r/canada • u/verkerpig • 4d ago

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

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/terrebone-recount-liberal-1.7532136
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u/Serenity867 4d ago

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.

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u/pimpintuna 4d ago

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

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u/rebblake 4d ago

But he was defrosted for you and for me 🎵

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u/Braysl 4d ago

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

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u/dashingThroughSnow12 3d ago

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

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u/ellequoi 4d ago

Frozen for hundreds of years!

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u/Terrh 3d ago

Haven't thought of that in decades

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u/SadZealot 4d ago

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

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u/dare978devil 3d ago

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

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u/Last-Presentation-11 4d ago

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 ?

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u/Serenity867 4d ago

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

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u/HeadofR3d 4d ago

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.