As the votes are counted...
Jan. 23rd, 2006 10:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ciroccojCBC.ca has the running tally. There are 308 ridings, and the Conservatives need 154 to win a majority government.
Total Elected and Leading so far...
And OK, this is depressing. In my own riding, we're apparently electing a Conservative. The good thing is, apparently he's a really nice guy and an honest politician. The bummer of it is, he's a Conservative.
And as a further bummer... well, here's the breakdown:
DISTRICT: Ottawa West-Nepean
(15 of 245 polls reporting)
Candidate, Party, Vote Count, Vote Share
John Baird, CON, 1072, 42.69%
Lee Farnworth, LIB, 887, 35.32%
Marlene Rivier, NDP, 387, 15.41%
Neil Adair, GRN, 116, 4.62%
John Pacheco, IND, 45, 1.79%
Randy Bens, CAP, 4, 0.16%
So John Pacheco, whose one and only campaign statement seems to be "Preserve Traditional Marriage: Elect John Pacheco", has 1.79% of the vote. Granted, that's only 45 people so far. Still depressing. I mean, his e-mail address is johnp@march4marriage.ca and his website is www.march4marriage.ca. More depressing is the fact that I finally realize why the name sounds so damn familiar. He's a 36-year old B.Comm. from Queen's University. My Alma Mater, probably from my year, and he's chosen to devote his life to protecting the sanctity of Canadian marriage. Cha gheill, cha gheill, cha gheill.
Actually, I happen to agree that traditional marriage is a very important thing, and of great benefit to society. It's just that to me, traditional marriage = two people promising to love and cherish one another, and take care of each other in good times and bad, in sickness and in health, and all that other stuff. The shape of the genitalia of the two people involved are of less concern to me than their intentions and actions.
Total Elected and Leading so far...
| Party | Elected | Leading | Vote Share |
| CON | 12 | 75 | 35.01% |
| LIB | 19 | 56 | 38.28% |
| BQ | 1 | 30 | 1.61% |
| NDP | 3 | 18 | 21.94% |
| IND | 0 | 1 | .34% |
| OTH | 0 | 0 | 2.82% |
And OK, this is depressing. In my own riding, we're apparently electing a Conservative. The good thing is, apparently he's a really nice guy and an honest politician. The bummer of it is, he's a Conservative.
And as a further bummer... well, here's the breakdown:
DISTRICT: Ottawa West-Nepean
(15 of 245 polls reporting)
Candidate, Party, Vote Count, Vote Share
John Baird, CON, 1072, 42.69%
Lee Farnworth, LIB, 887, 35.32%
Marlene Rivier, NDP, 387, 15.41%
Neil Adair, GRN, 116, 4.62%
John Pacheco, IND, 45, 1.79%
Randy Bens, CAP, 4, 0.16%
So John Pacheco, whose one and only campaign statement seems to be "Preserve Traditional Marriage: Elect John Pacheco", has 1.79% of the vote. Granted, that's only 45 people so far. Still depressing. I mean, his e-mail address is johnp@march4marriage.ca and his website is www.march4marriage.ca. More depressing is the fact that I finally realize why the name sounds so damn familiar. He's a 36-year old B.Comm. from Queen's University. My Alma Mater, probably from my year, and he's chosen to devote his life to protecting the sanctity of Canadian marriage. Cha gheill, cha gheill, cha gheill.
Actually, I happen to agree that traditional marriage is a very important thing, and of great benefit to society. It's just that to me, traditional marriage = two people promising to love and cherish one another, and take care of each other in good times and bad, in sickness and in health, and all that other stuff. The shape of the genitalia of the two people involved are of less concern to me than their intentions and actions.
