Carleton, a riding long considered Pierre Poilievre's stronghold, witnessed a political earthquake as Liberal candidate Bruce Fanjoy decisively unseated the Conservative leader, ending his nearly two-decade tenure.
The preliminary election results painted a stark picture: Fanjoy's 42,374 votes secured a clear victory, a seismic shift in a riding synonymous with Poilievre's political career.
The dramatic upset wasn't just a personal blow to Poilievre; it underscored a broader trend in Carleton's election.
While the Liberal and Conservative candidates battled for dominance, amassing nearly 40,000 votes each (Fanjoy's 42,374 and Poilievre's 38,581 respectively), the rest of the field crumbled.
The riding's ballot, unusually crowded with 91 candidates, primarily Independents, became a testament to the sheer futility of their campaigns.
The vast majority registered at 0.0%, their vote counts lingering in single or double digits. Even those representing minor parties, like the Marijuana Party and CFP, failed to make a dent, their tallies barely exceeding a handful.
The most glaring example of this electoral collapse was Ysac Dupont, running with "No Affiliation," who received a resounding zero votes.
This stark figure encapsulated the symbolic nature of many candidacies, a byproduct of an electoral reform protest that ultimately proved inconsequential.
The NDP's Beth Prolaska, with 1,190 votes, represented the only minor party candidate to break the thousand-vote barrier, a mere blip compared to the Liberal and Conservative giants.
The results confirmed a two-horse race, with Fanjoy's victory marking a significant political upheaval in Poilievre's long-held territory. The sheer disparity in vote counts highlighted the overwhelming dominance of the two major parties, leaving the rest of the field, including Dupont's zero-vote campaign, as a footnote in Carleton's electoral history.
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The dramatic upset wasn't just a personal blow to Poilievre; it underscored a broader trend in Carleton's election.
While the Liberal and Conservative candidates battled for dominance, amassing nearly 40,000 votes each (Fanjoy's 42,374 and Poilievre's 38,581 respectively), the rest of the field crumbled.
The riding's ballot, unusually crowded with 91 candidates, primarily Independents, became a testament to the sheer futility of their campaigns.
The vast majority registered at 0.0%, their vote counts lingering in single or double digits. Even those representing minor parties, like the Marijuana Party and CFP, failed to make a dent, their tallies barely exceeding a handful.
The most glaring example of this electoral collapse was Ysac Dupont, running with "No Affiliation," who received a resounding zero votes.
This stark figure encapsulated the symbolic nature of many candidacies, a byproduct of an electoral reform protest that ultimately proved inconsequential.
The NDP's Beth Prolaska, with 1,190 votes, represented the only minor party candidate to break the thousand-vote barrier, a mere blip compared to the Liberal and Conservative giants.
The results confirmed a two-horse race, with Fanjoy's victory marking a significant political upheaval in Poilievre's long-held territory. The sheer disparity in vote counts highlighted the overwhelming dominance of the two major parties, leaving the rest of the field, including Dupont's zero-vote campaign, as a footnote in Carleton's electoral history.
