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Martin defies skeptics with strong minority win
Defying expectations, Prime Minister Paul Martin has led his Liberals to a fourth mandate. Short of a majority, however, they'll be governing as a minority in a fractured Parliament. more...
Harper admits disappointment with vote result
Celebrating his party's showing in the federal election, Conservative Leader Stephen Harper says a message has been sent to Ottawa. more...
Duceppe: Bloc win a step towards sovereignty
Bloc Quebecois Gilles Duceppe says his party's success in Quebec means that Quebecers have rejected the sponsorship scandal and cast a huge vote for sovereignty. more...
NDP leader Jack Layton promises 'new energy'
NDP leader Jack Layton spent the latter part of the campaign asking for a "central role" in the next Parliament, and Canadians gave it to him. more...
Greens fail to earn seat, but gain in votes
The Green Party have broken the half-million vote barrier, earning more than 570,000 votes across the country, but failed to capture a federal seat. more...
Liberals pick up seats in Atlantic Canada
Atlantic Canada has handed the Liberals three more seats than they had at dissolution, and delivered a crushing defeat to Stephen Harper and his Conservatives. more...
Defying pundits, voters paint Ontario Grit red
Ontario voters trumped the pundits on Monday night, as the neck-and-neck race predicted for the province failed to materialize. Instead, the Liberals swept the vote-rich region. more...
Prairies, Alberta remain Conservative bastions
Western Canada was a Conservative stronghold going into Monday's election, and it remained one afterward. In Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan, the NDP and Liberals totalled 10 seats out of 56. more...
Liberals widen seat numbers in British Columbia
Once again, the result of a Canadian federal election was decided before people in B.C. had finished voting. While the results may not have been critical, there were some surprises. more...
Election aftermath may become a numbers game
As Paul Martin's Liberal minority government seeks partnerships with the other parties to maintain stability, it could all come down to math. more...
United Conservatives underperformed old parties
The great "unite the right" experiment produced 99 seats, but the Conservative Party captured fewer votes than the combined total of its predecessors in 2000, a CTV.ca analysis has found. more...
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