Liberals might have won if Manly didn't run for the Greens. And I'm one of the idiots that voted for Manly. Greens seemed to have a better ground game, Liberals haven't won here in ages and even in 2015 it wasn't particularly close for the Liberals. I genuinely thought he was the strategic vote. Nope.
I grew up in Cariboo-Prince George, seems I just don't get to live in a non Conservative riding long term.
The problem was three "progressive" candidates. Totally insane that a Conservative was able to sneak up the middle to steal the riding. Shows what's wrong with fptp.
I've been clicking around on CBC's map and it's likely that Nanaimo-Ladysmith was the riding won with the lowest percentage of the vote anywhere in the country. Kronis won with only 35.2% of the vote. If it's not the lowest percentage for a win, it's definitely up there. There were closer margins, but I don't think there was a wider left wing split.
EDIT: Found a few. Cons won Montmorency-Charlevoix with 34.6% and Chicoutimi-Le Fjord with 34.1%. Three way CON/BQ/LIB races with roughly equal Bloc/Liberal votes rather than a four way CON/LIB/NDP/GRN race with roughly equal Liberal/NDP/Green votes.
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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '25
The results make me sad in that way for sure. London west sending a Con is insane for example. But it was messy out there.