Canadian election maps

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Very interesting; could you explain some of the voting patterns?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

I was hoping you could shed some light on that, Al. This is interesting stuff, but unfortunately my knowledge is lacking as to exact voting patterns of the day.

I was wondering how closely the voting patterns fitted in with where different groups of immigrants and all that settled... I've got some maps somewhere actually...

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Looks like the Irish voted Conservative and the English Liberal.

Yes (in general), although there doesn't seem to be a distinction between Irish Catholic and from what's now Northern Ireland. Methinks there might have been a big difference between the two. These elections were (IIRC anyway) before sectarianism became a big problem in Ontario though.

Looking at a map I've got (not entirely sure how accurate it is), areas of older English settlement in SW Ontario seem to have been more likely to vote Tory than areas of newer English settlement down there. Hmm...