Tuesday, January 24, 2006

保守黨執政了

今天在公司,同事談的都是選舉,保守黨真的如民調預測,果然勝選,一周或兩周之後,加拿大就有了新的執政黨。


讓人意外的是保守黨在魁北克省的進展,從上次選舉毫無席次,到這次有十席。除了讓魁北克獨立黨得票率倒退到42個百分點左右,還讓自由黨的在該省幾乎江山盡失。


保守黨在安大略省也大有長進,加上平原三省的大本營仍然大勝,總共席次領先自由黨21席,確定執政。自由黨的 Paul Martin 當晚就表示辭去黨主席的職位,非常有擔當的表示負責,台灣上次像這樣負責的主席是誰?我想不起來。


人力資源部長,Blinda,上次從保守黨變節加入自由黨的竟然還是當選,選前以為她會為陣前倒戈付出敗選的代價,結果仍然囊括原來選區的自由黨選票,可能加上女性選民,或是她父親公司員工的支持,仍然勝選。我一個同事為她助選,選前還愁苦的說很不樂觀,今天看她神采飛揚,非常得意,昨夜還狂歡慶祝,


不知道這次的投票率有多高,選前報紙還在說會跌到45%。可見選民對政治的冷感,從台灣來看,加拿大的選舉實在太平淡無味了,不知道這算不算另一種進步?


因為是少數執政,必須要與其他黨妥協,相信保守黨的政策綱領不會有太大的揮灑空間,因為需要與其他黨合作,法案才可能通過,這裡的政黨不像台灣的民進黨,不肯妥協,導致國會空轉。


過去加拿大的少數執政都不超過18個月,也許下一個選舉又會很快到來。


7 comments:

  1. 呵呵,只要看猴子的報導就可以不用看報紙囉.唉!最近忙著弄我的卡拉ok機器,所以都沒上來看看,呵呵.

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  2. Thanks, it is 64.9%. But, this is based on registered electors. Since there are people who are eligible to vote but don't register, the total eligible voters are much higher. Therefore, the actual voting rate, 投票率, should be much lower.


    Quote: olls reporting: 66,151/66,171Voter turnout: 14,815,680 of 22,812,683 registered electors (64.9%)The number of registered electors shown in this table does not include electors who registered on election day.

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  3. From the same source, Election Canada, it says:

    Voter turnout:  Voter turnout is calculated from the number of valid votes in relation to the number of electors registered to vote. Please note that the number of registered electors shown in this table does not include electors who registered on election day.

    It looks like there are some difference between the number of registered voters and the number of eligible voters. I ask a few of my Canadian colleagues and they don't have a clue either.

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  4. After a little more research, it turns out that the difference between registered voters and eligible voters seems insignificant. Most of medias use 64.9% as the participation rate of this election. So, I guess this is the final. One thing surprises me is that only around 25% of the young voters, 18 to mid 20’s, do vote. Sigh, this is sad.

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  5. 太好了~果然是保守黨.我覺得只有保守黨我看比較順眼而已.....說起來,加拿大的選舉真的沒有台灣熱鬧....這應該是好事吧~

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