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Students vote for a Conservative minority in mock election

If students across the country were to vote in the federal election the Conservative Party of Canada would have a minority government with the Liberal Party being the official opposition.

Across the country, students in more than 5,900 schools participated in the initiative operated by CIVIX Canada, with there were 870,340 votes cast.

Students elected a Conservative Party minority government, with the Liberal Party forming the official opposition. The Conservatives won 165 seats from the student vote with 36.4 per cent of the popular vote and party leader Pierre Poilievre won his riding of Carleton, Ontario, which in this student vote would make him the new Prime Minister of Canada. The Liberals won 145 seats with 31.7 per cent of the popular vote, with Mark Carney winning his riding of Nepean Ontario, making him the leader of the official opposition. The Bloc Québecois won 18 seats with 2.1 per cent of the popular vote and Yves-François Blanchet elected his riding. The NDP were elected in 13 ridings with 14.5 per cent of the vote and students did not re-elect party leader Jagmeet Singh to his seat in Burnaby South, British Columbia. The Green Party won two seats, making up 7.5 per cent of the popular vote. Jonathan Pedneault was not elected by the students in the riding of Outremont, Quebec, while Elizabeth May was elected in Saanich—Gulf Islands.

Students in Grande Prairie

In the Grande Prairie riding students re-elected Conservative Candidate Chris Warkentin. The incumbent received 59 per cent of the vote from the students. Liberal Party Candidate Maureen Mcleod received 11.59 per cent of the vote and NDP Candidate Jennifer Villebrun received 11.14 per cent. Candidates running for the People’s Party of Canada, Parti Rhinocéros Party and Independent each received less than 10 per cent of the vote.

In the Peace River – Westlock riding Conservative Party candidate Arnold Viersen won the student vote with 52.83 per cent of the vote from students in the region. Liberal Party candidate Luke Markowski received 20.49 per cent, NDP candidate Landen Tischer got 14.36 per cent and Independent candidate Darrell Teske got 12.32 per cent.

Across Alberta

Students across Alberta voted Conservative Party of Canada candidates into 32 out of the 37 seats across the province, with the Conservatives getting 47.09 per cent of the vote. The Liberals won four seats, with two in the Edmonton area and two in the Calgary area, and received 24.15 per cent of the vote. The New Democratic Party came out with one seat in one seat, winning Edmonton Griesbach with 14.33 per cent of the vote.

Kass Patterson
Kass Patterson
Born and raised in Calgary, Kass, from a young age, developed a love for learning people's stories and being able to share them with the community (or her family, or whoever would listen). In addition to working in communities like Okotoks and Calgary, Kass has also spent her summers travelling with the World Professional Chuckwagon Association since 2019, to help provide a peek behind the barn door into the world of chuckwagon racing. Outside of work and anything horse related, Kass is a reader and an avid country music fan, and most likely can be found with the biggest cup of coffee possible.
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