pipsqueak1984@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 5 days agoConservatives win longtime Liberal stronghold Toronto-St. Paul's in shock byelection resultwww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down16
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minus-squaregirlfreddy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 days 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-squaredankm@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 days 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.