Surrey Federal Byelection

[whatnext]

Anyone want to make bets on who takes Dianne Watts old riding in South Surrey-White Rock today? Will the Morneau issues prevent the Liberals from stealing the seat?

[bluefox]

I don't think so, Gordon Hogg was a popular and well-liked MLA. His name recognition alone should be enough to offset any lasting negative sentiment. The Conservatives' candidate is pretty high-profile as an ex-Harper cabinet minister but she still lives in South Delta.

Also we're about 10 days to 2 weeks on from the worst of the anti-Morneau press coverage so a lot of voters will have forgotten about it.

[whatnext]

Looks like you were right, Liberals take the seat!

[Sheba]

Liberals win 3 of 4 federal byelections, nab seat from Tories in B.C.

The federal Liberals went into Monday's four federal byelections holding two of the four seats that were up for grabs but walked away with three, delivering a blow to the Conservatives for the second time this fall.

Having held former cabinet minister Judy Foote's Newfoundland and Labrador riding of Bonavista–Burin–Trinity early in the evening, the Liberals also went on to retain the Toronto riding of Scarborough–Agincourt before upsetting the Conservatives in the British Columbia riding of South Surrey–White Rock.

The Conservatives, however, retained the seat vacated by former Harper era cabinet minister Gerry Ritz who stepped down earlier this year.

It was the second time this fall that the Liberals were able to win a seat away from their Opposition rivals. Last time the victory came in the Quebec riding of Lac-Saint-Jean.

This time it came in South Surrey-White Rock.

Gordie Hogg secured 47.5 per cent of the vote in the riding, beating his Conservative rival Kerry-Lynne Findlay, who came away with 42.1 per cent of the vote. The NDP were a distant third, and saw their vote cut in half from the 10.4 per cent in 2015 to just 4.9 per cent Monday.

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[Tetsuo]

Scheer is just such a disappointment as CPC leader. "low energy"

Trudeau can be Prime Minister for as long as he wants, tbh, it's his.

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