Friday, June 13, 2014

Election Results

Last night's election was a close one and the results were very unexpectedly different than what the public conceived. Due to the tight competition between the PC and the Liberals we thought that it was going to be a minority government, but with an expected Liberal forming majority gov. with a +11 seat change. The PCs dropped 10 seats from its caucus and the NDP retained its original seat number. Even Wynne herself was surprised. “Whoa! We did it!” a beaming, gleeful Wynne told cheering supporters in Toronto. “You have put your trust in us and we will not let you down.” 

Tim Hudak, in return, stepped down as party leader for the disappointment of the PCs.  Andrea Horwath showed no intention of stepping down as the leader of the NDPs. Offering 80 candidates, it was a disappointment for the Green Party and its leader, Mike Schreiner, whose party received 4.8% of the vote.

The results were: 

Liberal-59 (38.7%)

PC-27 (31.2%)
NDP-21 (23.7%)
Green-0 (4.8%)
Other Parties-0 (1.8%)

Wynne is the first female premier to be elected in Ontario history. 

At 9:00 p.m. last night, when the polls started to come in, I was following the election until almost 11 on http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/06/12/ontario-election-2014-results-a-live-riding-by-riding-breakdown-of-the-vote/. I felt that it was going to be a really tight election in the beginning. The NDP first received a lead in 10 ridings, especially in the North. PC led in the countryside, while the Liberals were mainly winning in Toronto, Ottawa, and Windsor. The Greens first led in the riding of Scarborough-Guildwood, but lost that place in the queue to the Liberals. The NDP first won 4 ridings and Wynne's cabinet ministers, Coteau of Don Valley West, Chan of Markham-Unionville, Moridi of Richmond Hill, Zimmer of Willowdale, and Wynne herself of Don Valley East experienced heavy wins. At 9:45 Cp24 predicted a Liberal win, and they were correct. The Liberals won in the ridings that they led in the polls previously. The seat changes, from cbc.ca: 


Barrie

Barrie changed hands from the Progressive Conservatives to Liberals with teacher Ann Hoggarth unseating Tory incumbent Rod Jackson. Hoggarth won the seat with roughly 41 per cent of the vote.

Burlington 

Burlington, a longtime Tory fortress, is no longer blue, with Liberal Eleanor McMahon defeating Tory incumbent Jane McKenna. McMahon won the seat with 43 per cent of the vote.

Cambridge

The third time was a charm for Kathryn McGarry in Cambridge, a traditional PC stronghold, as she unseated PC incumbent Rob Leone.

Davenport

Liberal Cristina Martins regained the west-end Toronto seat they lost in 2011. Martins unseated NDP incumbent Jonah Schein with about 45 per cent of the vote.

Etobicoke-Lakeshore

Etobicoke-Lakeshore pitted two former Toronto city councillors against one another in a rematch of 2013's byelection. This time, Liberal Peter Milczyn returned the riding to Liberal rule by defeating PC incumbent Doug Holyday by a wide margin.

Halton

Liberal Indira Naidoo-Harris, a former CBC News journalist, unseated PC incumbent Ted Chudleigh, who held the seat for just over a decade. Naidoo-Harris seized the seat with about 45 per cent of the vote.

Newmarket-Aurora 

Liberal Chris Ballard ended 10 years of PC rule in this riding north of Toronto.

Oshawa

By tradition, Oshawa is a two-way race between the Tories and NDP, however, this election the riding went orange, with Jennifer French unseating longtime PC MPP Jerry Ouellette.

Thornhill

Thornhill, a Tory byelection win just four months ago, is now Liberal red with Sandra Yeung Racco, the runner-up in February, unseating PC incumbent Gila Martow by 45 votes.

Trinity-Spadina 

In one of most anticipated races, Liberal Han Dong unseated longtime NDP incumbent Rosario Marchese. The downtown Toronto riding is also the site of a federal byelection at the end of the month, following the departure of Olivia Chow to enter the mayoral race.

Windsor West


Windsor West, the last Liberal seat south of London, now belongs to the NDP after Lisa Gretzky defeated Liberal cabinet minister Teresa Piruzza.

The PC gained no seats. Bramalea-Gore-Malton, an electorial district the Liberals wanted to snatch from the NDP, remains NDP. The Liberals will be in power for 4 more years.

Upcoming elections to watch for: Toronto Mayoral Election-October 27, 2014
Canadian Federal Election: On or before October 19, 2015 (170 seats needed for Majority)



Thursday, June 12, 2014

June 12

It's June 12, election day for Ontario. Results will be released after 9:00 pm. Will the government be a majority or minority? Who will win? Who will become Leader of the Official Opposition?

Results will be posted on this blog tomorrow.




Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Ontario Legislature

Current seating plan of the 40st Ontario General Assembly. Leaders are underlined. Red is liberal, blue is PC and orange is NDP. Will the new election bring change to the Assembly?

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Ontario General Election Intro

For future election results go to elections.on.ca

The leaders are:

Liberal: Kathleen Wynne
NDP: Andrea Horwath
PC: Tim Hudak 


And there are other minor parties like Freedom, Green, Communist, Socialist, Family Coalition, Christian Heritage, etc.

In last week's debate Green Candidate Mike Schreiner was really pissed about not being invited to it.

During the debate Kathleen Wynne prevented a campaign failure from attacks from Tim Hudak and Andrea Horwath about the gas plant scandal. She tried to apologize during the first 30 min. but after she turned on a more offensive course by accusing Tim Hudak of his Million Jobs Plan, to fire 100 000 workers (19 000 teachers) and less taxes in exchange for less public service. Wynne thinks that Hudak's plan will result in failure, like the one of his political mentor Premier Mike Harris. During the Harris years the province went into deep recession.

Monday, June 9, 2014

Intro

This blog will be about political ideologies, political parties, and anything related to politics. World leaders and activists, top politicians, and election results in Canada will be posted. Weekly Facts, trivia, and Did You Know posts will be published. Happy reading!