I live in the riding of
Newton—North Delta.
Results of the Thirty-eighth General Election
As per the results of the Thirty-eighth General Election, the
Hon. Gurmant Grewal of the
Conservative Party, was elected to become a Member of
Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition.
Hon. Gurmant Grewal • 13 529 votes / 32.81 % • $72 183 spent •
Conservative Party
Sukh Dhaliwal • 13 009 votes / 31.55 % • $64 449 spent •
Liberal Party
Nancy Clegg • 12 037 votes / 29.19 % • $28 384 spent •
New Democratic Party
John Hague • 2 555 votes / 6.19 % • $3 135 spent •
Green Party
Nazir Rizvi • 98 votes / 0.23 % • $389 spent •
Communist Party
216 ballots, or 0.52 %, were not accepted.
The preceding information is courtesy of
Wikipedia.org, but the statistics for the Green Party candidate were amended to match the statistics given by the
Library of Parliament.
Candidates for the Thirty-ninth General Election
The
encumbent Member, the Hon. Gurmant Grewal, has
resigned.
Sukh Dhaliwal •
Liberal Party
Phil Eidsvik •
Conservative Party
Nancy Clegg •
New Democratic Party
Sunny Athwal •
Green Party
The preceding information is courtesy of the CBC.
Prediction for the Thirty-ninth General Election
My prediction is that
Sukh Dhaliwal, the candidate for the
Liberal Party, will be elected.
During the previous session of Parliament, the encumbent Member, the Hon. Gurmant Grewal, embarassed the riding of Newton—North Delta to no end with first, the questionable practice of accepting bonds for immigrants naming himself as the beneficiary and, secondly, the questionable taping of talks between himself and the Liberal Party regarding "crossing the floor" before the tied budget vote on May 19, 2005.
The reputation of the
Conservative Party was badly tarnished here, and the probability of re-electing a Conservative Member during the 39th Election is low, although not impossible. The more likely outcome is that Mr. Dhaliwal will be elected to the House of Commons, while Mr. Eidsvik and Ms. Clegg run relatively close numbers to each other, and Mr. Athwal will take a significant, but uncompetitive, number of votes.
On a sidenote, the riding of Newton—North Delta is thirty percent comprised of citizens who would identify themselves as being Indian (from India, not First Nations, to be clear), as per the results of the 2001 census. The riding of Newton—North Delta is relatively new, and was formed as a result of an electorate redistribution in 2004.
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