By-Elections 2000 – Official Voting Results

SYNOPSIS OF THE OFFICIAL VOTING RESULTS

Note to the reader

Electors on the lists

For the three 2000 by-elections, the final voters lists, established after election day under subsection 71.32 of the Canada Elections Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. E-2, included:

• electors listed in the National Register of Electors
• electors registered during the revision period
• electors who registered on election day
• Canadian Forces electors registered in the three electoral districts
• Canadian electors temporarily residing abroad whose last residential address in Canada was in one of the three electoral districts
• incarcerated electors serving sentences of less than two years who resided in the three electoral districts before incarceration

Voting under the Special Voting Rules

The Special Voting Rules allow voting by special ballot, by mail or in person at the office of the returning officer. Voters using this method are split into two groups for reporting purposes.

The first group consists of electors whose names appear on separate lists:

• Canadian electors temporarily residing outside Canada
  
• Canadian Forces electors
• incarcerated electors who were registered in one of the three electoral districts and serving sentences of less than two years

The second group consists of resident Canadians whose names appear on the voters lists for the polling divisions, but who register to vote by special ballot because they do not wish to vote at an advance poll or on election day.

Rounding of figures

Because the figures given in the tables in this report were rounded, there may be some discrepancies in the totals.

Short forms of political affiliations used in this report

Canadian Action
(Canadian Action Party)

Canadian Alliance
(Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance)

Green Party
(The Green Party of Canada)

Independent

Liberal
(Liberal Party of Canada)

N.D.P.
(New Democratic Party)

Progressive Conservative
(Progressive Conservative Party of Canada)

No Affiliation

TABLE 3 – Number of voters and polling stations

Electoral district	Population*	Voters on the lists	Ordinary polling stations		Advance polling stations	Total polling stations
			Stationary	Mobile
Kings–Hants	98 676	69 319	212	2	13	227
Okanagan–Coquihalla	102 463	68 902	207	5	13	225
St. John’s West	100 573	72 697	213	1	13	227
Total	301 712	210 918	632	8	39	679

*Based on 1996 Census

TABLE 4 – Number of ballots and voter turnout

Electoral district	Population*	Voters on the lists	Valid ballots	Rejected ballots	Total ballots cast	Percentage of elector participation
Kings–Hants	98 676	69 319	27 176	232	27 408	39.5
Okanagan–Coquihalla	102 463	68 902	27 619	124	27 743	40.3
St. John’s West	100 573	72 697	32 107	103	32 210	43.3
Total	301 712	210 918	86 902	459	87 361	...

*Based on 1996 Census

TABLE 5 – List of candidates and individual results

Electoral district	Candidate and affiliation	Place of residence	Occupation	Votes obtained	Percentage of valid votes
Kings–Hants	Clark, Joe (Progressive Conservative)	Wolfville	Party leader	14 525	53.44
	Fulton, Gerry (Canadian Alliance)	Berwick	Businessman	4 385	16.13
	Johnson, Kaye (N.D.P.)	Kentville	Educator	7 375	27.13
	Neron, Alex (No Affiliation)	Montréal	Filmmaker	670	2.46
	Turmel, John C. (Independent)	Ottawa	Banking system engineer	221	0.81
Okanagan–Coquihalla	Baker, Dennis Earl (Independent)	Penticton	Aircraft maintenance engineer	223	0.80
	Day, Stockwell (Canadian Alliance)	Summerland	Leader of the Canadian Alliance	19 417	70.30
	Ellis, Ken (N.D.P.)	Merritt	Teacher	3 470	12.56
	Gajic, Rad (Independent)	Prince George	Chief Executive Officer	108	0.39
	Peach, Jack William (Canadian Action)	Westbank	Marketing consultant	1 159	4.19
	Russow, Joan (Green Party)	Cawston	Leader, Green Party of Canada	2 115	7.65
	St-Maurice, M. Boris (Independent)	Montréal	Musician	438	1.58
	Strauss, Jim (Independent)	Kamloops	Master herbalist	689	2.49
St. John’s West	Hall, Frank (Canadian Alliance)	Chelsea	Political advisor	1 315	4.09
	Hearn, Loyola (Progressive Conservative)	Renews	Chief of staff	11 392	35.48
	Malone, Greg (N.D.P.)	St. John’s	Writer/actor	11 036	34.37
	Sparrow, Anthony G. (Liberal)	Dunville	Businessman	8 032	25.01
	White, E. Sailor (No Affiliation)	St. John’s	Pro-wrestler	332	1.03

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