pipsqueak1984 to Canada · 6 months agoConservatives win longtime Liberal stronghold Toronto-St. Paul's in shock byelection resultwww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square75fedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down16cross-posted to: canadapolitics[email protected]
arrow-up146arrow-down1external-linkConservatives win longtime Liberal stronghold Toronto-St. Paul's in shock byelection resultwww.cbc.capipsqueak1984 to Canada · 6 months agomessage-square75fedilinkcross-posted to: canadapolitics[email protected]
minus-squaregirlfreddylinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 months agoThere was a time when Saskatchewan was soley led by the CCF/NDP for 20 years straight (beginning with the father of universal health care, Tommy Douglas, in '44), then 8 yrs of PCs, then Blakeney (NDP) for another 9 years.
minus-squaredankmlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 months agoYup, all true, but even then Saskatchewan largely voted PC federally. Very strange political mix.
There was a time when Saskatchewan was soley led by the CCF/NDP for 20 years straight (beginning with the father of universal health care, Tommy Douglas, in '44), then 8 yrs of PCs, then Blakeney (NDP) for another 9 years.
Yup, all true, but even then Saskatchewan largely voted PC federally. Very strange political mix.