Canadian federal polling division files

[Verily]

Newton--North Delta is really interesting. And really polarized. And the strategic voting boundary along Surrey North is really obvious.

Also, is that a Green poll in Vancouver North? I mean, yeah, they beat the NDP there, but they still only got 11%. Of course, there's an NDP poll in Vancouver North as well, and they got only 9%.

[Verily]

The Conservatives swept (won all the polls in) a riding in Quebec (Beauce)!  That riding, like all currently Conservative-held ridings in Quebec except Roberval-Lac-Saint-Jean which they picked up more in a by-election in September 2007, wasn't even held by the Tories going into the 2006 election (and they might have swept it in that election as well, as their candidate got 67.02% that year but "only" 62.40% in 2008), although the BQ vote went down from 19.97% to 14.00% so they might have won a poll in the previous election.

The Liberals swept one riding in Quebec (one riding nation-wide actually), Saint-Léonard-Saint-Michel.  The Bloc Québécois swept two ridings, Montcalm and Rivière-du-Nord.  All other poll sweeps were Conservative sweeps, two in Ontario (where they also won all polls except one where they tied with the Liberals in one riding, Carleton-Mississippi Mills), two in British Columbia and eight in... take a wild guess.

Didn't the NDP sweep Vancouver East? It looks like it on that map.

[Verily]

Queens County is interesting considering the provincial NDP only barely won the seat there in 2006 while running a close second province-wide and without a Liberal candidate.

[Verily]

Queens County is interesting considering the provincial NDP only barely won the seat there in 2006 while running a close second province-wide and without a Liberal candidate.

Yeah, the NDP's recent gains here are quite interesting, considering it's traditionally Tory and the party's other areas on the north-central mainland remain quite strong. The area is very WASPy:  South Shore-St. Margaret's is 307th out of 308th in % of Catholics, with only Abbotsford lower. (which, given the levels of non-religion in B.C. compared to the Maritimes, is saying something).

I doubt Abbotsford has many non-religious people, though. Evangelical heaven. That was where the amusing NDP-Liberal spat in 2006 was, though, right?

Anyway, the NDP now holds every seat that makes up South Shore-St Margaret's provincially, all except Lunenberg West with large majorities. I would expect them to take it at the next GE even if the NDP falls off somewhat (as long as they don't collapse, anyway).

[Verily]

Why are the Kootenays so NDP, and is that pattern continued in Kootenay--Columbia?

[Verily]

According to the below Wikipedia article, eastern Lachine is very Bloc while western Lachine is very Liberal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre-Dame-de-Gr%C3%A2ce%E2%80%94Lachine

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According to Wikipedia, the Greens spent nearly as much as the Conservatives in Brandon and far more than the NDP or Liberals in 2008. Whereas they spent $15.50 in 2006 (lol). That can make a big difference. If all the signs in Brandon were for the Greens or the Conservatives, you can imagine where the anti-Conservative votes went.