On October 14, 2008 Canadians voted in the 40th federal election. Incumbent Prime Minister Stephen Harper had been hoping to win a majority government, but instead was handed a second minority mandate. Elizabeth May and the Green Party were the big losers of the night, completely shut out of the new government. Tag your stories "Election results" to have them appear here.

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Track real-time comments about the election results in Canada, or search results by candidate, riding or province, at the Election Results page from Elections Canada.Unofficial election results, Canada votes...

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"taying up late for Scottish election results or watching Scotland play football? #worldofpain..."

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"wants to point out that we don't elect a president in Canada and in Parliament the majority vote is democracy. Harper can run but not hide...."

updated twitter @ 2008-12-04 22:44:57

"Let's see, illegal taping, muzzling our duly elected representatives in Parliament... all hail Supreme Ayatollah Harper! #autocracy..."

lamech updated twitter @ 2008-12-04 21:54:44

"I wonder if the current Canadian parliamentary crisis would have happened if the Liberals had forced an election in October 2007...."

bluegnu updated twitter @ 2008-12-04 21:12:54

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