Incumbents Say Thank You

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Jay Hill  issued an audio  thank you ( click on photo above to hear it) to all who supported his campaign and who  once again  showed faith in his  representation.

He was one of three incumbents in the  central and northern ridings who  found the road to  victory  quickly and easily.

Cariboo Prince George Conservative, Dick Harris was also returned to office.  With the sounds of  "We are the Champions" blaring in the background,  Harris told reporters he didn't want to talk about minoriity or majority government, he just wanted to say thank you to his campaign team. 

He did note however that the Harper  Conservatives had  made some gains.  

When asked if  it was a waste of money to have spent $300 million on an election which  ended up with a minority government, Harris said absolutely not.

As for some of the opponents, it has been a learning experience.  This was the first mainstream  party election for Bev Collins, (at left)she says having a real election machine behind her was a very positive  feeling. As the NDP candidate in Cariboo Prince George,  she picked up about 26 % of the vote to  Harris's 55%.

Green Party Candidate  Hilary Crowley ( at right) says she was surprised at the  strength of the vote for Jay Hill,  It was her understanding there was some anger towards the Conservatives in the Prince George Peace River riding and she didn't expect the Tories to  come out so strong.  Still, she picked up about 10% of the votes in the riding, which is what she had hoped for.

Hill finished with  about 63% of the vote.

The preliminary results had the  Conservatives with 143 seats  ( 37.7% of popular vote) Liberals with 78 ( 26.3% popular vote)

Bloc Quebecois with 48 seats and 10.1% of popular vote,  the New Democrats with 37 seats and 18.1% of the popular vote,  and  independents taking two seats and 7.9% of the popular vote.

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