Conservatives in Canada Expand Party’s Hold Liberal Party rejected by voters

I’m so happy to see the conservative wave just isn’t happening in the United States. The good people of Canada have voted and told the world that Liberalism doesn’t work.

This a new day in Canada!

New York Times reports the Conservative Party will again govern Canada, this time with a majority, following the country’s fourth election in seven years


In addition, incomplete results late Monday night clearly indicated that the New Democratic Party, a movement with socialist roots, will form the official opposition, which would mean that the vote is likely to significantly reshape Canada’s political left.

It was the first time since Canada became a nation in 1867 that the Liberals, the most successful political party in the country’s history, finished in third place.

The unexpected rise over the campaign’s final days of the New Democrats, a party historically distinguished by its lock on third place, was also devastating for the Bloc Québécois, a party that has championed Quebec separatism for the last 20 years. It was reduced to just two seats and its defeated candidates included Gilles Duceppe, its long time leader.

For Prime Minister Stephen Harper, obtaining a majority was the overriding focus of his campaign. In the end, he did much better than the dozen seats he needed to secure the 155 required for control, acquiring 165, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation projected. The New Democratic Party won 105 seats, well above its previous record of 45, while the Liberals held only 35. Elizabeth May, the leader of the Green Party, became its first, and only, elected member.

The Liberal leader, Michael Ignatieff, who had appeared in danger of losing his seat, said he would remain in his post if that was the desire of his party.

“Democracy teaches hard lessons,” he told supporters in Toronto.

A flood of on-the-one-hand, on-the-other commentary in the final days of campaign portrayed the rise of the New Democrats as both a gift for the Conservatives (by splitting left-of-center votes with the Liberals) and a menace to the them (by stealing away seats). The early returns suggested that the result was more of the former.

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