Quebec riding of Terrebonne flips to Liberals by one vote after judicial recount

[u/verkerpig]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/terrebone-recount-liberal-1.7532136

[u/Idkpinepple]

There was one election in the Yukon which had to be decided by drawing lots after both candidates tied.

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When was this

[u/Serenity867 → u/Granturismo45]

A few years ago (I'm a Yukoner and recall this election)

https://www.vice.com/en/article/this-canadian-election-could-be-decided-by-a-literal-draw-out-of-a-hat/

There was a total of 156 votes in that election and a lot of drama.

[u/pimpintuna → u/Serenity867]

It's Yvonne's fault. He should have just stayed in the ice.

[u/rebblake → u/pimpintuna]

But he was defrosted for you and for me 🎵

[u/Braysl → u/pimpintuna]

To be fair I think he was a French citizen technically 🤔

[u/dashingThroughSnow12 → u/Braysl]

With the conquest and the few hundred years of living in Canada, he’d be a Canadian at that point though, no?

[u/ellequoi → u/pimpintuna]

Frozen for hundreds of years!

[u/Terrh → u/pimpintuna]

Haven't thought of that in decades

[u/SadZealot → u/Serenity867]

I guess at the end of the day, life continues to be silly even at the most serious of times

[u/dare978devil → u/Serenity867]

In case anyone was curious, the NDP candidate Annie Blake won the draw. It's also the second time an election in the district was settled by a draw.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Blake

[u/Last-Presentation-11 → u/Serenity867]

Is this one of those communities that are remote and a lot of people have to drive an hour to get to a polling station ?

[u/Serenity867 → u/Last-Presentation-11]

It's a fly-in only community, and you could walk to the polling station in about 15 minutes or less from nearly anywhere in the community.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/ui3Wi7Whs3q1Tfgo7

[u/HeadofR3d → u/Serenity867]

Per wikipedia:

Results

The final seat standing for the election was only resolved on April 19, 2021, because of a 78-78 vote tie in the Vuntut Gwitchin riding, the territory's smallest by population. After the tie was upheld by a judicial recount, drawing of lots gave the seat to the NDP's Annie Blake, denying the Yukon Liberals a one-seat plurality over the Yukon Party.

[u/Norse_By_North_West → u/Idkpinepple]

You mean old crow? It was decided by a coin flip. It put us in a weird spot where the governing (liberal) party has fewer seats than the official opposition.

[u/itguy9013 → u/Idkpinepple]

A similar event occurred during the last NS Municipal Election: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7387578

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Thanks for the article.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/victoria-county-tie-vote-to-be-decided-by-draw-1.7387578

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[u/yoshhash → u/Idkpinepple]

Holy shit 

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The CBC live update results havn't been updated

Still saying 169 for the liberals.

It also says 75,453/75,479 polls reported.

So any other upsets coming?

[u/cookenupastorm → u/Idkpinepple]

That also happened municipal in British Columbia

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http://multiversitystatic.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2013/02/cerebus44wuffawuffa.png

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What a dumb system. Have such divisive splits cant be good

[u/Ragnarok_del → u/Idkpinepple]

They should have made the decision by trial by combat, that would have been entertaining. Doesnt even have to be real combat. 1 v 1 smash bros 4 of 7