Last thoughts on an election where we got snookered by the Con campaign.

Well, I wasn’t wrong: North Island elected the toxic Con.

Just as predicted.

He got less than 39%; the NDP candidate achieved 32.5%; the Liberal candidate got 26%.

In much of the rest of Canada the NDP vote would have collapsed and the Liberal would have beaten the Con.

But not in North Island-Powell River!

We reverted to the days of John Duncan/ Stephen Harper, split the vote, and elected the Con-Reform-Alliance, etc. (6 times.)

I’m still trying to wrap my head around what we think we achieved by running a viable campaign we were always bound to lose.

And search in vain for a principle we upheld, a platform we promoted.

Nothing comes to mind.

Good candidate, though. Hope she runs provincially, next time.