More On The Election

Here's a full breakdown of the election results.

-There have been 39 elections in Canadian history. Which party has captured most of the popular vote? The Liberals have a historic average of 44% while the Conservatives (formerly Progressive Conservatives) clock in at 36%. Naturally, between 1993 and 2000 (2000 was an all-time low with 12.2%) brought that average down significantly.

-The Greens made the most meaningful inroads...sorta. They gained 277 000 but this did not translate into any seats. Lots of trees will be sullenly swaying tonight.

-The BQ "saved" Quebec civilization by warding off the Harper Huns. So they spun.

-Most interesting prediction Andrew Coyne: "Fascists 133; Crooks 88; Commies 34; Traitors 51; Tree-huggers 0; Loners 2."

-Only 59% of Canadians turned up to vote. The rest were convinced they were voting in November for Obama.

This was the lowest turn out in our history eclipsing the 60% mark set in 2004. The highest was 79.4 in 1958. Our historical average is 73%.

-The Tories had a split night. On one end they won more seats but in terms of total votes from 2006 they slipped. They gained in the popular vote but stumbled in Quebec. While they managed to crack through hostile territory in Ontario, the real breakthrough was in British Columbia where they gained more votes. They...enough of that. Jeckyll and Hyde. We get it.

-From sfu.ca: "Only 25 out of the 308 winning candidates in the 2008 election were elected with a majority of the votes cast in their ridings. 41 of the winners were elected with less than 40% of the vote."

Looks like parity has not only hit sports but politics as well.

-I was going to compile the results for all the independents and parties who roam on the periphery of the political planet but soon realized the Dodgers-Phillies and Habs-Bruins were on television.

However, I will report that in Quebec 15 souls went out and took on the system and amassed roughly 4203 votes between them. One person (Louise Thibault) in Temiscouata-Les Basques represented 1457 (35%) of those. The lowest votes went to a Communist party candidate and Independent who each garnered eight votes.

Other parties that managed to get votes in this province were the Christian Heritage Party, Communist Party, Marijuana Party, Marxist-Leninist, Neorhino and some group designated as Non-Affiliated.