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Originally Posted by Slava

I fail to see how the Liberals not winning seats they were never expected to win is interesting? I also have no idea why someone would crow about it. Its like saying the Liberals ran in a byelection in Calgary and didn't win...hardly worth discussing!

Actually, I think the fact that the Liberals did so poorly is worth discussing. Yes, they were never expected to win... but were they expected to lose by such large margins? They are, after all, the Official Opposition.... and yet they placed a distant third in each by-election. So so sad... for the "natural governing party of Canada". tsk tsk.

Conservative Bernard Généreux, the former mayor of La Pocatière, scored an upset in Montmagny-L'Islet-Kamouraska-Rivière du loup in eastern Quebec, taking more than 42 per cent of the vote, ahead of the Bloc's Nancy Gagnon, with just under 38 per cent.
Liberal Marcel Catellier ran a distant third with 13 per cent of the vote, followed by the NDP's François Lapointe with about five per cent.

n Nova Scotia, Conservative candidate Scott Armstrong reclaimed the riding of Cumberland-Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley, a longtime Tory stronghold.....
Armstrong won almost 46 per cent of the vote. His nearest rival, NDP candidate Mark Austin, took nearly 26 per cent, followed by Liberal Jim Burrows at just over 21 per cent.

In the second Quebec byelection, the Bloc's Daniel Paillé romped to victory in Hochelaga with more than 51 per cent of the vote. NDP candidate Jean-Claude Rocheleau, on whom the party had pinned strong hopes, ended up with about 20 per cent.
Liberal Robert David was third with14 per cent, followed by Conservative Stéphanie Cloutier at 10 per cent.

In the B.C. riding of New Westminster-Coquitlam, the NDP's Fin Donnelly won easily, capturing more than 49 per cent of the vote. Conservative candidate Diana Dilworth was next, with just under 36 per cent of the vote, and Liberal Ken Beck Lee a distant third with 10 per cent. Rebecca Helps of the Green Party was last.