Six days until final count starts
Posted May 19, 2009 by Sacha Peter - Link
Category: News
Comments (3)
The earliest the MLAs can be sworn in is June 4th, so there are still two weeks and two days before anything can be formally done inside the government.
Final count starts on May 25th, and the results of final count will be on May 27th.
There is not too much that can be discussed between now and then, so if anybody here has some suggestions for topics, fire away.
I do intend on posting a discussion piece on voter turnout later this week.
Also, not surprisingly, web traffic to this site has died down considerably since the election period. I am not intending on “continuing” this site beyond its scope of covering the 2009 BC Election (and Referendum on Electoral Reform). If you wish to follow my writings elsewhere, I do write on my other weblog, Double Blind, although be warned that the site is mostly economics, mixed in with a little politics and other miscellaneous topics that come to mind.
Well, congratulations on a really worthwhile project, Sacha. I enjoyed following your site. thanks!
I would be interested in knowing what the Conservative vote as a proportion of votes cast in the 24 ridings they ran in was.
Just a cursory glance at the results show that it appears that they made respectable showings in most of the ridings they ran in.
While I didn’t vote for them, and I thought their campaign was far from professional and policies were a little too out to lunch, I think with some tweaking, they could be a serious threat to the BC Liberals, in terms of splitting the right-of-centre vote. The BC Liberals had better watch their right/rural flank.
Great blog. I enjoyed it immensely.
Great site – great work.
BC Elections is regularly updating their website during the final count. 12 and 6 pm.
Preliminary final results (now that’s oxymoronic)
Barnett now leads Wyse by 59
http://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/stats/2009-ge-ref/fc/ed/GE-2009-05-12_Cariboo-Chilcotin.html
Huntingdon leads Oppal by 13
http://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/stats/2009-ge-ref/fc/ed/GE-2009-05-12_Delta%20South.html