PC Leadership Race- Redford wins.

[starseed]

That has to be a typo! That doubles his vote count on the night!

[First Lady]

Lacombe Ponoka

Mar 288
Horner 77
Morton 73
Orman 15
Redford 52
Griffiths 40

[Bunk]

Horner jumped into the second with support of Ray Danyluk's riding.

[SebC]

Originally Posted by Resolute 14

Just because the system doesn't work the way you want does not mean it is not a democracy.

The system is designed such that you vote for the party, not the individual in a general election. The premier is, by definition, the leader of the party with the most seats.

It's still a shoddy system though, because first-past-the-post produces results that are not very representative of what voting expresses.

[Resolute 14]

Originally Posted by First Lady

Lac la Biche

Mar 102
Horner 1089
Morton 34
Orman 20
Redford 65
Griffiths 33

NO, that's not a typo
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Jebus... he got a better percentage of the vote than the ruling party does in a Mexican election.

[Resolute 14]

Originally Posted by SebC

It's still a shoddy system though, because first-past-the-post produces results that are not very representative of what voting expresses.

Agreed. But that doesn't make it "not democratic".

[killer_carlson]

wow.

A riding to watch up here is Dave Hancock's riding. He has tremendous support and a notoriously strong organization behind him. He went to Mar.

Riding is Edmonton Whitemud. If Hancock's team delivers, it could be an enormous pick up for Mar, similar to lac la biche for Horner.

[First Lady]

Twitter:

14/87 ridings reporting: Mar 37%, Morton 12%, Horner 28%, Redford 14%, Griffiths 5%, Orman 4% #ableg #pcldr

[SebC]

Originally Posted by Resolute 14

Agreed. But that doesn't make it "not democratic".

I would say that FPTP is "less democratic" than other (better) voting systems. I agree with you with respect to the PC leadership race though: we elected the PCs, and they are free to choose whoever they like as their leader.

Perhaps you could argue that the PC leadership race is a form of representative democracy and is thus "less democratic" than direct democracy (for the PC leadership race), but it's not a particularly significant gap IMO.

[starseed]

Originally Posted by First Lady

Twitter:

14/87 ridings reporting: Mar 37%, Morton 12%, Horner 28%, Redford 14%, Griffiths 5%, Orman 4% #ableg #pcldr

That one riding really skewed things... yeesh. That looks a lot like the results in the last PC leadership first ballot... With Redford or Morton being the Stelmach...

[First Lady]

Olds Didsbury Three Hills


Mar 239
Horner 103
Morton 138
Orman 28
Redford 73
Griffiths 63

[First Lady]

Innisfail Sylvan Lake

Mar 144
Horner 258
Morton 54
Orman 18
Redford 54
Griffiths 46

[First Lady]

Lethbridge West

Mar 177
Horner 85
Morton 83
Orman 17
Redford 45
Griffiths 37

[First Lady]

Rocky Mtn House

Mar 128
Horner 29
Morton 39
Orman 9
Redford 28
Griffiths 15

[killer_carlson]

I'm a bit surprised that Orman is behind griffiths.

Orman had some big names behind his campaign...

[First Lady]

Edmonton McClung

Mar 395
Horner 127
Morton 234
Orman 33
Redford 115
Griffiths 29

[First Lady]

Originally Posted by killer_carlson

I'm a bit surprised that Orman is behind griffiths.

Orman had some big names behind his campaign...

Griffiths has personality.

[Slava]

The reporting is really pathetic. Polls closed about 2 hours ago and we have results from what....about 25 ridings? So archaic!

[First Lady]

Airdrie Chestermere

Mar 181
Horner 40
Morton 106
Orman 192
Redford 121
Griffiths 13

[Resolute 14]

Originally Posted by Slava

The reporting is really pathetic. Polls closed about 2 hours ago and we have results from what....about 25 ridings? So archaic!

You should check out the newspaper results from elections in the first half of last century. Sometimes it was days before the full standings were known!