Election 2019: where parties posted their worst 25 results
Fielding 338 strong candidates can be tough, as is organizing that many campaign teams to turn out a respectable level of support on election day. That rang more true for a few parties in certain parts of the country: Quebec and Alberta voters gave some parties their worst results this election, with the bulk of […]
NDP ready ‘any time’ for election if party goals not met, Singh says
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh on Thursday came out with fighting words against the Liberal minority government, saying he’s ready to head the polls “any time,” despite finishing in fourth place in the election. Though the NDP qualified for official party status, winning 24 seats, it was unseated from third place by the Bloc Québécois, which won […]
Amid global political turmoil, a reminder of the checks, and purpose, of Canada’s electoral system
Protests in Pakistan, Lebanon, Iraq, and Chile, among others, to force governments’ resignation, and pressures to transform governance systems in Europe, and elsewhere, show the extent of political turmoil in the world. Canadians are rightfully concerned by President Trump’s possible impeachment and what happens in the U.S., Canada’s closest economic and security ally. But new […]
Election 2019: The 25 ridings where each party did its best
On election night on Oct. 21, only the Liberals and the Conservatives watched their 25 top-performing candidates actually win their ridings. Three of the top 25 NDP candidates lost on election, as did one of the Bloc Québécois’. The 25 Conservatives MPs who recorded the strongest returns of their party’s slate all earned more than […]
Nearly 100 new MPs waiting until after cabinet reveal to move into offices
Nearly 100 new MPs will have to wait until after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces his cabinet appointments on Nov. 20 to learn where their Hill offices will be, the chief government whip confirmed last week. Speaking to The Hill Times, Government Whip Mark Holland (Ajax, Ont.) said office allocation is based on the size […]
Conservative MPs swept most seats by widest margins, and won 32 ridings by 50 per cent of vote
The Conservatives dominated in the ridings where the winning candidate won by the widest margins. Almost half the 147 seats won with 20-per-cent-plus vote leads were captured by Conservatives and all 32 seats won by more than 50 per cent of the vote went blue in the Oct. 21 federal election. The Conservatives also claimed […]
2019’s 47 tightest races, won by less than five per cent margins
In the ridings secured by the slimmest margins, there were likely more Liberal candidates counting down the clock and vote counts on election night, where the Grits ultimately took 26 of the 47 seats won by less than five per cent. Liberals were on the losing end of those tight races in nine cases, where […]
Scheer has caucus support, for now
OTTAWA—Andrew Scheer dodged a bullet in caucus last week. That was not surprising because it would have been highly unlikely for caucus to unilaterally usurp the role of party members. Even those who privately do not support Scheer would be publicly loathe to take him out in a caucus vote. Instead, his enemies in the […]
86 ridings in 40 days: Trudeau’s cross-country sprint may have given party an edge
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was the most likely of the three leaders to keep or convert ridings he visited on the 40-day campaign, with the leader scoring a 53 per cent conversion rate, but politicos say the leaders’ tours aren’t necessarily the decisive factor in winning those seats. That’s based on the Liberal leader’s marathon […]
The 60 seats that flipped in 2019
Conservative candidates switched the most seats across the country, at 27, stealing mainly from the Liberals in the Western provinces and often winning by the widest margins. The Bloc Québécois was next, grabbing 22 seats from the other parties, mostly at the NDP’s expense, taking 10 of the 14 seats the NDP lost in the province. […]
