Canadian by-elections, 2012

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Tory Backbencher Lee Richardson (Calgary - Centre) is resigning his seat to work with Premier Alison Redford


http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/national/Tory%20backbench%20MP%20Lee%20Richardson%20quitting%20to%20work%20for%20Alberta%20premier/6702779/story.html

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 called in Manitoba for the riding of Fort Whyte on Sept 4th.

Riding was left vacated by former PC leader Hugh McFadyen. Brandy Schmidt is the NDP candidate. Newly elected PC leader Brian Pallister will be seeking the  PC nomination

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Yep,


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Pallister

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In the another election (by-election)  tonite:

Fort-Whyte, Manitoba

With 50/54 polls

Pallister, Brian (PC) 2,450 (New PC Leader)
Axworthy, Bob (LIB) 1,620
Schmidt, Brandy (NDP) 548
Benham, Donnie H. J. (GPM) 94
Ackman, Darrell (Ind) 16

Rejected 5
Votes Cast 4,7333
Registerered Voters 15,560
Turnout 30.42%

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Are the provincial Liberals having some sort of rebound in Manitoba?

Nope.
The Liberal candidate has name recognition (his older brother Llyod was a Liberal Federal cabinet minister)
He is also the only candidate to actually live in the riding. The other candidates live nearby.

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Final results

Fort-Whyte, Manitoba

With 54/54 polls  (Unoffical)

Pallister, Brian (PC) 3,626 (New PC Leader) - 55.1%
Axworthy, Bob (LIB) 2,074 - 31.5%
Schmidt, Brandy (NDP) 739 - 11.2%
Benham, Donnie H. J. (GPM) 113 - 1.7%
Ackman, Darrell (Ind) 19 - 0.3%

Rejected 8
Votes Cast 6,579
Registerered Voters 15,560
Turnout 52.28%

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The Prime Minister has called 3 by-elections for Nov 26th
 - Victoria
 - Calgary-Centre
  - Durham

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/10/21/pol-november-26-by-elections.html

Meanwhile on Thursday, we will get the decision on the the court challenge on the results of Etobicoke-Centre

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Supreme Court of Canada overturns lower courts decsion on By-Election in Etobicoke Centre.

Ted Opitz remains the Conservative MP for Etobicoke Centre
No need for a By-Election

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O' Toole (Consv, Durham) @ 50%

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Conservatives leading in Victoria!
(After 1 poll)

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Gann has 47 votes for the Conservatives in the 1st poll
After 5 polls he has 61.

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It has been almost 2 hour since the polls close.
In Calgary Centre there is average of 100 votes / polling station.
In the last election there was an average of abour 200 votes / polling station
Last time their were a few polls of around 300 votes.

How long does it take to count them?

When I was invovled it takes under 1 hour.

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Green's up by 1 vote.

I have been saving each refresh onto a spreadsheet.
If I have I time, I will try and plot in onto a graph

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Green's up by 1 vote.

I have been saving each refresh onto a spreadsheet.
If I have I time, I will try and plot in onto a graph

90 seconds or 5 minutes?

About every 90 seconds, I tend to refreshed every minute.
Sometime it takes a few minute for an update to occur

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CBC calls NDP in Victoria

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How soon do we get to see results by poll?

It will take awhile, normally around a month.