Live: Federal election 2019 underway, Liberal win projected
Credit to Author: Harrison Mooney| Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2019 02:58:47 +0000
VANCOUVER — Election Day in Canada has finally arrived. Here’s a last-minute rundown on how today will play out and what you can expect. Keep checking this page tonight to see updates and results.
Search for your riding or any riding of interest across the country by clicking “Choose a riding” beside the map.
Early results are being reported in west coast ridings.
In Burnaby North-Seymour, Liberal candidate Terry Beech is leading the early results, while NDP’s Svend Robinson follows. Heather Leung, who was booted from the Conservative party in the final weeks of the campaign period, is currently third in that riding.
Over in the high-profile riding of Vancouver Granville, Jody Wilson-Raybould, who parted ways with the Liberal party to sit as an Independent, is hovering in third place behind the Conservatives’ Zach Segal and the Liberals’ Taleeb Noormohamed, who is leading.
Early results in Vancouver Kingsway show NDP candidate Don Davies ahead of the Liberals’ high-profile candidate Tamara Taggart. In Vancouver Quadra, the Conservatives’ Kathleen Dixon leads over the Liberals’ Joyce Murray, and in Vancouver South, Liberals’ Harjit S. Sajjan is leading over the Conservatives’ Wai Young.
Liberal candidate Hedy Fry, the longest-serving female MP, is leading the way to re-election, followed by the NDP’s Breen Ouellette in Vancouver Centre. Meanwhile, NDP candidate Jenny Kwan looks set to be re-elected in Vancouver East.
Liberal Party Justin Trudeau is currently leading in his riding of Papineau, while People’s Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier looks set to lose in his riding of Beauce. Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is currently leading in his riding of Regina-Qu’Appelle. Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet has won his riding of Beloeil-Chambly.
Meanwhile, results for Burnaby South, where NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is running, and results for Saanich-Gulf Islands, where Green Party Leader Elizabeth May is running, have only just started trickling in.
Postmedia has declared a Liberal win but it remains to be seen whether it will be a minority or majority government. The Canadian Press has projected a Liberal government, though they have not said whether it will be a minority or majority government.
CBC, CTV and Global have all projected a minority Liberal government.
#elxn43 update 7:30 p.m.
Postmedia has declared a Liberal win but it remains to be seen whether it will be a minority or majority government.https://t.co/hCgkxfUsaP
Polls in B.C. are now closed and the counting of votes on the west coast is starting.
The Green Party is projected to win its first ever riding in New Brunswick, according to the Canadian Press. With 107 polls out of 158 reporting, Green Party candidate Jenica Atwin currently holds more than 8,000 votes of a total 23,200 in the riding of Fredericton.
The Liberals currently hold 114 ridings, while the Conservatives follow with 86. The Bloc Quebecois have 18, the NDP 10 and the Green Party two.
Covering Vancouver-Granville tonight, and just spotted this: @Puglaas is following 888 people. Lucky coincidence on #elxn43 night or superstitious engineering? pic.twitter.com/NoqfNrusgk
Results have started rolling in from Ontario and Quebec. The Liberals are currently leading with 37 ridings, followed by the Conservatives with seven seats.
@ElizabethMay has arrived at Green Party election HQ in Victoria with one candidate leading in NB. #elxn2019 @VancouverSun @theprovince
2.5 hrs before polls close in BC! Heading to Richmond to cover results for Steveston-Richmond East, which is expected to be a close race between Liberal incumbent @jpeschisolido & Conservative challenger @RmdKenny #CDNvote2019 #elxn2019
I’m in #NorthVancouver at @liberal_party incumbent Jonathan Wilkinson’s watch party at the Polygon Theatre. He’s expected to keep his seat although likely by a much narrower margin this time. Stay tuned. #elxn42 #votecanada pic.twitter.com/7SgAyqtzuc
East Coast polls have been closed for just over an hour and results are starting to trickle in. A total of 170 seats are needed for a majority.
For coverage of the 4 major federal parties stick with @loriculbert @nickeagland @derrickpenner and @Gordon_Hoekstra who are covering the Liberals, NDP, Greens and Conservatives, respectively #elxn43 #vote2019
Polls have officially opened across the country and millions of Canadians are expected to cast their ballots in this country’s 43rd federal election, which many experts believe will result in a hung Parliament.
The polls will be open for 12 hours, beginning at 7 a.m. in British Columbia and closing at 7 p.m., though you can still vote after the cutoff provided you lined up beforehand.
But don’t wait too long. People often complain that it feels as though their vote doesn’t count, and while that notion is pernicious and untrue — every vote counts, which is why they count them — it will certainly feel truer if a winner is declared while you’re still queued up at your polling station.
You can find your polling station on your voter information card or, if you’re not registered, by visiting the Elections Canada website and punching in your postal code. Once you know where to go, you can register to vote just by presenting identification and proof of address. It’s a very simple process, weighted towards ensuring that all Canadians are able to cast their ballots.
In the meantime, vote in our daily poll and let us know if this weekend’s last-minute electioneering — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May each made late campaign stops in B.C.’s South Coast on the weekend — did anything to change your mind.
No, don’t do that. Leave the phone in your pocket. Elections Canada is reminding voters that it is illegal to take a photo of a marked ballot.
“It violates the secrecy of the vote under the Canada Elections Act. It’s also a violation of the Act to publish a photo of a marked ballot in any way, including on social media,” Elections Canada says.
Voters are encouraged to take a selfie outside the polling station and to post it on social media with the hashtag #ItsOurVote.
As polls close in each time zone, results will start to trickle in. The first votes will start to be counted around 7 p.m. ET which is 4 p.m. in B.C.
You can navigate our interactive results page here to see how your riding voted.