[NefCanuck]

In my riding the Liberal candidate won, despite the fact that her total contribution to the well-being of my riding seems to fall somewhere between "jack" and "squat"

I ascribe that to a number of factors:

1. The Liberal party machinery was better organized than any of the other parties (multiple mailings, mysteriously appearing "updates" from her office declaring what good work the government had done within days of the election being called)

2. The fact that the Conservative party candidate was a former Progressive Conservative caucus member in Ontario, people here still remember what happened under Harris, both good and ill.

3. I call this one a "dirty trick" though others may differ. A few days before the election we received another mailing from the Liberal incumbent and on the back was a reproduction of the voters ballot but only the candidates name was on it. People were encouraged to "bring this card with them to the polling station on election day" the clear implication (to me at least) that the MP was banking on a less sophisticated voter not knowing any better and ending up voting for her, even if they didn't want to.

Ain't democracy fun? <_<

NefCanuck