Ontario 2014 (June 12th)

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If any of the 3 leaders personally campaigns, it'll be Trudeau.

I would think he wouldn't want to be within a bargepole of an unpopular provincial party if he could avoid it.

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Following discussions with Earl, here is a somewhat improved Provincial Ontario election map, I've saved the new one to the Gallery, to replace the old one:



Edited to include Earl's colour scheme.

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If any of the 3 leaders personally campaigns, it'll be Trudeau.

I would think he wouldn't want to be within a bargepole of an unpopular provincial party if he could avoid it.

and in the grand scheme of things, an OLP failure frees up a lot of the Liberal labour force for 2015

I'm inclined to agree with you. I think the best outcome from a federal Tory perspective could possibly be some sort of Liberal-NDP Coalition with Hudak's PCers holding the most seats in the Parliament.

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Returning to the discussion on 1985, was the post-election PC government sworn in, or was it still in caretaker mode?

Are there two writs per riding because one is in English and the other in French? In answer to the UK question, I think that most Westminster parliaments, the writs are issued for each seat at a general election, not one for the entire parliament, however I could be wrong. Antony Green posted about it, I believe, and uploaded a picture of an Australian one.

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A note- the BC Liberals are almost never referred to as 'Grits'

That's because the province resembles the federal scene, if Trudeau fails to bring the Grits out of third place. Let's face it, James Moore had a congratulatory message to the Liberal Premier on his Facebook page the other day, and Stockwell Day advocated voting for her during the election.

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Great work, Krago!

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Krago, you are a star!