2011 Canadian Provincial Elections - Wrap-up phase.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

One riding left to report (expected to go very strong NDP)

PC 36
NDP 8
Lib 3

pop vote with about 10% of polls in.
59% PC
22% NDP
19% Lib

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

All ridings now in
PC 39
NDP 6
Lib 3

The NDP has not been below 5, and the Liberals above 3, all night.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

NDP continues to hold The Straits.

PC 39
NDP 5
Lib 4

PC 56%
NDP 25%
Lib 18%

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

PC 38
Lib 5
NDP 5

Libs in second for the first time tonight

[Marokai Backbeat]

Liberals risen to 5, and tied the NDP in seat-count. Eek.

[Insula Dei]

This election would be about 50% better if the NDP were at 9.

[Hash]

Would be amusing if the Libs were the OO while winning less votes than the NDP.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

Liberals risen to 5, and tied the NDP in seat-count. Eek.

In the event of a tie, the current people keep their jobs, so the Liberals would remain OO

[Marokai Backbeat]

This is a bit unrelated, but I swear that anchor-lady seems completely out of it sometimes.

[Hash]

Watching elections coverage makes me happy I don't watch it more often. How terribly boring and useless. Especially now that they interview random losers and have idiotic hacks on their panel.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

PC 37
NDP 6
Lib 5



Also hash is wrong about everything he said.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

They are talking about who would be OO, and none of them have a clue.

The precedent is as I said, though the Speaker makes the call, speakers almost always go with precedent.

[Holmes]

Oh, I wasn't able to make it back in time for this... oh well. Interesting results, I suppose. NDP in a lot of second places, and in very far third in other places. Liberals did better than everyone expected, I think. But in the end, much of the movement here was Liberal to NDP. St. John's has a lot of potential for the NDP.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

http://www.revparl.ca/english/issue.asp?art=1075&param=158

Popular vote might actually matter

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

Aylward has not been able to win his seat

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

http://www.revparl.ca/english/issue.asp?param=62&art=52

Interesting case where the Leader of the Opposition and the Official Opposition were from two different parties. I'll keep digging.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

The NDP has lost burin.

PC 38
NDP 5
Lib 5

[Holmes]

Psh. Watch the Libs retain opposition status. Wouldn't be surprised.

[Kevinstat]

Besides St. John East (NDP leading), what are the two other seats not called yet?  Is the outcome in all of those seats pretty clear?

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

NDP has won The Straits.

Looks like the final will be
PC 38
NDP 5
Lib 5

The speaker will have to make the call, and with all the attention paid, this will be precedent setting.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

Humber Valley is the only one left really.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

Presuming the tie stays. Here are the options for the speaker.


1 - Incumbency. The Liberals were OO so keep them OO in all ways.
2 - Popular Support. The NDP has won support of the people, make them OO in all ways.
3 - Combo Yukon Style. Keep Jones as LOO, but make the NDP the Official Opposition Caucus.
4 - Opposite Combo. Make Michael the LOO since she's the only leader who has won, but keep the Liberals as the OO caucus due to incumbency.
5 - Rotate or Share. Somehow split the duties and rights of the Official Opposition between the two parties.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

PC 37
Lib 6
NDP 5

Liberal OO

[Marokai Backbeat]

Over 5% more than the Liberals, and less seats. Shame. Otherwise, tripling their showing over the last election is pretty good for the NDP.

[Holmes]

The NDP's best result ever in Newfoundland, and people are disappointed that they just miss official opposition... still, it took a decade for the NDP to form government in Nova Scotia after their real breakthrough in 1998, so the Newfoundland NDP have a real job ahead of themselves.