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Tilson reelected in Dufferin–Caledon More than 65 per cent of the registered voters in Dufferin–Caledon took part in the historic 42nd Federal Election on Monday (Oct. 19th). Although nationally the electoral map of Canada turned from blue, to mostly red, Conservative David Allan Tilson, will remain MP for Dufferin–Caledon. He begins his fifth term in the House of Commons with 46.1 per cent of the popular vote. Dufferin–Caledon has a population of 116,341 of those, 92,461 are eligible to vote. Tilson took 30,602 of the total votes cast (60,613, representing a 65.56 per cent voter turnout), beating Liberal candidate, and former mayor of Shelburne, Ed Crewson, who received 23,610 votes, or 39 per cent. Nancy Urekar of the Green Party received 4,576 votes (4.4 per cent) and NDP candidate, Rehya Yazbek, took 4,498 votes (7.5 per cent). Nationally, the Liberal Party of Canada won a majority government, with 39.5 per cent of the popular vote (184 of the 338 seats in the House of Commons). Conservative MP's will fill 99 seats (31.9 per cent); the NDP 44 seats (19.7 per cent); Bloc Québécois have 10 seats and the Greens 1 – Party Leader Elizabeth May was the only Green MP to keep her seat. “Independent” and “Other” party representatives do not have seats in the new parliament structure. The writ for the 2015 election were issued by Governor General David Johnston on August 4th making this the longest campaign period in modern Canadian history at a total of 78 days. According to Wikipedia, the Liberal Party's increase of 148 seats from the previous election came at the expense of 60 seats from the Conservative Party and 51 seats from the New Democratic Party, and was the largest increase by a single party since the 1984 election. Every party represented in the House of Commons except the Liberal Party recorded a decrease in their popular vote share. Following the election, Harper conceded defeat to Trudeau and resigned as leader of the Conservative Party. It is unclear at this time who his replacement will be – although Simcoe–Grey MP, Dr. Kellie Leitch, was asked by CTV National News anchor, Lisa LaFlamme, if she was up for the job. Leitch, a Conservative who also kept her seat in the riding next to Dufferin–Caledon, said she hadn't given the promotion any consideration, and was happy for Monday nights victory. The Podova Deli & Bakery catch of the game went to Riley Egan as he scored two and added a helper in the win. By Wendy Gabrek |
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