Canadian federal election, 1895

[DC Al Fine]

Was tempted to vote Liberal, but the railroad was such a big part of solidifying Canada as a nation that I decided to vote Tory.

[DC Al Fine]

Patrons of Industry must be racking up massive majorities in their ridings.

[DC Al Fine]

IRL Patrons of Industry died out by 1900, but they are doing much better in this TL. What are you going to do Hatman?

[DC Al Fine]

Are you guys ready for the current seat totals?

Liberals: 169
PoI: 31
McCarthyite: 5
Tory: 1 (thanks to having one acclaimed candidate)
Others: 7

1)Do you have an estimate of an actual PV that would get those seats? IRL even if every POI candidate got 100% of the vote, they wouldn't do as well as our poll.

2) Are you going to use the acclaimed Tory as the next leader (Flavien Dupont I think) or bring someone in from outside?

[DC Al Fine]

Are you guys ready for the current seat totals?

Liberals: 169
PoI: 31
McCarthyite: 5
Tory: 1 (thanks to having one acclaimed candidate)
Others: 7

1)Do you have an estimate of an actual PV that would get those seats? IRL even if every POI candidate got 100% of the vote, they wouldn't do as well as our poll.

2) Are you going to use the acclaimed Tory as the next leader (Flavien Dupont I think) or bring someone in from outside?

I'm using a proportional model, which means that total vote in each riding will not reflect real life, but the total for all candidates remains the same. So, I have taken the amount of votes cast in the 1896 election in RL and divided them up based on the vote total here (removing 'others') This has meant that the PoI have results that are unrealistic (the worst offender is Ontario North where they area ahead 22836 to 757). If you want realistic numbers, which perhaps I should strive for, I can use those numbers as a ratio of the actual vote totals in the riding. This would give us a more reasonable 4506 to 149 result in Ontario North.

As for Mr. Dupont, I suppose he would become leader, but then there is the issue of him dying in 1898. At which point, we're going to have to scour the Senate for leadership materiel

Ah gotcha. If there's no one good in the Senate, this guy is Premier of Quebec.

[DC Al Fine]

Boucher de Boucherville was an Ultramontane Catholic. I doubt that he would be welcomed as a federal Tory leader unless the party wanted to transform itself into the Catholic Crazies of Quebec party.

Fair enough. Senate WASP it is then.

[DC Al Fine]

Boucher de Boucherville was an Ultramontane Catholic. I doubt that he would be welcomed as a federal Tory leader unless the party wanted to transform itself into the Catholic Crazies of Quebec party.

Fair enough. Senate WASP it is then.

Suggestions are welcome ;-)

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

Tory leader in the Senate after Bowell and Peter Lougheeds grandfather.

[DC Al Fine]

Ouch!