Election Results: Harper Minority Government

Tuesday, October 14, 2008 07:24 PM

Prince George, B.C.- It will be a Harper government, and it will be a minority government.

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May has lost her bid to get elected. She lost to incumbent Conservative Peter MacKay.

The hope of NDP leader Jack Layton to grab a share of power in Canada failed to materialize in Canada tonight.

With the count still to come for 8 seats, the NDP holds 34 seats to sit in fourth place overall in Canada, behind the Block who captured 47 seats in Quebec where the Conservatives failed to make any major gains.

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At the time of dissolution, the Harper government had 126 seats when the election was called but needed 155 to have a majority government.

National Numbers:

	P.C.	Lib	B.Q.	NDP	Other	Total
Leading	143	76	50	37	2
Popular Vote (%)	37.7	26.3	10.	18.1	7.9

Total Number of seats 308

Majority 155

Prince George- Peace River

	# of Polls Reporting 230/230	Ballots
Bekkering, Betty - NDP		6138
Crowley, Hillary - Green		3656
Gidney, Lyndsey - Liberal		2953
Hill, Jay - Conservative	elected	22060

Cariboo – Prince George

	# of Polls Reporting 210/234	Ballots
Adamick, Drew -Liberal		3849
Collins, Bev - NDP		9673
Gook, Douglas -Independent		666
Harris, Dick - Conservative	elected	20373
van Drielen, Amber - Green		2403

Liberal candidate Drew Adamick told Opinion 250 it was too early to call this election but he hoped the Harper team would not get a majority. He said the thought of Harper majority was scary. Twenty yearold Adamick says he hoped to win a seat because 50 years from now, it will be the young people who will have to clean up the mess that's being created today so why not start now. He also asked, if the Harper team ends up with a minority government, will this (the election) be considered a waste of $300 million dollars?

Skeena- Bulkley

	#of Polls reporting 215/236	Ballots
Arendt, Hondo - Green		1470
Cullen, Nathan - NDP	elected	15682
Goodacre, Mary Etta – Canadian Action Party		100
Mohart, Corrinna - Liberal		1797
Smith, Sharon - Conservative		10771
Taylor, Rod – Christian Heritage Party		798