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First Estimate of Turnout at Advance Polls Now Available

OTTAWA, Tuesday, October 7, 2008 — The Chief Electoral Officer of Canada, Marc Mayrand, announced today the preliminary estimate of the number of electors who voted in advance on Friday, October 3, Saturday, October 4, and Monday, October 6.

According to the preliminary figures, 1,459,253 electors voted at the advance polls in this election. This is a decrease from the 1,561,039 electors who voted in advance in the 39th general election in 2006.

Following is a breakdown of the estimated number of electors who voted at the advance polls, by province or territory and electoral district, for all 308 electoral districts.

Province Newfoundland and Labrador Number of Electors
10001 Avalon 1,707
10002 Bonavista–Gander–Grand Falls–Windsor 1,500
10003 Humber–St. Barbe–Baie Verte 1,090
10004 Labrador 398
10005 Random–Burin–St. George's 972
10006 St. John's East 2,784
10007 St. John's South–Mount Pearl 1,727
Total Newfoundland and Labrador 10,178

Province Prince Edward Island Number of Electors
11001 Cardigan 2,478
11002 Charlottetown 2,671
11003 Egmont 2,847
11004 Malpeque 2,406
Total Prince Edward Island 10,402

Province Nova Scotia Number of Electors
12001 Cape Breton–Canso 2,542
12002 Central Nova 3,345
12003 Dartmouth–Cole Harbour 4,099
12004 Halifax 3,575
12005 Halifax West 3,930
12006 Kings–Hants 3,025
12007 Cumberland–Colchester–Musquodoboit Valley 3,725
12008 Sackville–Eastern Shore 3,359
12009 South Shore–St. Margaret's 2,774
12010 Sydney–Victoria 3,820
12011 West Nova 3,521
Total Nova Scotia 37,715

Province New Brunswick Number of Electors
13001 Acadie–Bathurst 6,144
13002 Beauséjour 6,851
13003 Fredericton 5,848
13004 Fundy Royal 4,327
13005 Madawaska–Restigouche 5,846
13006 Miramichi 3,538
13007 Moncton–Riverview–Dieppe 6,492
13008 New Brunswick Southwest 3,413
13009 Saint John 2,877
13010 Tobique–Mactaquac 4,348
Total New Brunswick 49,684

Province Quebec Number of Electors
24001 Abitibi–Témiscamingue 2,884
24002 Ahuntsic 5,123
24003 Alfred-Pellan 5,431
24004 Argenteuil–Papineau–Mirabel 6,196
24005 Beauce 5,493
24006 Beauharnois–Salaberry 7,426
24007 Beauport–Limoilou 8,400
24008 Berthier–Maskinongé 7,187
24009 Bourassa 3,872
24010 Brome–Missisquoi 7,336
24011 Brossard–La Prairie 8,338
24012 Chambly–Borduas 7,300
24013 Charlesbourg–Haute-Saint-Charles 8,107
24014 Montmorency–Charlevoix–Haute-Côte-Nord 6,322
24015 Châteauguay–Saint-Constant 6,772
24016 Chicoutimi–Le Fjord 4,028
24017 Compton–Stanstead 7,282
24018 Drummond 4,278
24019 Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine 4,035
24020 Gatineau 6,713
24021 Hochelaga 4,259
24022 Honoré-Mercier 5,438
24023 Hull–Aylmer 6,589
24024 Jeanne-Le Ber 3,296
24025 Joliette 6,639
24026 Jonquière–Alma 4,322
24027 Lac-Saint-Louis 6,160
24028 La Pointe-de-l'Île 4,653
24029 LaSalle–Émard 4,613
24030 Laurentides–Labelle 8,592
24031 Laurier–Sainte-Marie 4,715
24032 Laval 6,195
24033 Laval–Les Îles 6,615
24034 Lévis–Bellechasse 7,010
24035 Longueuil–Pierre-Boucher 6,844
24036 Lotbinière–Chutes-de-la-Chaudière 6,729
24037 Louis-Hébert 11,239
24038 Louis-Saint-Laurent 8,274
24039 Manicouagan 3,371
24040 Marc-Aurèle-Fortin 6,305
24041 Haute-Gaspésie–La Mitis–Matane–Matapédia 4,295
24042 Mégantic–L'Érable 5,224
24043 Montcalm 5,820
24044 Mount Royal 7,466
24045 Notre-Dame-de-Grâce–Lachine 5,479
24046 Abitibi–Baie-James–Nunavik–Eeyou 2,714
24047 Outremont 2,232
24048 Papineau 5,076
24049 Pierrefonds–Dollard 5,555
24050 Pontiac 6,334
24051 Portneuf–Jacques-Cartier 6,507
24052 Québec 8,088
24053 Repentigny 6,309
24054 Bas-Richelieu–Nicolet–Bécancour 5,493
24055 Richmond–Arthabaska 5,738
24056 Rimouski-Neigette–Témiscouata–Les Basques 3,773
24057 Rivière-des-Mille-Îles 5,764
24058 Montmagny–L'Islet–Kamouraska–
Rivière-du-Loup		 3,913
24059 Rivière-du-Nord 6,591
24060 Roberval–Lac-Saint-Jean 4,501
24061 Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie 5,390
24062 Saint-Bruno–Saint-Hubert 7,523
24063 Saint-Hyacinthe–Bagot 4,515
24064 Saint-Jean 6,121
24065 Saint-Lambert 6,372
24066 Saint-Laurent–Cartierville 4,004
24067 Saint-Léonard–Saint-Michel 2,584
24068 Saint-Maurice–Champlain 7,169
24069 Shefford 5,402
24070 Sherbrooke 6,445
24071 Terrebonne–Blainville 4,870
24072 Trois-Rivières 8,700
24073 Vaudreuil-Soulanges 8,512
24074 Verchères–Les Patriotes 3,669
24075 Westmount–Ville-Marie 5,362
Total Quebec 437,891

Province Ontario Number of Electors
35001 Ajax–Pickering 2,770
35002 Algoma–Manitoulin–Kapuskasing 4,461
35003 Ancaster–Dundas–Flamborough–Westdale 7,473
35004 Barrie 7,853
35005 Beaches–East York 4,355
35006 Bramalea–Gore–Malton 4,676
35007 Brampton–Springdale 5,496
35008 Brampton West 5,053
35009 Brant 5,448
35010 Burlington 6,516
35011 Cambridge 5,429
35012 Carleton–Mississippi Mills 10,493
35013 Chatham-Kent–Essex 4,800
35014 Durham 5,362
35015 Davenport 2,287
35016 Don Valley East 3,489
35017 Don Valley West 6,039
35018 Dufferin–Caledon 5,124
35019 Eglinton–Lawrence 5,166
35020 Elgin–Middlesex–London 5,323
35021 Essex 6,399
35022 Etobicoke Centre 5,341
35023 Etobicoke–Lakeshore 5,930
35024 Etobicoke North 2,864
35025 Glengarry–Prescott–Russell 7,311
35026 Bruce–Grey–Owen Sound 7,431
35027 Guelph 6,576
35028 Haldimand–Norfolk 6,432
35029 Haliburton–Kawartha Lakes–Brock 6,870
35030 Halton 4,931
35031 Hamilton Centre 3,357
35032 Hamilton East–Stoney Creek 4,723
35033 Hamilton Mountain 4,980
35034 Huron–Bruce 4,109
35035 Kenora 2,589
35036 Kingston and the Islands 8,214
35037 Kitchener Centre 4,067
35038 Kitchener–Conestoga 4,449
35039 Kitchener–Waterloo 5,811
35040 Lanark–Frontenac–Lennox and Addington 8,717
35041 Leeds–Grenville 2,095
35042 London–Fanshawe 3,383
35043 London North Centre 4,964
35044 London West 7,075
35045 Markham–Unionville 4,072
35046 Lambton–Kent–Middlesex 5,147
35047 Mississauga–Brampton South 5,533
35048 Mississauga East–Cooksville 3,802
35049 Mississauga–Erindale 6,874
35050 Mississauga South 5,372
35051 Mississauga–Streetsville 4,885
35052 Nepean–Carleton 10,337
35053 Newmarket–Aurora 5,718
35054 Niagara Falls 5,519
35055 Niagara West–Glanbrook 5,952
35056 Nickel Belt 6,537
35057 Nipissing–Timiskaming 6,834
35058 Northumberland–Quinte West 7,667
35059 Oak Ridges–Markham 4,844
35060 Oakville 6,200
35061 Oshawa 4,449
35062 Ottawa Centre 8,180
35063 Ottawa–Orléans 3,408
35064 Ottawa South 8,106
35065 Ottawa–Vanier 6,184
35066 Ottawa West–Nepean 7,658
35067 Oxford 4,499
35068 Parkdale–High Park 4,191
35069 Parry Sound–Muskoka 7,681
35070 Perth–Wellington 4,690
35071 Peterborough 7,457
35072 Pickering–Scarborough East 4,654
35073 Prince Edward–Hastings 8,380
35074 Renfrew–Nipissing–Pembroke 5,717
35075 Richmond Hill 4,900
35076 St. Catharines 5,173
35077 St. Paul's 6,676
35078 Sarnia–Lambton 5,637
35079 Sault Ste. Marie 3,972
35080 Scarborough–Agincourt 3,506
35081 Scarborough Centre 2,985
35082 Scarborough–Guildwood 3,513
35083 Scarborough–Rouge River 3,561
35084 Scarborough Southwest 2,989
35085 Simcoe–Grey 8,591
35086 Simcoe North 6,914
35087 Stormont–Dundas–South Glengarry 7,098
35088 Sudbury 5,362
35089 Thornhill 9,440
35090 Thunder Bay–Rainy River 4,798
35091 Thunder Bay–Superior North 4,822
35092 Timmins–James Bay 5,596
35093 Toronto Centre 5,318
35094 Toronto–Danforth 4,197
35095 Trinity–Spadina 5,335
35096 Vaughan 3,208
35097 Welland 5,901
35098 Wellington–Halton Hills 6,025
35099 Whitby–Oshawa 5,919
35100 Willowdale 4,700
35101 Windsor–Tecumseh 4,351
35102 Windsor West 3,690
35103 York Centre 5,010
35104 York–Simcoe 5,779
35105 York South–Weston 2,046
35106 York West 1,815
Total Ontario 575,605

Province Manitoba Number of Electors
46001 Brandon–Souris 2,075
46002 Charleswood–St. James–Assiniboia 3,508
46003 Churchill 1,184
46004 Dauphin–Swan River–Marquette 2,162
46005 Elmwood–Transcona 2,626
46006 Kildonan–St. Paul 3,443
46007 Portage–Lisgar 2,291
46008 Provencher 2,262
46009 Saint Boniface 3,435
46010 Selkirk–Interlake 2,822
46011 Winnipeg Centre 1,486
46012 Winnipeg North 1,480
46013 Winnipeg South 3,388
46014 Winnipeg South Centre 3,445
Total Manitoba 35,607

Province Saskatchewan Number of Electors
47001 Battlefords–Lloydminster 2,144
47002 Blackstrap 4,944
47003 Desnethé–Missinippi–Churchill River 1,138
47004 Cypress Hills–Grasslands 2,196
47005 Palliser 3,070
47006 Prince Albert 2,885
47007 Regina–Lumsden–Lake Centre 2,464
47008 Regina–Qu'Appelle 864
47009 Saskatoon–Humboldt 4,119
47010 Saskatoon–Rosetown–Biggar 2,556
47011 Saskatoon–Wanuskewin 3,477
47012 Souris–Moose Mountain 1,883
47013 Wascana 3,119
47014 Yorkton–Melville 2,895
Total Saskatchewan 37,754

Province Alberta Number of Electors
48001 Fort McMurray–Athabasca 2,558
48002 Calgary East 2,021
48003 Calgary Centre-North 4,227
48004 Calgary Northeast 3,541
48005 Calgary–Nose Hill 4,580
48006 Calgary Centre 4,084
48007 Calgary Southeast 4,877
48008 Calgary Southwest 4,102
48009 Calgary West 6,035
48010 Crowfoot 4,041
48011 Edmonton–Mill Woods–Beaumont 3,221
48012 Edmonton Centre 1,222
48013 Edmonton East 3,247
48014 Edmonton–Leduc 5,465
48015 Edmonton–St. Albert 4,853
48016 Edmonton–Sherwood Park 3,753
48017 Edmonton–Spruce Grove 4,686
48018 Edmonton–Strathcona 4,185
48019 Lethbridge 4,426
48020 Macleod 4,578
48021 Medicine Hat 2,913
48022 Peace River 1,527
48023 Red Deer 3,355
48024 Vegreville–Wainwright 3,047
48025 Westlock–St. Paul 2,859
48026 Wetaskiwin 2,299
48027 Wild Rose 5,207
48028 Yellowhead 1,976
Total Alberta 102,885

Province British Columbia Number of Electors
59001 Abbotsford 3,315
59002 Burnaby–Douglas 3,723
59003 Burnaby–New Westminster 4,038
59004 Cariboo–Prince George 3,529
59005 Chilliwack–Fraser Canyon 4,497
59006 Delta–Richmond East 3,641
59007 Pitt Meadows–Maple Ridge–Mission 4,732
59008 Esquimalt–Juan de Fuca 3,507
59009 Fleetwood–Port Kells 4,868
59010 Kamloops–Thompson–Cariboo 3,381
59011 Kelowna–Lake Country 5,560
59012 Kootenay–Columbia 5,168
59013 Langley 3,769
59014 Nanaimo–Alberni 6,446
59015 Nanaimo–Cowichan 4,284
59016 Newton–North Delta 4,618
59017 New Westminster–Coquitlam 4,435
59018 Okanagan–Shuswap 6,414
59019 North Vancouver 5,543
59020 Okanagan–Coquihalla 6,018
59021 Port Moody–Westwood–Port Coquitlam 2,627
59022 Prince George–Peace River 2,212
59023 Richmond 3,717
59024 Saanich–Gulf Islands 7,537
59025 Skeena–Bulkley Valley 3,386
59026 British Columbia Southern Interior 1,622
59027 South Surrey–White Rock–Cloverdale 5,033
59028 Surrey North 2,256
59029 Vancouver Centre 6,065
59030 Vancouver East 3,342
59031 Vancouver Island North 6,802
59032 Vancouver Kingsway 3,217
59033 Vancouver Quadra 6,621
59034 Vancouver South 2,962
59035 Victoria 7,028
59036 West Vancouver–Sunshine Coast–Sea to Sky Country 2,800
Total British Columbia 158,713

Territory Yukon Number of Electors
60001 Yukon 1,492
Total Yukon 1,492

Territory Northwest Territories Number of Electors
61001 Western Arctic 1,118
Total Northwest Territories 1,118

Territory Nunavut Number of Electors
62001 Nunavut 209
Total Nunavut 209

National Total 1,459,253

The following table compares the turnout by province or territory for advance voting in the 40th and 39th general elections.

Province or territory 40th General Election
Advance Voting
(Preliminary Figures)		 39th General Election
Advance Voting
(Final Figures)
Newfoundland and Labrador 10,178 11,465
Prince Edward Island 10,402 11,287
Nova Scotia 37,715 52,049
New Brunswick 49,684 49,944
Quebec 437,891 376,724
Ontario 575,605 651,697
Manitoba 35,607 43,433
Saskatchewan 37,754 41,644
Alberta 102,885 135,951
British Columbia 158,713 183,861
Yukon 1,492 1,241
Northwest Territories 1,118 1,205
Nunavut 209 538
Total 1,459,253 1,561,039

These preliminary figures are based on numbers reported by returning officers and are not final until all the votes are counted on election day and the results have been validated by the returning officers. The final results will be published in the official voting results following the election.

When it was introduced in 1920, voting at advance polls was limited to certain groups of voters whose work required them to be away from their electoral districts on election day. Today, it is one of several voting methods that may be used by any elector who wishes to vote before election day.

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