Just a quick note to say that I will have a full post on the election results when I get myself together.
The good: thank gawd for the Bloc Quebecois. Without them, Harper would have a majority today, and that doesn't bear thinking about. Also good, for the first time ever the NDP has won a seat in Quebec in a general election, Jack Harris wins St. John's East by a crushing margin and Linda Duncan breaks into Fortress Alberta, taking Edmonton-Strathcona for the NDP. The NDP wins big in Northern Ontario, taking seven of nine seats in the region (all except Kenora, Nipising-Timiskaming and Parry Sound-Muskoka).
The bad: NDP only gains seven. Boo. Peggy Nash gets defeated in Parkdale-High Park. Double boo. The NDP doesn't make any breakthrough in BC, instead netting a loss of one seat. NDP manages to place first in popular vote in Nova Scotia, but still only gets two seats.
More to come in another post.
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