The Liberals lead so far in Canada's Election 7:46:51 PM EDT

[LibertyorDeath]

CBC News
Overall Election Results
Party Elected Leading Total Vote Share
LIB 4 2 6 47.03%
CON 1 3 4 32.81%
NDP 0 1 1 18.35%
BQ 0 0 0 .00%
OTH 0 0 0 1.80%
Last Update: June 28, 7:46:51 PM EDT 308 seats

http://www.cbc.ca/canadavotes/

Come on Canada make us Proud.

It's still very early going here. The results from Ontario will
be a deciding factor.

[bushwakker]

1. I'm afraid of what will happen there tonight

Once again the left divides itself leaving the right with a pathway to power. US conservatives will hail it as some kind of big win for Bush if the Conservatives manage to for a government.

[LibertyorDeath]

4. I know this is making for a very tight race but I think from

everything I seen & read the Liberals are going to pull it off
a Minority Liberal Gov they will have to turn to the NDP for support
to get their Bill passed this will make them lean farther to the Left.

If the Conservatives get in it will be a dark day in Canadian Federal Politics & the next four years will be a disaster for average Canadians. The current group of Cons here are Very Far Right they have Expensive PR machines the best $ can buy busy trying to disguise how Far Right they really are. I think most Canadians won't be fooled by this.

[StandUpGuy]

9. Wrong !!!

The left hasn't divided itself the left is firmly with the NDP any lefties still with the liberals haven't been paying attention.

[bushwakker]

26. You are far left and you are hurting your own cause

Looks like the libs are doing pretty well.

[StandUpGuy]

30. Sure I am n/t

[Canuckistanian]

2. Well, this is still the east coast.

They've never been big conservative voters. And the conservative leader Harper once said easterners were "defeatist", because they have such high unemployment.

They didn't like that.

Ontario and British Columbia are going to be the turning points.

[AliceWonderland]

5. "Culture of dependence"

is what Harper said. And no, we didn't like that.

When the polls close in Quebec is when things really get interesting. Otherwise, the NDP has pulled to over 20% of the vote (according to cbc.ca), which is great to see... and this before reaching Ontario.

ETA: The overall vote for the Conservatives is down in Nfld at least, especially in St. John's. Pundit now saying that the Harper agenda just does not fly in Eastern Canada.

[Massacure]

3. Results as of 8:05 PM EST

19 Libs
7 Cons
3 NDPs

[Pab Sungenis]

7. For regularly updated information:

http://www.cbc.ca/canadavotes/

Refreshable table with results.

Looks like it's 20 LIB, 7 FASC...er...CON, and 3 NDP before the next big round of poll closures at 9:30.

[Robbien]

8. I believe those totals include leanings

Actual elected so far are
9 Libs
5 Cons
1 NDPs

I had hoped the NDPs would have done better than this.

[Hand]

6. CBC calls it for Alex McDonough...

No big surprise--but a win for the NDP in Halifax! More to come.

:party: for that one. One of her votes was mine!

[AliceWonderland]

10. Good for Alexa!

I cast a vote for her the year she first went to Ottawa as (former) NDP leader. It seems like Nova Scotia has really pushed the national NDP numbers up... one of the many reasons I love NS so much.

[RBHam]

12. I'll never forget her standing up to Bush after 9-11

"George W Bush doesn't have the right to be judge, jury and executioner."

After she demanded that there should be an international, independent investigation into 9-11. After all, it was an attack on the WORLD trade centers...

I've already cast my vote for Priscilla Setteee here in Saskatoon-Wanuskewin, hopefully we can unseat the Conservative incumbent Maurice Vellacott - who has been running off at the mouth on the irrational, right wing reaction to the gay marriage issue.

I doubt it though, there are a lot of bigots in my riding.

[Sticky]

11. Hey, Hand....

My mom and 2 dozen other family members voted for Alexa today, too!!!! It's my family's riding.

I live an hour away in what was formerly Con country. :-)

:party:

[Hand]

22. Yes, the NeoCons are taking a beating in Atlantic Canada...

"Culture of defeatism," eh? We got yer defeatism RIGHT HERE, sucka!

Ugh... that revolting Peter Mackay has been re-elected. :puke:

On the other hand... Scott Brison in a walk! :yourock:

I think the whole evening's going to go like this. Yay! Boo! Yay! Ewww...

For the moment, however:

Yay for your family! :grouphug: Yay Alexa!

:party:

[JanMichael]

13. Hey! When you vote NDP you're voting for Bush!

No, wait, that can't be right?

[democracy eh]

14. great going Alexa

when I saw that first NDP seat up I said to my wife - Alexa
sure enough

unfortunately Bill Casey(Con) in a romp here in North Nova

[Hand]

24. Well, at least he's a Tory...

And not a neoCon. Never thought I'd find myself saying that. I think that one former Alliance swine did get elected in the Atlantic--one too many. :puke:

Say, there's a lot more Bluenosers on DU than I thought! Cead Mille Failte, y'all! :hi: :grouphug:

[ironflange]

15. Conservatives DOWN 11% in Atlantic Canada

That's down from the combined PC/CCRAP vote in the last election.

[Spazito]

16. Wow! That is GREAT news!

I hope the trend continues from east to west! I am in BC so I won't know for a while what is happening here.

[ironflange]

18. It's a good sign, keeping my fingers crossed

If it happened in the Maritimes, it could in Ontario, too. I know a lot of old Tories in Ontario will hold their noses and vote Liberal rather than for the asshat Harper. They still figure they can win all those Ont seats where the combined PC/Alliance vote beat the Libs in the last election. That ain't gonna happen.

[AliceWonderland]

17. 11% - wow

I'd heard a number around 7-8%, but it must have been pushed further in the Maritimes. It didn't help my home district of St. John's South (Loyola Hearn, Con, incumbant), but I get the impression that the Con support that remains there has nothing to do with an endorsement of Harper. Rather, it's the old school, deep roots thing that goes down in Eastern Canada... your family was Liberal or Tory back to the flood, etc etc. I heard one commentator saying even that was starting to break down.

[democracy eh]

19. and down in the Conservative Incumbents reelected

losing about 10-16% vs. 2000
like MacKay, Casey, etc... according to the CBC

and Scott Brison elected as Lib

[SidDithers]

20. Maritimes closed and counted, Quebec numbers next

22 Liberals
7 Conservatives
3 NDP

8:55 pm ET

Sid

155 seats needed for Majority.

[SidDithers]

21. Ontario and Quebec results starting to come in...

Leading and Elected:
Liberals 26
Cons 7
NDP 4
Bloc 1

9:35 pm

155 Needed for majority

[bushwakker]

27. rooting hard for the libs

[ncrainbowgrrl]

23. I know very little about canadian politics.

Watching the canadian broadcast on C-SPAN is really cool... kinda surreal in a way- I mean, newscasters that are saying to be cautious, and that the returns might not be anything more than a trend from a local region...( Somehow, I can't see wolf blitzer saying that...) This is cool.

:hi: to all of the Canadian DUers!

[Kanary]

25. Good news, our valued northern neighbors!

Fingers crossed in the Rockies south of you!

Kanary

[LibertyorDeath]

28. Update 10:16:31 PM EDT

Looks like We might keep the Cons at bay :)

Overall Results

Overall Election Results
Party Elected Leading Total Vote Share
LIB 54 69 123 40.57%
CON 34 39 73 29.63%
BQ 31 22 53 6.03%
NDP 9 9 18 19.39%
OTH 0 0 0 4.38%
Last Update: June 28, 10:16:31 PM EDT 308 seats

http://www.cbc.ca/canadavotes/electionnight/index.html

[zx22778a]

29. I said in an earlier thread that Oshawa was a three way

horse race.

Right now the percentages are

NDP : 33.1
PC : 32.1
Lib : 30.6

Doesn't come much closer