Federal Election

Stéphane Dion will step down as Liberal leader after a party convention
B.C. Green leader doubts she'll live to see proportional representation
Don Davies makes lone victory speech at NDP party
Hedy Fry attacks NDP, Greens in victory speech
Spencer Herbert: People think I’m too young to vote
NDP campaigner says financial crisis helped Conservatives
Conservative campaigner slams “outrageous” Straight cover
Stephen Harper foreign policy rapped
Blog - Politics

Conservative Wai Young celebrates loss in Vancouver South

Liberal Ujjal Dosanjh is still the MP for Vancouver South after a judicial recount showed he had a 22-vote lead over his opponent, Wai Young.
Straight Talk

Stéphane Dion will step down as Liberal leader after a party convention

At a news conference in Ottawa, Stéphane Dion said he will not seek his party’s leadership, which clears the way for a successor to be chosen.
Straight Talk

Conservatives face two federal election recounts

Two narrow victories that went to Conservative candidates on election night, involving ridings in Ontario and Prince Edward Island, will be subjected to judicial recounts.
Blog - Politics

Is Liberal Leader Stephane Dion too good for Canadians?

CBC News is citing unnamed sources to suggest that Liberal Leader Stephane Dion will step down on Monday (October 20).
Straight Talk

Judge to conduct recount of Vancouver South votes

There will be a judicial recount of votes cast in the riding of Vancouver South in the federal election, Elections Canada announced today (October 16).
Blog - Politics

Don Davies among election winners, Canada a loser: Watkins

A long-time card-carrying Conservative who dressed up as a chicken to encourage a Vancouver Kingsway MP to run in a by-election has released his own list of winners and losers from the federal election.
Blog - Politics

Greens should infiltrate Liberals, NDP, and the Bloc

Throughout the federal election campaign, Green Leader Elizabeth May described Liberal Leader Stephane Dion as an honourable man.
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Lowest voter turnout ever reignites calls for proportional representation

On Wednesday (October 15), the day after the federal election, Fair Vote Canada’s phone was ringing away. Larry Gordon, the executive director of the Toronto-based group that lobbies for proportional representation in government, said that there’s a renewed vigour for democratic reform in Canada.
Blog - Politics

Thank you Quebec: The federal election rant (part 3)

Giving thanks where it is due: It's true Harper has an increased minority, but it's still a minority.
Straight Talk

B.C. Green leader doubts she'll live to see proportional representation

After Stephen Harper gained a second minority government in three years, the popular topic in the Green camp was when and how there should be some kind of electoral reform.
Straight Talk

Michael Byers vows to unseat Hedy Fry next time

Vancouver Centre candidate Michael Byers didn't win October 14, but that didn't mean he stopped campaigning. Sipping a well-deserved Sleemen's, Byers told the Straight he'll be back to unseat Hedy Fry.
Straight Talk

Don Davies makes lone victory speech at NDP party

The NDP crowd was hungry for a victory, so when Vancouver-Kingsway candidate Don Davies walked into Heritage Hall, it might as well have been Posh ’n’ Becks. The thick crowd pounded their applause, and chanted "Davies, Davies!"
Straight Talk

Greens' Dan Grice nails third spot in Vancouver Quadra

Exuberant Vancouver Quadra Green party candidate Dan Grice has once again nailed down third spot, taking the bronze medal for the second time in the space of a year behind Liberal incumbent MP Joyce Murray and Conservative Deborah Meredith.
Straight Talk

Hedy Fry attacks NDP, Greens in victory speech

On October 14, reelected Vancouver Centre MP Hedy Fry walked into the Sheraton Wall Centre ballroom to a hero's welcome. In her victory speech, Fry said, "We are not going to work with the NDP."
Straight Talk

Conservatives James Moore and Randy Kamp win landslide victories

James Moore of the Conservatives has won a massive victory in Port Moody-Westwood-Port Coquitlam, capturing 54.7 percent of the vote with 205 of 212 polls reporting.