Canadians have voted into power a new majority government. The Conservative Party is the winner! No more federal elections for four and one half years except for by-elections--October 2015 will be the next federal election.
There are 308 seats in the Canadian Parlament. At the point of writing this post, the Conservative Party is leading in or has won 166 of those seats, a clear majority. The New Democrat Party (NDP) is leading or has won 103 seats. For the first time in Canadian history the NDP Party will form the official opposition. The Liberal Party is leading in or has won 34 seats.
The Bloc Quebecois (a party which has candidates only in the province of Quebec) is leading in or has won 4 seats. And the big surprise is that the Green Party is leading in or has won 1 seat. If the trend holds until all ballots are counted, this will be the first Green Party seat to be taken in North American politics.
Canada has had a minority government for the past five years, since 2006. Hopefully, the new government can get on with what is so important for a government to do--govern the country!
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