# Best of luck to matt\_mcl! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 11, 2002, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-luck-to-matt_mcl/108536 "2002-05-11T21:04:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2002, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-luck-to-matt_mcl/108536/21 "2002-05-13T20:55:36Z")
The annoying thing is that if we all lived in one area, we’d have the votes to elect him! ---
**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2002, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-luck-to-matt_mcl/108536/22 "2002-05-13T21:03:29Z")
Well, I am a far cry from an NDP supporter, but I will give Matt\_mcl a pat on the back. Like the party or not, I respect someone who puts the effort into running for a seat. God knows its far more than I have ever done, or likely to do. Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2002, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-luck-to-matt_mcl/108536/23 "2002-05-13T22:38:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RickJay \* > \*\*Matt would be such an enormous improvement over the bozos we have running our country it’s staggering to even contemplate it. \*\* I don’t live in **matt\_mcl** ’s riding, and therefore can’t vote there, but I can say that knowing him personally, he’d be a hell of a lot better than anyone else running. - s.e. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-luck-to-matt_mcl/108536/24 "2002-05-14T02:05:08Z")
Tune in for results from matt\_mcl’s riding, refreshed every thirty seconds: [http://enr.elections.ca/enr/results\_24074\_e.asp](http://enr.elections.ca/enr/results_24074_e.asp) ---
**Author:** ![pesch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pesch/32/4925_2.png) [@pesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pesch)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-luck-to-matt_mcl/108536/25 "2002-05-14T02:17:38Z")
Way cool! The page is refreshing itself and everything. Uh-oh, with 14.35% counted, Matt’s got 3.6% of the vote. It’s gonna be a long night, I’m afraid. Still, it’s a Good Thing. Congratulations, Matt! ---
**Author:** ![Hamish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Hamish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamish)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-luck-to-matt_mcl/108536/26 "2002-05-14T03:09:08Z")
**Wyldkard** and I are both Matt’s roommates, and we’ve already cast our votes. Can’t let that damn NDP get in, or they’ll waste our tax money on feeding hungry children instead of building good old-fashioned nukes. 😃 _OUCH_ stop throwing tomatoes. Of course we’re both card-carrying members of the NDP and voted for Matt ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-luck-to-matt_mcl/108536/27 "2002-05-14T03:26:43Z")
With 199 of 203 (95.22%) of polls reporting at this hour: Liza Frulla (Liberals) 64.3% (this is the ruling party) Sonia Goulet (Bloc Quebecois) 25.8% Bernard Cote (PC) 4.4% **Matt McLauchlin (NDP) 3.6%** Joe de Santis (Alliance) 1.4% (official opposition) Robert Lindblad (n/a) 0.6% Yeah, baby. Our Matt beat out the official opposition. Many congratulations, Matt. ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-luck-to-matt_mcl/108536/28 "2002-05-14T03:29:11Z")
Congrats, **matt**! Matt has so far gotten 1.2% more of the total vote (I got it right this time ;)) than last election! ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-luck-to-matt_mcl/108536/29 "2002-05-14T03:35:09Z")
Wow. Thanks, you folks. I’m really thrilled and honoured by what you’ve had to say tonight. It’s just so gratifying to know what good sentiments exist here. I really appreciate it. (And I wish you all lived in my riding too 😉 But the BIG NEWS is that _ **the New Democrat guy is beating the pants off the Liberal in Windsor West!!!** _ With 94,14% of polls reporting, Brian Masse of the NDP beat Richard Pollock of the Liberals, 42,9% to 35%! In the Libs’ own damn election! We wooon! We woooon!! We wooooooooooonnnnn! _happy dance_ 🆒 🆒 🆒 \<— orange NDP smilies ---
**Author:** ![Wyldkard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ccd318/32.png) [@Wyldkard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wyldkard)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-luck-to-matt_mcl/108536/30 "2002-05-14T03:54:42Z")
Hey Matt we love you and happen to think you’d make a decent politician. I think you’re doing pretty great given the turn out i think you are doing at least as well if not better than last time. _Great bIg HUGS!!!_ and you’ve got almost triple the Alliance vote, another **YaY!!!** ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-luck-to-matt_mcl/108536/31 "2002-05-14T04:13:55Z")
Electoral district results 2002 By-elections May 13, 2002 Results as of: 12:10 a.m. (EDT) on May 14, 2002 Number of polls reporting: 209 of 209 polls (100.00 %) Voter turnout at 12:10 a.m. (EDT): 17,080 of 67,956 registered electors (25.13 %) ``` Candidate Party Votes % Bernard Côté Progressive Conservative Party of Canada 740 4.30 Joe De Santis Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance 240 1.40 Liza Frulla Liberal Party of Canada 10,889 63.80 Sonia Goulet Bloc Québécois 4,460 26.10 Robert Lindblad No Affiliation 113 0.70 Matthew McLauchlin New Democratic Party 638 3.70 ``` ---
**Author:** ![Hamish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Hamish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamish)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-luck-to-matt_mcl/108536/32 "2002-05-14T04:47:35Z")
Congrats, Matt, on increasing your percentage of the vote. But I guess I can tell you that when you get home. My only question – who were the 113 people who voted for _Lindblad_?! The guy had no platform except that he was a “world-famous psychic” who nobody’s ever heard of. He had the charisma of a dead Canadian Senator, the social skills of a man raised by oysters, and to say he had a poor grasp of the issues would be to suggest he had any grasp of them at all. But if I continue in this vein, this’ll wind up in the Pit 😉 ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-luck-to-matt_mcl/108536/33 "2002-05-14T12:34:19Z")
Psst, **Hamish** , you forgot to add that he advertized himself as the only candidate with a B.A. in PoliScience. Another one to send you its congrats **matt**. BTW, Alexa called us from Florida last night and in case you didn’t know, Normand beat Boris. Wow, 3.70 % ! All our hard work paid off. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-luck-to-matt_mcl/108536/34 "2002-05-15T03:07:11Z")
Thank you once again. I’m back in Montreal, and now I’ve nought to do until July except go to work and do two months’ worth of laundry. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-of-luck-to-matt_mcl/108536.md?page=1)