As the battle for Toronto Centre drew to a close, Liberal incumbent Bob Rae won re-election handily with 53 per cent of the vote, defeating chief opponent David Gentili of the Conservatives. Gentili, who garnered 18 per cent of the vote, arrived at Rae’s victory party in person to concede defeat. However, as he shook [...]
The grass may not be greener in Parliament, but the grass is growing, say Toronto Green Party candidates. Green candidates gained seven per cent of the vote in the Oct. 14 federal election, but no seats. Despite that, the atmosphere felt victorious at the Toronto Green election night party at the Supermarket in Toronto.
In a riding with no direct route to Toronto and few alternatives to cars, transportation infrastructure played a key role in re-electing Dean Del Mastro in Peterborough. Del Mastro won by a considerably wider margin than his first election. In 2006, the Conservatives took the riding with 35.9 per cent of the vote, only 3.5 [...]
The victorious Etobicoke-Lakeshore Liberal candidate said his party will continue to oppose the Conservative minority government in the new House of Commons. Michael Ignatieff spoke to constituents at his election night party in Etobicoke following his win over Conservative rival Patrick Boyer Tuesday night.
Tuesday’s election winner in Toronto’s Trinity-Spadina riding hasn’t finished making promises to her constituents. The Kool Haus nightclub on Queens Quay was bathed in orange as members of the New Democratic Party from three Toronto ridings, gathered to watch the results of the election roll in.
The Conservatives maintained their dominance of the Prairie provinces in Tuesday’s federal election, with the notable exception of a hotly contested race with the New Democratic Party in Saskatchewan. In Saskatoon-Rosetown-Biggar, Conservative Kelly Block fended off New Democrat Nettie Wiebe. With 149 of 150 polls reporting at 12:54 a.m. (Wednesday), Block’s 45.3 per cent plurality [...]
Don Valley West was one of the few ridings in the GTA that did not have an incumbent candidate running – and it showed in a close race that took longer to call than most others in the GTA. But in the end the Liberals held on to the riding as first-time candidate Rob Oliphant [...]
Bob Rae, claiming victory in his Toronto Centre riding Tuesday tonight, remained supportive of Liberal leader, Stephane Dion. In a landslide outcome, the former Ontario premier once again won his federal riding. Rae’s victory, however, did little to help the Liberal party’s national standings in the new House of Commons.
Buoyed by his party’s success in Tuesday’s federal election, the New Democratic Party leader has called on the House of Commons to work for all Canadians. The NDP won 37 seats in the House of Commons, eight seats more than the 29 they held when Parliament dissolved in September. Layton spoke at a rally in [...]
The Bloc Quebecois, along with party leader Gilles Duceppe, has won a sixth consecutive majority within the province of Quebec. “It’s five more ridings than Mr. Harper’s party. It’s two thirds of the ridings in Quebec,” Duceppe said. “That’s strong.”
