Edited by author 03-28-2007 05:58 AM
Thanks Michelle. I have read through the results on the CBC website. It's the first minority government in Quebec since 1878, when 32 Conservatives, 31 Liberals and 2 others were elected. See http://www.nodice.ca/elections/quebec/results.php for previous election results. It is the first election in which three parties are roughly equal in the national assembly.

I don't think there will be another election soon. Neither the Liberals nor the PQ want one - they both lost seats to the ADQ, the Liberals 21 and the PQ 16 compared with the 2003 election - and the ADQ can't force an election by themselves.

Hmmm, looks like the Liberals got another seat. So it's Liberals 48; ADQ 41; PQ 36. I wonder how soon we'll be having another election.

Hi again Philip,

Congratulations! It looks like you're right again. Your Canadian political pundit credentials are becoming truly impressive [grin].

I've just heard that Jean Charest did NOT lose his seat, as was declared earlier in the evening. All seats are now considered "elected" (Liberals 47; ADQ 42; PQ 36), though I suspect there will be a lot of reviews and recounts which might slightly alter the standings.

In my riding, Mr Copeman won with a margin of 10,000 or so votes over the 2nd place candidate--who was from the Green Party.

Hi Philip,

So far as I know, Eric Kierans was responsible for introducing postal codes in Canada. You can read a bit more about him here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Kierans

I remember him from the famous Camp-Kierans-Lewis political panel on CBC radio (Dalton Camp--the Conservative on the panel--has also since died, while Stephen Lewis, former Ontario NDP leader son of former national NDP leader David Lewis, has become well-known for his work re AIDS in Africa).

I wouldn't dare call this election, but I'm looking forward to a long, long night of listening to the results come in on the radio.

Hi Michelle,

I hadn't heard of Eric Kierans before now.

I reckon that the Liberals will emerge as the largest party in the election, but will probably not be able to form a majority government. It looks if the ADQ will do well.

Hi Philip,

So far as I know, I'm in Mr Copeman's riding (in one of the rougher parts), and I've met him--long ago. I haven't voted for him since. There are a lot of his signs up around where I live.

I remember when the MNA here was an Equality Party guy. That was embarrassing.

This is the first time (looking at the CBC page you provided) that I've seen that the late Eric Kierans (a very famous politician, who I heard on CBC radio a lot) was the MNA here, long long ago.

I haven't heard autism being mentioned at all in association with the election here. This is a big contrast with Ontario, where the election is scheduled (Ontario has scheduled elections now) for October, and where autism has already become an issue (the parties are jostling with each other to take the hardest line against autism) in this upcoming election.

Edited by author 03-09-2007 02:10 PM
Hi Michelle,

I've been reading about the Quebec provincial elections on the CBC website.

According to its profile the riding of Notre-Dame-Grace ranges from "Trendy middle-class neighbourhoods near Monkland Avenue to working class St. Raymond south of the tracks." The language breakdown is Anglophone 45%, Francophone 27.4%, Allophone 27.6%. That must be one of the highest anglophone percentages in Montreal, let alone Quebec. In the 2003 provincial elections Russell Copeman (Liberal) was elected by a majority of 18,741 over the Parti Quebecois candidate. See http://www.cbc.ca/quebecvotes2007/riding/085.

The language breakdown for the Westmount-Saint Louis riding is Anglophone 40.3%, Francophone 26.3%, Allophone 33%. In 2003 Jacques Chagnon (Liberal) was elected by a majority of 15,843 over the PQ candidate. See http://www.cbc.ca/quebecvotes2007/riding/125.

What is your riding for the provincial elections?

Has autism been an issue in the elections?

Thanks Michelle.

Thanks Philip. I also wish you all the autistic best in 2007.

Edited by author 01-02-2007 11:24 AM
Hi Michelle,

I wish you a very happy autistic 2007.

Hi Michelle,

That's really cool about Scott Brison and his husband.

I hope that there will be openly, happily autistics playing an important part in politics. There was the discussion here way back about autistic candidates standing at the Canadian general election.