Canadian federal polling division files

[Hatman]

Because we haven't had much GTA coverage in this thread....Trinity-Spadina:

I currently live here. I'm actually living in UoT residences FYI. Where are these places?

Also do Toronto Central, Toronto Danforth and Mississauga South please.

Since when have you been in Canada?

[Vasall des Midas]

I was going to get around to Central Nova soon anyway...

Greens did the best in Antigonish, where St. FX is, so that makes sense, and it looks like their best result was Pictou Island. (interesting). I don't know anything about Pictou Island.  Wikipedia says it is a fishing Island but it also uses solar and windpower, which might explain some things.

The NDP polls seem kind of random...

The two rural ones look perfectly random. I tried to figure out what that NDP-voting village east of Antigonish is, and it seems that it's a Micmac reservation (Afton).

Median household income is a third of Manitoba's... and the households are larger on average.

[Ghyl Tarvoke]

Because we haven't had much GTA coverage in this thread....Trinity-Spadina:

I currently live here. I'm actually living in UoT residences FYI. Where are these places?

Also do Toronto Central, Toronto Danforth and Mississauga South please.

Since when have you been in Canada?

Since Last Month (June 14th to be precise). There was a thread about it here, but I'm not bothered to find it right now.

I'm currently posting from a free internet service (for those with Student VISAs) in Downtown Toronto.

[the506]

A downtown Toronto 7-pack for you tonight...

[Hatman]

Very interesting.

First of all it is interesting to see how polarized some of Toronto is, like how Parkdale is NDP while High Park is Liberal. Southern Davenport is NDP (more so provincially) while the north is Liberal. And take a look at that big blue splotch! That would be Forest Hill, centred around Upper Canada College, a well known major private secondary school.

It would be interesting to see what Toronto Centre would be like if it weren't so Liberal, that is if you took Rosedale (the north part) out of it. I remember the NDP won some polls in Centre in 2006. Guess those votes went to that scumbag Rae. Strongest Liberal areas were Regent Park and Cabbagetown.

Beaches-East York is rather disappointing. It doesn't appear to be as polarized, but I guess the NDP did better in East York than in Beaches.

[Hashemite]

Well, fishies vote NDP.

[the506]

Vancouver:

[Holmes]

I'm actually living in UoT residences FYI.

... University college, right? *shakes fist*

[cp]

I love this thread. Keep 'em coming! I particularly like the compilation ones; it's fascinating to see the side-by-side comparisons between polling divisions in adjacent ridings.

My requests:

- Montreal island as a whole, particularly Outremont

- Winnipeg

- Hamilton and Windsor: where the NDP won the two seats in the centre and the Tories took the surrounding countryside.

[Smid]

I love this thread. Keep 'em coming! I particularly like the compilation ones; it's fascinating to see the side-by-side comparisons between polling divisions in adjacent ridings.

Agreed! It's great to see the voting trends and the flows from one riding to the next.

[Ghyl Tarvoke]

I'm actually living in UoT residences FYI.

... University college, right? *shakes fist*

No. New College.

Good work everyone. Keep it up.

[Hatman]

Vancouver is really interesting. Riding boundaries really seem to mean a lot. And Green polls in Vancouver Centre!!

[Smid]

Riding boundaries really seem to mean a lot.

A local Member's personal vote, perhaps?

[Hatman]

Riding boundaries really seem to mean a lot.

A local Member's personal vote, perhaps?

Somewhat, but also factor in strategic voting. I think maps like this prove it exists.

[Kevinstat]

I think Regina deserves some attention.  Could someone do whichever of the four Regina-splitting "rurban" constituencies was closest for starters (although I also echo the call for ward maps of all seven of the remaining "rurban" Saskatchewan constituencies)?

[Vasall des Midas]

Riding boundaries really seem to mean a lot.

A local Member's personal vote, perhaps?

Somewhat, but also factor in strategic voting. I think maps like this prove it exists.

I don't think that was needed anymore.

[the506]

Montreal:

[Hatman]

Wow. Polarized

[Vasall des Midas]

That lightblue corridor is interesting.

[Hatman]

We should have a redistricting thread now, to either do the following:

1) make districts more competitive
2) make districts more politically homogeneous

[Senator MaxQue]

Some more Native areas would be interesting. I have a theory about what predicts the heavily Liberal vs. more NDP/others patterns among reserves, but I don't have many data.

On my Abitibi-Baie James-Nunavik-Eeyou, all Liberal precincts are Native areas. The Conservative precicnt in Wasnanipi too. I am doing Abitibi-Témiscamingue map and Pikogan, a Native reservation, voted for the BQ. BQ 29%, NDP 25%, Liberal 24%.

[Hatman]

Some more Native areas would be interesting. I have a theory about what predicts the heavily Liberal vs. more NDP/others patterns among reserves, but I don't have many data.

On my Abitibi-Baie James-Nunavik-Eeyou, all Liberal precincts are Native areas. The Conservative precicnt in Wasnanipi too. I am doing Abitibi-Témiscamingue map and Pikogan, a Native reservation, voted for the BQ. BQ 29%, NDP 25%, Liberal 24%.

Ooh. I look forward to this.

[Hashemite]

That Sask riding with the very long name, D-M-CR or something along those lines, would be fun. IIRC, it's majority native and is held by the Tories.

I note that majority native ridings vote differently than native areas in non-majority native ridings.

[Senator MaxQue]

http://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/GALLERY/2545_12_07_09_5_20_03.png

La Sarre-Macamic-Palmarolle is in the northwest, Amos is in the northeast, Barraute is a little to the southeast of Amos. Rouyn-Noranda is the big city in the middle of the riding. Notre-Dame-du-Nord/Ville-Marie/Lorrainville is a zoom on that border area and Témiscaming is in south, on Ontario border.

[Hashemite]

We've been noticed by the Pundits' Guide! Muy bien, amigos.

I put in a request for Glengarry-Prescott-Russell... and why not Pontiac.