By-elections March 17, 2008 Official Voting Results
Synopsis of the official voting results
Note to the reader
Electors on the lists
For the March 17, 2008, by-elections, the final lists of electors, established after election day under section 109 of the Canada Elections Act, included:
- electors listed in the National Register of Electors
- electors registered during the revision period
- electors who registered on election day
- Canadian Forces electors whose Statement of Ordinary Residence provided an address in Desnethé–Missinippi–Churchill River, Toronto Centre, Vancouver Quadra or Willowdale
- Canadian electors temporarily residing outside Canada whose address for voting purposes was located in Desnethé–Missinippi–Churchill River, Toronto Centre, Vancouver Quadra or Willowdale*
- incarcerated electors whose residence for voting purposes was located in Desnethé–Missinippi–Churchill River, Toronto Centre, Vancouver Quadra or Willowdale**
Voting under the Special Voting Rules
The Special Voting Rules allow voting by special ballot, by mail or in person at the local Elections Canada office. If electors are away from their electoral districts, they can also register to vote with Elections Canada in Ottawa. Official voting results under the Special Voting Rules are broken down into two groups.
Under Group 1, we report results of votes cast by the following categories of electors:
- Canadian electors temporarily residing outside Canada
- Canadian Forces electors
- incarcerated electors
Under Group 2, we report results of votes cast by the following categories of electors:
- Canadian residents who are away from their electoral districts
- Canadian residents voting by special ballot in their own electoral districts
Rounding of figures
Because the figures given in the tables in this report were rounded, there may be some discrepancies in the totals.
Short forms of political affiliations used in this report
AAEV Party of Canada
Animal Alliance Environment Voters Party of Canada
CAP
Canadian Action Party
Conservative
Conservative Party of Canada
Green Party
Green Party of Canada
Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
neorhino.ca
neorhino.ca
NDP-New Democratic Party
New Democratic Party
Table 3
Number of electors and polling stations
Electoral district | Population* | Electors on the final lists | Ordinary polling stations |
Advance polling stations | Total polling stations | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stationary | Mobile | |||||
Desnethé–Missinippi–Churchill River | 67,937 | 42,375 | 158 | 3 | 15 | 176 |
Toronto Centre | 121,407 | 85,962 | 253 | 3 | 13 | 269 |
Vancouver Quadra | 119,627 | 83,602 | 218 | 5 | 12 | 235 |
Willowdale | 129,356 | 93,027 | 255 | 2 | 11 | 268 |
*Based on 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada. Includes Canadian and non-Canadian citizens of all ages.
Table 4
Number of ballots cast and voter turnout
Electoral district | Population* | Electors on the final lists |
Valid ballots | Rejected ballots | Total ballots cast |
Percentage of voter turnout |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Desnethé–Missinippi–Churchill River | 67,937 | 42,375 | 10,438 | 37 | 10,475 | 24.7 |
Toronto Centre | 121,407 | 85,962 | 23,857 | 96 | 23,953 | 27.9 |
Vancouver Quadra | 119,627 | 83,602 | 28,166 | 77 | 28,243 | 33.8 |
Willowdale | 129,356 | 93,027 | 22,744 | 93 | 22,837 | 24.5 |
*Based on 2006 Census of Population, Statistics Canada. Includes Canadian and non-Canadian citizens of all ages.
Table 5
List of candidates and individual results
Electoral district | Candidate and affiliation | Place of residence | Occupation | Votes obtained | Percentage of valid votes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Desnethé–Missinippi–Churchill River | Rob Clarke (Conservative Party of Canada) |
Warman | Peace Officer | 4,992 |
47.82 |
Joan Beatty (Liberal Party of Canada) |
Deschambault Lake | Journalist | 3,296 |
31.57 |
|
Brian Morin (New Democratic Party) |
Buffalo Narrows | Fire Protection Officer | 1,830 |
17.53 |
|
Robin Orr (Green Party of Canada) |
La Ronge | Computer Technician | 320 |
3.06 |
|
Toronto Centre | Bob Rae (Liberal Party of Canada) |
Toronto | Lawyer | 14,187 |
59.46 |
El-Farouk Khaki (New Democratic Party) |
Toronto | Lawyer | 3,312 |
13.88 |
|
Chris Tindal (Green Party of Canada) |
Toronto | Interactive Media Producer | 3,199 |
13.40 |
|
Donald Meredith (Conservative Party of Canada) |
Richmond Hill | Entrepreneur | 2,939 |
12.31 |
|
Liz White (Animal Alliance Environment Voters Party of Canada) |
Toronto | Animal and Environmental Protection | 123 |
0.51 |
|
Doug Plumb (Canadian Action Party) |
Toronto | Computer Programmer | 97 |
0.40 |
|
Vancouver Quadra | Joyce Murray (Liberal Party of Canada) |
Vancouver | Reforester | 10,155 |
36.05 |
Deborah Meredith (Conservative Party of Canada) |
Vancouver | University Lecturer | 10,004 |
35.51 |
|
Rebecca Coad (New Democratic Party) |
Vancouver | University Student | 4,064 |
14.42 |
|
Dan Grice (Green Party of Canada) |
Vancouver | Businessman | 3,792 |
13.46 |
|
John Turner (neorhino.ca) |
Courtenay | Actor | 111 |
0.39 |
|
Psamuel Frank (Canadian Action Party) |
Coquitlam | Musician | 40 |
0.14 |
|
Willowdale | Martha Hall Findlay (Liberal Party of Canada) |
Toronto | Lawyer | 13,507 |
59.38 |
Maureen Harquail (Conservative Party of Canada) |
Toronto | Lawyer | 6,841 |
30.07 |
|
Lou Carcasole (Green Party of Canada) |
Toronto | Teacher/Contractor | 1,314 |
5.77 |
|
Rini Ghosh (New Democratic Party) |
Toronto | Administrative Assistant and Project Coordinator | 1,082 |
4.75 |
* For Canadian electors temporarily residing outside Canada, the address for voting purposes is one of the following:
- the address of the elector's last place of ordinary residence in Canada
- the address of the place of ordinary residence of the spouse, the common-law partner or a relative of the elector, a relative of the elector's spouse or common-law partner, or of a person in relation to whom the elector is a dependant
- the address of the place of ordinary residence of a person with whom the elector would live if he or she were not residing outside Canada
** For incarcerated electors, the address for voting purposes is the first of the following places known to the elector:
- the elector's residence before being incarcerated, or
- the residence of the spouse, the common-law partner or a relative or dependant of the elector, or of a relative of the elector's spouse or common-law partner or a person with whom the elector would live if he or she were not incarcerated, or
- the place of his or her arrest, or
- the last court where the elector was convicted and sentenced