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When pigs fly; or, A by-election update

Posted By mont_vila On September 18, 2007 @ 1:53 am In News, Politics | Comments Disabled

Approximately once per century, the federal Liberal bastion of Outremont ^[1] falls to another political party. In the twentieth century it was the Progressive Conservative Party ^[2], which broke a 71-year Liberal winning streak when they scooped the seat in 1988. In the twenty-first century, the victors are the New Democratic Party ^[3], which won the riding by an impressively wide margin ^[4] last night. Of course, the NDP candidate was himself a Quebec Liberal ^[5] not too long ago, which actually makes him something akin to an old-school Conservative ^[6], but that would be splitting hairs, wouldn’t it? In any case, enjoy the intermission while you can.

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[1] Outremont: http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Rres&ridName=Outremont&ridProvince1=10&submit2=Search

[2] Progressive Conservative Party: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Hogue

[3] New Democratic Party: http://www.ndp.ca/page/142

[4] wide margin: http://enr.elections.ca/enr_v2/ElectoralDistricts_e.aspx?ed=1506

[5] Quebec Liberal: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_J._Mulcair

[6] Conservative: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada

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