In my area we had lots of close races and change.   Kitchener Centre Green incumbent Mike Morrice lost to the Conservative Kelly DeRidder by 358 votes. Voter turnout across the country was more in line with traditional levels with a turnout rate of 68.7%.  An increase of over 6% from the 2021 federal election.

Overall a pretty interesting election in many parts of the country. 

mace wrote:

There are always a few ridings where the winner is a pretty much well a foregone conclusion. However, one should never assume victory is assured, Hello Pierre and Jagmeet. However, there were two Canadian ridings where the margin of victory was under 40 votes. In the Newfoundland riding of Terra Nova-The Peninsulas, Liberal candidate defeated the Conservative candidate by a mere 12 votes. The Liberals defeated the Bloc Quebecois in the riding of Terrebonne by a massive 35 votes. Judging by these examples, your vote really does count.

Those are all close.   I wonder how many, if any, will see a recount?   
From Elections.ca: 

"A judicial recount is a new tabulation of the votes cast for an electoral district, presided over by a judge of a superior court of the province or territory.A judicial recount must take place if the leading candidates in an electoral district receive the same number of votes after the validation of the results or if the difference in votes is less than one one-thousandth of the total votes cast*. For example, in an electoral district where 40,000 votes were cast, if the difference in the number of votes for the first and second candidates was less than 40, a judicial recount would be required. The returning officer must make a request to a judge for a judicial recount and must also write to the candidates or their official agents to advise them of the recount request."
 

Last edited by SpinningWheel (April 30, 2025 11:51 am)

SpinningWheel wrote:

From Elections.ca: 

"A judicial recount is a new tabulation of the votes cast for an electoral district, presided over by a judge of a superior court of the province or territory.A judicial recount must take place if the leading candidates in an electoral district receive the same number of votes after the validation of the results or if the difference in votes is less than one one-thousandth of the total votes cast*. For example, in an electoral district where 40,000 votes were cast, if the difference in the number of votes for the first and second candidates was less than 40, a judicial recount would be required. The returning officer must make a request to a judge for a judicial recount and must also write to the candidates or their official agents to advise them of the recount request."

Thanks for this, I'd always thought that recounts were automatic if the vote separation was less than 300, regardless of the total number of votes cast. Didn't know it was proportional, which makes sense and proves Elections Canada is hip to the concept. Now - how about proportional representation lol?