Federal Liberals take Outremont
In Monday’s federal byelection, the Liberals took back Outremont, leaving the hopeful NDP in the dust, although that party’s leader Jagmeet Singh was elected in his B.C. riding.
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Ian 09:00 on 2019-02-26 Permalink
Not surprised, really, I kind of expected the Liberals to win this. Outremont was a Liberal crown jewel for something like a century until the orange wave swept Quebec, and Singh doesn’t have the local appeal of Mulcair and neither Singh nor Mulcair are as sympathetic a character as ti-Jack, RIP. I really don’t understand how Bendayan can claim that the Liberals are the party to vote for if you want to do something about climate change, though. At least the conservatives performed poorly.
Chris 09:25 on 2019-02-26 Permalink
Exact results: http://enr.elections.ca/ElectoralDistricts.aspx?ed=2123&lang=e
Lib: 40% NDP: 26%. Green were 3rd.
Turnout: 21% 🙁
Matt 09:41 on 2019-02-26 Permalink
As someone who lives in the riding, the Liberals were also the only party that seemed to have any significant ground game. I had Liberal volunteers come to my door 2-3 times to remind me to vote, and received a handful of campaign mailers. Hardly a peep from the NDP.
Joey 09:55 on 2019-02-26 Permalink
@Matt – I had the opposite experience. NDP volunteers rang my doorbell at least five times (twice yesterday) and called/texted at least that many times as well. Nothing from the Liberals or any other party. I guess this is an example of how internal polling/research causes parties to tightly focus on certain streets or areas.
As for turnout, while the Burnaby-South byelection will have an impact on things immediately (sing Jagmeet Singh is finally going to be an MP), the other two really felt like dry runs for the October vote. A marginal seat really makes no difference at this stage in the life of a majority government.
Ian 10:43 on 2019-02-26 Permalink
@Matt, @Joey – I got exactly one visit from the conservatives and one from the NDP. One robocall from Bernier’s clown brigade & many calls from the Liberals though, to the point that I told them to stop calling my number.
DeWolf 12:54 on 2019-02-26 Permalink
The polling station was certainly quiet when I voted yesterday, so I’m not surprised by the turnout. It seems low even for a by-election. I guess a lot of people thought it wouldn’t be worth voting when they’ll have to do it again in six months.
Ephraim 16:01 on 2019-02-26 Permalink
@Chris byelections notoriously have low turnouts.
Chris 20:55 on 2019-02-26 Permalink
Ephraim, yes, I know. It still warrants a frown though. All 3 ridings had below average turnout, and York–Simcoe hit a new low.
Kevin 08:07 on 2019-02-27 Permalink
They’re by-elections taking place eight months before another election. This is exactly when you’d see the lowes turnout.