When was the first Canadian federal election you voted in, and whom did you vote for?

In My Humble Opinion
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As a corollary to the American thread

My first Canadian general election was in 2000, and I voted for myself. :cool:

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Now, how are any of the rest of us going to live up to that? :slight_smile:

I was 18 in 1981, and I voted NDP.

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  1. Joe Clark.
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About 15 years ago and I voted Liberal and probably always will.

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The 1997 Federal Election was just under three months after I turned 18, so I was very excited about voting.

I voted for the (incumbent) Liberal candidate for Edmonton East - Judy Bethel. She received 34.6% of the vote.

Unfortunately, Peter Goldring of the Reform Party won, with 44.6% of the vote.

Voter turnout in my riding was only 51.7% :frowning:

(numbers obtained from the Elections Canada website).

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I so dearly wanted to vote in the 2003 Ontario Provincial Election, but it was held literally one day before my 18th birthday. I was not impressed. I did end up voting in the Canadian Federal Election that year, for the NDP.

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1993, Liberal.

They got my vote again in 1997 and 2000, and then the last two times I voted Conservative.

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2000, NDP. For the woman with one of the most unfortunate names in Canadian politics - Willy Blomme.

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  1. NDP.

I live in one of the reddest ridings in Canada. The Liberals would have to be wiped out into the single digits for this riding to go to anyone else.

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2000 (a few months after my 18th birthday). Bloc Québécois. I voted for the NDP in 2004 and for the Bloc again in 2006 – the man I voted for won this time. Who will get my vote in 2007? I don’t know yet.

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1997, Reform.

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1997, Green.

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1979, but I can’t remember who I voted for. It was either Clark or Trudeau, though.

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1997 - Reform. Jason Kenney.

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1974 - NDP, after that, either Rhino or NDP

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1984 - PC
1993 - Liberal
1997 - Liberal
2000 - Reform
2004 - Conservative
2006 - Conservative

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you know, I can’t remember. I have voted in every election (municipal, provincial and federal) since I turned 18 (in 1994), but since I live in Toronto and Toronto is addicted to Liberal Red my vote has never made much difference.

There are some Liberals that I would vote for but unfortunately the ones whom I did have the opportunity to vote for did not meet that criteria. So I probably voted Green where possible and NDP where not, but the Liberals have won every time.

Someday I hope to vote for a winning candidate. Either the Libs are going to have to produce someone (local) worth voting for, or the other parties are going to have to start stepping up. Sheesh.

Under this political system, my vote is the least significant aspect of my political participation.

So let me take this opportunity to urge Ontario dopers to take note of the referendum (most likely) happening alongside October’s provincial election. The question is, should we switch to a new form of electoral representation? More information on the Citizen’s Assembly website. If like me, you are sick of wasting your vote, this is your chance to do something about it.

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I was so hoping to get picked for the Citizens’ Assembly. A Doper making recommendations for Ontarian democracy? (Bwa-ha-ha-ha-haa) But, alas, it was a random choice.

Ontarians, definitely check this out.

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2000 and it was Liberal. It has been Liberal ever since. I cannot bring myself to not vote Liberal. Voting NDP is like voting Nader in the United States; you’re just letting the enemy win.

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In the last election, New Democrats were the only candidates to unseat Conservative incumbents.