Election 2011

[Nfld Sapper]

145 for Conservatives.......

 

[Retired AF Guy]

The Dippers are elected or leading, at 2215 Hrs, in 60+ of QC's 75 seats. That's HUGE but it means that some pretty strange and even scary people are coming to Ottawa.

Remember the girl that went on holidays to Mexico - she's leading in her riding!

 

[Edward Campbell]

Latest results:

Party:                               

 

 

 

  Others  Undecided

        Emerging results:    150        91      31          4        --            --
        (Elected & leading)

 

[dapaterson]

The Dippers are elected or leading, at 2215 Hrs, in 60+ of QC's 75 seats. That's HUGE but it means that some pretty strange and even scary people are coming to Ottawa.

But which party are you talking about    No one party has a monopoly on strange, silly, stupid or scary...

 

[Nfld Sapper]

Intersting results in Newfoundland:

Labrador has gone conservative, both St. John's seats NDP, rest of island Liberal......

This might not be good for our provincial election this fall.....

 

[Dissident]

I was expecting the NDP to crash at the polls. Hmmmmm.

 

[OldSolduer]

Does Craig Oliver hate Stephen Harper?

 

[Retired AF Guy]

Does Craig Oliver hate Stephen Harper?

When I saw his name I switched to Global.

 

[Fishbone Jones]

I guess Nova Scotia can just stick a knife in their neck. I don't see much coming down the pipe for them for the next four years :

 

[SevenSixTwo]

It makes me happy to see both the Liberal's demise AND Michael Ignatieff losing his OWN riding.

 

[kratz]

CTV is reporting if the BQ do not earn 12 seats, the party will not be recognized as an Opposition party.  ;D

 

[Brad Sallows]

Is a bear Catholic?  Does the Pope sh!t in the woods?

 

[OldSolduer]

Actually they are not recognized as a party, but Independents. They do not get the funding a party, ie the NDP as Official Opposition would get.

ER may be able to expand on this

 

[larry Strong]

Would they still get their taxpayer funding?

 

[Edward Campbell]

CTV now has the Tories at 154 (Elected & leading) which is the barest possible MAJORITY, if the speaker is from another party.

 

[Haletown]

Gerrad Kennedy - defeated

Ruby Dallha - defeated

Sweetness.

 

[ModlrMike]

CBC is giving the Torries 40.07% of the vote. Normally that's clear majority territory... if it holds.

 

[OldSolduer]

Gerrad Kennedy - defeated

Ruby Dallha - defeated

Sweetness.

At least Ruby was cute. Who is the guy with the Red Tie on CTV sitting next to Count Lloyd? Does he hate Harper too?

 

[PuckChaser]

Actually they are not recognized as a party, but Independents. They do not get the funding a party, ie the NDP as Official Opposition would get.

ER may be able to expand on this

I'm not ER, but I'll give it a whirl.

Official party status gives privledges like asking questions during question period, as well as cash for staff/research persons.

 

[Nfld Sapper]

Recognition in Parliament allows parties certain parliamentary privileges. Generally official party status is dependent on winning a minimum number of seats (that is, the number of Members of Parliament or Members of the Legislative Assembly elected).

The federal parliament has two houses with different requirements. In the House of Commons, a party must have at least 12 seats to be recognized as an official party. Recognition means that the party will get time to ask questions during question period (proportional to the number of seats) and money for research and staff (also proportional to the number of seats).

In the Senate, a party must have five seats and must be registered by Elections Canada. Once the party has been recognized in the Senate, it retains its status even if it becomes deregistered, so long as it keeps at least five seats. This rule means that the rump Progressive Conservative Party caucus in the Senate does not qualify for official status in the senate.

Official party status is not to be confused with being a registered party. A political party (even if they have no parliamentary seats) may register with Elections Canada or a provincial chief electoral officer. Doing so allows the political party to run candidates for office during elections, issue tax receipts for donations, and spend money on advertising and campaigning during election campaigns. In return, the party must obey campaign spending and donation limits, disclose the source of large donations, and obey various election laws.