another term.

CBC-TV is framing this Liberal minority win as a loss because the Liberal lost seats, while the Conservatives GAINED seats

This is going to be a mess.... Trudeau will need both the NDP and the Block

R171 both the NDP and the Bloc are both BROKE and have no money to fight another election. So they are not going to want to defeat the government anytime too soon.

So...will Scheer resign?

CBC is also saying Singh should resign too.

The Bloc and the NDP will prop up the Liberal minority for a while because no one will want to get the backlash blame for a second election.

Scheer will resign.

Another 2 years at least of Zoolander...gross. Disappointed.

[quote] The Bloc and the NDP will prop up the Liberal minority for a while

At least two years

[quote] Another 2 years at least of Zoolander...gross. Disappointed.

So who did you vote for?

Also, the small parties will be broke. They don't have the cash to fight another national election soon.

Scheer won't resign tonight. But he'll be forced to within six months.

I voted PPC. Sure it's a protest vote, and it felt good.

The Cons are only 20 seats behind so they could catch upas the largest party

There is no wedge issue that could destroy an NDP, Bloc, Liberal or Green agreement to keep things going.

I will now put on my veil, light a candle, and consult the crystals. This government will last 2 years, it will be stable, Trudeau will retire and the Liberals will be picking a new leader 2 years from now. There will be some close calls, but this will work just fine. Now for the ritual twink dancing to conclude the divination.

Looks like the cute closeted gay former Olympian is winning his riding.

Jody Wilson R trailing in Vancouver

Adam VK leading in Milton!

R183: They would need all of the 12 outstanding seats and to flip 20 more, cause they're about 30 down right now. It's not going to happen.

R151 Canada was not seriously in danger of that - not because we are so enlightened that we would never fall for it, but because Andrew Scheer has zero charisma. The next guy that can talk a good game will be a better indicator of the nation’s temperature.

r184 why do people keep saying the JT will retire? He just won right so the country can't be that opposed to him. Is there a term limit?

Mass immigration and open borders paying off big time for Liberals. Canada is in big trouble.

R188 Just watch Jason Kenney swoop in after he's done with Alberta. That closeted fat fuck is aiming for party leadership.

Philpott training in Markham.

It was quite obvious that there was a lot of shady money, probably foreign, funding Scheer's campaign. I live in Toronto and I swear, in the past month or so, his TV ads here outnumbered Liberals and NDP combined by about the ratio of 5 to 1.

Former NDP MP Svend Robsinon, first openly-gay MP, trailing so far in his comeback attempt.

Bernier declared DEFEATED

Singh will probably not resign as leader because, unlike Scheer, he didn't really have a chance at becoming PM. He's a new MP who will be given an opportunity by his party to work as as their leader in parliament. They have nothing to gain by choosing a new leader now. Trudeau will probably resign before the next election because he lost the majority, and will be considered past his expiry date as leader by his own party establishment.

Poor little troll at r190. Go cry elsewhere.

R190 is Faith Goldy. Or Gavin McInnes.

Libs with NDP support hold a majority on its own.

Thank you r196 for explaining the reason why so many were saying JT would resign in two years. What an interesting system of government.

God that troll is the worst r142. I swear it manages to annoy me more than the right wing trolls we have for American politics

Justin Trudeau declared ELECTED in Papineau in Montreal.

[quote]Trudeau will probably resign before the next election because he lost the majority, and will be considered past his expiry date as leader by his own party establishment.

Who's waiting in the wings to replace him? I hope it doesn't create another a power vacuum and we end up with losers like Dion and Ignatieff leading the party. I still can't get over either of those two being the leader of that party. My god. Were people SURPRISED that Harper beat them?

Adam van Koeverden seems to be headed for victory in Milton.

HA HA! Bernier lost his seat!!

[quote]Adam van Koeverden seems to be headed for victory in Milton.

HOT.

Fucking Alberta wants those damn pipelines built. As if that'll automatically bring in jobs. 🙄

Maybe Adam can replace Justin as leader. He's definitely better looking and with a hotter body.

R207 They better hope they get some damn money and jobs coming in from the pipelines (lol, fat chance). Kenney is going to decimate their public services to pad the pockets of the oil and gas industry. If people thought Ralph Klein was bad, Kenney is going to be worse I bet. Stupid people always vote against their own interests, oh well.

LIBS getting close to 160.

Bouncing around 157-159

[quote]Who's waiting in the wings to replace him?

Chrystia Freeland.

Holy shit...conservatives may have won the popular vote :S

Bernier losing means the end of the PPC, which means that 2-3 % goes back to the Conservatives in 2 years time.

How is it that Scheer got the popular vote, but lost in seat count?

Conservatives have more total votes than Liberals, but trail by 40 seats. Maybe Parliamentary form of gov't isn't better than an Electoral College.

The is the election that displays what a garbage outdated electoral system we have in Canada. we need Proportional representation just like Sock Boy promised them lied about.

R200: The parliamentary system runs on convention. You keep your position as Prime Minster until you cannot command the confidence of the Parliament, i.e. win a vote in Parliament. It's not a set term of office like our Presidency or Governors. But if your party views you as a liability, leaders often go, letting a fresh take over.

R215 Amen, sister.

Adam van Koeverden won!!!!!!!!!!

They wanted to take down Trudeau soo bad. Canada managing to stave off the right wing trend we see elsewhere is encouraging.

It just means that Canadian deplorables showed up in larger numbers in their ridings.

R214/R215: It's the same principle. Scheer is racking up major votes in Alberta and Saskatchewan that are useless, the Cons were going to win there anyway. What Canada needs, and what we in the US need, is Proportional Representation.

R214, because the Cons have huge winning margins in Alberta and Saskatchewan (they got nearly 70% of all votes in both provinces while the Libs received less than 15%), and actually got more votes than the Libs in BC (10% more) and Manitoba (25% more), where the NDP got some success.

It adds up.

Adam:

Adam:

CBC officially calls ADAM the winner in Milton.

He beats Conservative Deputy Leader Lisa Raitt.

Poor buttboy Scheer has to call his idol in the White House and explain the failure.

Voting for people based on how good looking they are is stupid..

With the Bloc back on the scene, no party will ever win a majority

r220 The CPC should have voted for a better leader then. "Oh no, with Hamish Marshall, Faith Goldy and Ezra Levant, and shady foreign money, and Harper behind the scenes, we can go without releasing our platform, lie and make personal attacks at every debate, encourage extremists and whackjobs to deface signs, make hate speech and death threats, and win over Canadians with zero charisma Weetabitch. How could we NOT get a majority?"

r220 The CPC should have voted for a better leader then. "Oh no, with Hamish Marshall, Faith Goldy and Ezra Levant, and shady foreign money, and Harper behind the scenes, we can go without releasing our platform, lie and make personal attacks at every debate, encourage extremists and whackjobs to deface signs, make hate speech and death threats, and win over Canadians with zero charisma Weetabitch. How could we NOT get a majority?"

I'm jealous of how quick and efficient other countries elections are. No fuckin 2 year long campaigns that spend 100s of millions of dollars.

R212 Disgusting. I hate the cons.

[quote]I'm jealous of how quick and efficient other countries elections are.

It's a sprint vs. a marathon.

If the Liberals have lost the popular vote, then Trudeau is definitely out within 2 years.

[quote] then Trudeau is definitely out within 2 years.

I'm a Trudeau supporter and I agree with that - he has just become too toxic and the social media and threats against him will just get worse

It's too early to predict anything.

[quote]Poor buttboy Scheer has to call his idol in the White House and explain the failure.

I wonder what Trump will say tomorrow?

R212 the conservative vote was just under 35%.

The NDP is to the Left of the Liberals,The Bloc Quebecois is all about protecting French culture who only exist in Quebec and are mostly Lefties.

The Greens are a mixed bag but one can't call them conservatives.

65% of Canadians did NOT vote for the Conservative Party of Canada.

Actually, I should correct my earlier post:

Poor buttboy Scheer has to call his PRESIDENT in the White House and explain the failure.

After all, Scheer is an American citizen.

Has DL's "favourite" professor / psychologist, that JBP guy, commented yet?

I wonder if Justin will do a formal coalition or just case by case basis

R242, the Minority is large enough that Trudeau probably doesn't need a formal coalition.

Well, Frank Graves predicted a strong Liberal Minority last night, and it turns out he was correct.

Trump has put out a tweet congratulating Trudeau.

Ivanka Trump is delighted with the results. She loves her Justin

It appears that the conservatives won the popular vote :S

Toronto will pay for keeping Turd-O in power.

Looks like Liberals will win former BQ leader Gilles Duceppe;s riding of Laurier-Sainte Marie in downtown Montreal.

(Where I think Chantal Hebert says she lives).

Is it fair to say lots of left wing voters vote Liberal because they know if they don't then the conservatives split the vote and win?

Andrew Scheer is such a dweeb. I can't stand him. How the hell did the Cons ever pick him? Seriously. He can go back to selling insurance or waiting tables.

Scheer had no presence, no charisma. The only thing he had going for him was that he "wasn't Trudeau". Not good enough, clearly.

I don't like Trudeau's speech...not even acknowledging he is in a minority.

No mention of the gays!

r250 yes in some cases. I switched my vote from Green to Liberal for that reason, but neither of those parties is determinedly left, unlike the NDP.

The leaders speeches were awkward tonight.

Singh spoke for so long that Scheer & Trudeau broke in.

Trudeau is 15 seats short of a majority, and everyone in the media is calling him a loser. - While Jagmeet Singh gets wiped out in Quebec and gets reduced in seat count and the media calls him the winner of the night!

R251 Seriously. He came across more like an assistant-manager at a bank than the leader of a major political party. He always sounds so unsure of himself and looks uncomfortable and sweaty. Dweeb is right.

53 seats in the Toronto and the liberal party wins 47 of them. What a fortress. Captured 49.4% of the votes. Conservatives only 30%. You want to know where Andrew Scheer lost the election? Right there.

R257 I didn’t hear anyone call Jagmeet the winner of the night. I find it hard to believe anyone would make that claim.

It was all over CBC & CTV

r255 Considering the Liberals have to now work with the NDP it was a good decision on your part.

I don't get the worship of Singh, R257. I liked him at first, but then he took the con route of lying and smearing Trudeau. He's like Scheer in a way, full of empty promises that he could never fulfill. His demands were unreasonable - pull out of NAFTA, end the pipelines immediately, open up ERs of municipal hospitals (a provincial issue), tell Trump off, and so on. All easy to say when he knew he'd never become PM. I could make all kinds of promises and statements too. He's sort of a media darling at the moment, kind of like how Trudeau was leading up to 2015.

Scheer's going to get ousted I think, R258. He's undergoing a leadership review in 2020. They'll kick him to the curb because he couldn't even beat a weakened Liberal party with a tarnished leader.

Trudeau must step down before the next election. He's far too tainted now, and very, very hated in too many regions across the country. I hate Alberta as much as anyone, but you can't have this kind of divisiveness. I don't blame Trudeau 100% for how divided the country is, but his reputation will not recover. His opposition will be bringing up SNC, blackface forever and ever. He should lead for a couple of years and then move on before the next election.

Jagmeet Singh told people to vote for what you want, pushing that relentlessly in BC - the end result was both Liberals and NDP losing seats, and the Conservatives gaining seats because the vote split allowing the Conservatives to come up the middle

[quote] Trudeau must step down before the next election. He's far too tainted now, and very, very hated in too many regions across the country. I hate Alberta as much as anyone, but you can't have this kind of divisiveness. I don't blame Trudeau 100% for how divided the country is, but his reputation will not recover. His opposition will be bringing up SNC, blackface forever and ever. He should lead for a couple of years and then move on before the next election.

I completely agree - if he runs for a third time, he won't have my support

Is this a Canadian thing but the Canadian media is in disbelief that Trudeau dared to give a confident speech after only winning a minority government.

The speeches were all terrible.

R266 Canadian Media is calling Trudeau a loser for just winning a minority

So, on a different topic, some friends and I were discussing the leaders and how they would be in bed.

1) That sexy fucker from the Bloc. He's dirty and can throw a mean fuck. He's straight, but probably not opposed to his wife wearing a strap-on. Probably likes diving into pussy too.

2) Trudeau also likes being fucked, also loves having his dick sucked. Can go for a long time.

3) Singh. He probably has the most stamina of the leaders, likes to experiment ans switch up positions.

4) Scheer. On. Off. Done. Missionary only. Sweaty and gets winded.

5) May. Who cares?

Trudeau is 14 seats short and the media is coming down on his like a ton of bricks saying Trudeau needs to have a sober thought about the "rejection" by the Canadian people.

So much of the Canadian media is American owned now, R270, and CBC has Harper appointees.

The Party will decide if, when, and how Trudeau goes.

R263 It seemed to me that Scheer was uninspiring and devoid of personality — moreso than the average Canadian even. But Singh was full on sociopath with his fake crying over the blackface scandal.

Huh. Scheer's holding a press conference tomorrow. Wonder if he's resigning?

Strongest economy in decades (thanks to Trump) and Turd-O loses his majority. That shows you how despised he is by Canadians. He was kept in power (barely) by the illegals he let swarm into the country. Liberals need to turf butterface Trudy. Singh's a loser too. NDP reduced to fourth place.

FF R275, you idiot.

R275 = Trump

Another cute Liberal who won tonight was Patrick Weiler, in West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast (the wealthiest riding on the West Coast):

Trump just congratulated Trudeau on his wonderful victory on Twitter, while Don Jr. made fun of his bad approval rating just two days ago. Trump family was obviously already expecting and celebrating his failure. Fakery all around.

Disappointing Liberal results from the praries. Still glad he won though, don't get me wrong.

Yeah, the Prairies are very Conservative.

Even Ralph Goodale went down out there tonight.

But Ontario, Quebec, Atlantic Canada & British Columbia came through pretty well for the Liberals, so that's what mattered.

1% R247. That's how much more popular than everyone else they were. Out of 18 million voters that's 180,000 people. The entire population of my small Ontario city.

It's ironic that the blackface did so much damage to the brown guy. Shouldn't have cried over it; classic overtipping of the hand.

What's the post mortem on that climate denier racist's party?

Have there been any calculations done on how Trudeau would have fared yesterday had he gone through with that electoral reform?

Exactly, R282. The Cons pulled slightly ahead in the popular vote due to running up the numbers in the rural areas, but they didn't have the numbers in the population centres in Ontario, Quebec & British Columbia, so they won fewer seats.

Was nice to see a reversal of the situation that benefitted Trump in 2016 end up helping Trudeau instead.

I'm ready for the celebration sex, Justin!

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Have you had enough Ottawa? Do you support Saskatchewan Separation? #saskseparation

HAHA! He's back bitches!! the OP of the other thread is crying in shame

This was a victory over the trolls. And it's delicious.

R271: No, it's not. No foreign entity can own Canadian media, specifically to prevent American takeover. It's literally illegal. Global, CITY, CTV are all Canadian owned and operated.

My biggest personal regret about the Election is that I didn't think of nor use the epithet "Yankee Doodle Andy" when referring to Mr. Scheer.

The fact that anyone is celebrating the fact that a gormless jackass like Trudeau is our Prime Minister is sickening.

And, no, I am not a Con supporter, calm down. I'm a former Liberal supporter so disgusted with the party that I abstained this election.

This government won't last anyway. They need NDP support. Now go look up the NDP's public statements re: their stance on supporting the Liberals.

And see you back at the polls within six months.

Liberals lost a ton of seats. I don't think Trudeau will last that much longer. The writing is on the wall now. He was just was marginally better than the alternative.

R292: Wrong. See you in a little over 2 years, with a new Liberal Prime Minster. The NDP is broke and the Bloc has no reason to pull the plug early. And I'm sorry, but you had 5 parties to choose from, 6 in Quebec, plus independents and minor parties here and there. And you didn't vote? Whatever.

r294 the upshot is that the NDP is not going to support the Liberals, and the Liberals need them to govern. Simple as that. I take "six months" back, probably more like four.

R295: The NDP are broke and do not want a new election. What part of this do you not understand? And even if the NDP try to bring down the government, the Bloc will likely stop it because they want this veto power they have. You really do not get how any of this works do you?

Its just wishful thinking because they are pissed Trudeau remains PM.

Yesterday I posted that Scheer would resign. Wrong. Am very surprised that the party want him around even as an interim leader. He'll never gain more traction so it's probably good news for the left!

He'll be gone soon enough, R298. He's up for a leadership review next year. He swept Sask and Alberta, but didn't win anywhere else. The Cons will have to do something. They need to reflect on this whole Harper-era social conservative thing and reevaluate their position.

the Cons could try electing someone who isn't an American, and isn't manipulated by Harper. I wonder what stopped them from doing that at their last leadership convention.

Jason Kenney and Peter MacKay are not American, as far as I know.

Jason Kenney is a religious loon, and MacKay said he doesn't want the leadership. Rona also said no to leading the party.

Kenney will do so much damage as a premier that no one will want him as a federal leader. Scheer seemed quite confident about staying on to fight another election, so I really hope the Cons are stupid enough to let him do so and lose again.

I didn't say I wanted the Cons to have a decent shot at governing. I said that they could have done better than selecting an American who, after he gained leadership, didn't initiate the process of renouncing his US citizenship until a few months before the election. Mr. Trudeau is not a mental heavyweight, but a political party leader needs cunning, beyond "he did blackface over 18 years ago" (Obama seems to have forgiven Justin) and some independent thought, regardless of ideology. Mr. Scheer either does not have cunning, or chose not to use it. He did not debate capably in the English-language TV/streamed debates with Mr. Singh, Ms. May, Mr. Trudeau, Mr. Blanchet or Mr. Bernier.

Former Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff's years in the UK and US were used against him by the CPC, why would anyone think an American would be more acceptable to the Canadian voter populace?

Who do the Cons have in the wings?

What about the Liberals? I've heard Brian's name tossed around, and I think he'd be great, but I don't know for sure if he plans to run federally.

[quote]What about the Liberals?

Someone suggested Chrystia Freeland yesterday: her western (and Ukrainian) roots might help win a seat or two on the blue prairie. At least she's smart and well-spoken; I don't know much about her as a campaigner.

I sure hope it's not my MP, Bill Morneau. I wouldn't trust that Bay St. hack with a nickel.

I like her and I know she's a smart woman, but she's a little drab.

Morneau would be a huge no from me. I don't trust him either, R305.

Morneau is allegedly bisexual and has a live in male partner....at least that was the rumour on Bay St. when he first ran for office.

I just watched Trudeau's speech and am I the only one who felt his tone was a bit too arrogant? He lost the popular vote and he was reduced to a minority after only one term. I'm not saying he should have been super conciliatory, but there should have been some acknowledgement that Canadians were sending him a message like they want politicians to work together. He kept going on about a "strong mandate." Don't get me wrong, I'm super happy Scheer didn't win, but this doesn't bode well.

Did Trudeau do his speech in black face?

I couldn't bring myself to watch the speeches. Three debates was more than enough of this bunch for me, and I was just relieved Scheer lost.

[quote]Three debates was more than enough of this bunch

Unfortunately, the speeches were like a continuation of the debates (and not JUST because they were all talking at once). On CBC, Rosemary Barton and some members of her panel said that it seemed like they were still campaigning.

All three main speeches were disappointing, but the deficiency was especially noticeable with Trudeau. He really should have acknowledged that "we won, BUT ..." and he didn't. You'd have thought he had a huge majority.

[quote]and I was just relieved Scheer lost.

There must have been a collective, nation-wide sigh of relief when they announced that we would have a Liberal government.

By the way, I thought Rosemary Barton did a fantastic job of hosting CBC's election coverage. That has to be a tough job, but she kept things interesting throughout.

There were no great choices this time around, but this election wasn't about choosing something amazing but averting the sharp turn to retrograde right wing policies, which seems to be something that's plagued most Western democracies in recent years (along with increased Russian interference.) I like Singh and I voted NDP but he's just not in that league yet. You have Scheer, his Trumpian populist promises, an increased presence of extreme right wing and you talk about electric cars? He needs more concrete experience and political savvy. before he runs again Had Andrea Horwath run in his place, NDP would've done much better.

The Liberal party needs to change it's way too centrist.

R311: Horwath is likely the next Premier of Ontario. She'll have more power in that office than as leader of the fourth place federal party.

As for the next Liberal leader (and Prime Minister), Freeland is an option, Catherine McKenna could jump in. A Liberal woman would be nice. Justin must know that this was it. He won't get another shot at this. Fatigue and apathy will only grow with him.

McKenna is boring, but her French is decent (especially compared to Scheer and Jagmeet). I wonder how Freeland's French is coming along...

Cutie fromer NB Premier (and possible future liberal leader) is on CBC. He now lives in Toronto and is a special assistant to the President of Ryerson University.

He's such a cutie, R315, but he cut his hair too short. He needs to keep it a touch longer.

[quote]By the way, I thought Rosemary Barton did a fantastic job of hosting CBC's election coverage. That has to be a tough job, but she kept things interesting throughout

Yeah, Barton did a decent job. It was her first time hosting CBC's Election Night. Mansbridge was on one of the panels. This was the first time in around 30 years that he wasn't hosting.

r317 Saw her coverage online and i'd say she nailed it. She needs to get hired in the states and do news for a real country.

Barton is awful, she has a permanent bitchy-mood vibe and seems kind of dumb and self-righteous. She's that fat girl from high school who made up for being unattractive by getting involved in every single extracurricular thing and then trying to dominate to serve her own ego while pretending to be a martyr.

r319 I disagree, maybe you like getting your news from a blonde conservative size 0 no personality bimbo but i think such an event is cause for someone a little more serious but also has a nice informal style that works for that round table style setup.

I thought she seemed unaffected and energetic. No small accomplishment in the pomposity that is the CBC.

She's better than Vassey.

r320 oh hi, Barton, didn't see you there, I'm sorry but you're living proof that many people never really escape high school.