Canadian by-elections, 2013

[Benj]

Not related to by-elections exactly, but I saw the party list of Elections Canada than the United Party has new logo.

An exact copy of the UK Lib Dem logo, with a maple leaf added over it.

LOL

Kind of like that Mexican party that ripped off the Canadian Alliance.

Well, then there's this



as a ripoff of this

That seems like a stretch. Not nearly like:






The Mexican party is even called the "New Alliance Party".

[Benj]

After the next federal, unless the province adopts the same ridings, were going to have some very different discussions when it comes to who wins what.

federal riding TCentre - NDP edge here, without Rosedale the riding is a a battle with advantage NDP.
provincial riding TCentre - Liberal hold due to Rosedale being included, If the PCs can eat away enough OLP vote, then maybe, maybe a squeaker NDP win

The federal by-election is on the old borders, so Rosedale will still be included.

[Benj]

Can someone link me t o a list of towns that warrant their own riding or more in Ontario(except for Toronto suburbs)? I'm guessing majority of them vote NDP?

Off the top of my head... Ottawa, Hamilton, Oshawa, London, Kitchener and Windsor. And, no, they don't.

Ottawa is 5 Lib, 2 PC provincially; 2 Lib, 1 NDP, 4 Con federally.

Hamilton is 3 NDP, provincially and federally.

Oshawa is 2 Con/PC, provincially and federally.

London is 2 Lib, 1 NDP provincially; 1 Lib, 1 NDP, 1 Con federally.

Kitchener is 1 Lib, 1 NDP, 1 PC provincially (NDP won their seat from the PCs in a recent by-election); 3 Con federally.

Windsor is 2 Lib provincially, 2 NDP federally.

Edit: There are also the one-riding cities. Also mixed, though mostly Liberal provincially. Kingston and Guelph are Lib provincially and federally. Barrie is PC/Con provincially and federally. Niagara Falls and St. Catherines are Lib provincially, Con federally. Welland is NDP provincially and federally (the last three contain some areas outside the city in their ridings but dominate their respective ridings).

[Benj]

Don't forget the provincial incarnations of Sudbury and Sault Ste Marie (both Lib, albeit barely in the former case)

Ah, true. Sudbury is 1 Lib, 1 NDP provincially, 2 NDP federally (counting Nickel Belt as a part, though only some of it is in Sudbury--same is true for Kitchener-Conestoga, Whitby-Oshawa, etc., of course). Sault Ste. Marie is 1 Lib provincially, 1 Con federally. (Sault Ste. Marie is not actually big enough for its own riding but gets its own anyway because it's in the North.)

Thanks for the correction on St. Catharines.

[Benj]

Seems like pretty much any result would be believable, no? Not the most predictable riding ever.

[Benj]

That's more than 100%?