No Surprise, Federal Government Toppled!
By 250 News
Monday, November 28, 2005 03:35 PM
The final count was 171 to 133
Prime MInister Paul Martin has a meeting with the Governor General tomorrow to dissolve Parliament .
Martin and his Liberals have fallen under the non confidence motion presented by Stephen Harper.
The vote was on a simple motion "That this House has lost confidence in the governnment."
They only needed 153 votes to topple the government.
That will start the campaigning for a Federal Election.
Here was the breakdown of the 308 seats in the House of Commons.
Liberals 133 (including the Speaker)
Conservatives 98
Bloc Quebecois 53
NDP 18
Independent 4
Vacant 2
The most likely date for the election is January 23rd.
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