Here are the official round-by-round results from the May 2017 leadership vote, showing the candidates’ national point share across all 338 federal ridings:
Those numbers produced this moment, live on CPAC, as Andrew Scheer defeated Maxime Bernier in the 13th round to become the second leader of the Conservative Party of Canada:
Final Round of ballot: @andrewscheer is the new #CPCldr & @MaximeBernier is eliminated pic.twitter.com/eVx2bcCFuh
— CPAC (@CPAC_TV) May 28, 2017
MAPPING THE CAMPAIGN
Here’s how Andrew Scheer’s final-round support came from each riding, producing the 17222.20 points (out of 33,800) that led to victory:
Scheer won the most points in 175 ridings, while Bernier won 158.
Five ridings were an exact 50-50 tie: Esquimalt–Saanich–Sooke, B.C., Newmarket–Aurora, Ont., Abitibi–Baie-James–Nunavik–Eeyou, Que., Montarville, Que., and Repentigny, Que.
Scheer’s top 10 ridings in the final round:
| Regina–Qu’Appelle, SK |
89.54 |
| Richmond–Arthabaska, QC |
89.06 |
| Rimouski-Neigette–Témiscouata–Les Basques, QC |
87.65 |
| Abitibi—Témiscamingue, QC |
85.90 |
| Lac-Saint-Jean, QC |
82.17 |
| Montmagny–L’Islet–Kamouraska–Rivière-du-Loup, QC |
82.13 |
| Chilliwack–Hope, BC |
81.64 |
| Shefford, QC |
81.25 |
| Egmont, PEI |
81.00 |
| Mégantic–L’Érable, QC |
80.37 |
Scheer’s bottom 10 results:
| Manicouagan, QC |
12.12 |
| Beauport–Limoilou, QC |
13.40 |
| Bourassa, QC |
14.29 |
| Thérèse-De Blainville, QC |
15.09 |
| Alfred-Pellan, QC |
15.79 |
| Gatineau, QC |
16.26 |
| Louis-Saint-Laurent, QC |
16.46 |
| Honoré-Mercier, QC |
17.65 |
| Longueuil–Saint-Hubert, QC |
20.00 |
| Terrebonne, QC |
20.00 |
More than 259,000 people were eligible to vote.
The Conservative Party of Canada had 259,010 paid members as of Mar. 28, 2017 — the cutoff date for voting eligibility.
That represented a gain of over 150,000 people since the beginning of 2017, as leadership candidates sought to capitalize on the one-member one-vote system for choosing Stephen Harper’s replacement.
About 32 per cent of riding associations had more than 1,000 members, according to the party.
Alberta and Ontario had a larger share of the party membership compared to these provinces’ overall share of Canada’s population (11.6 and 38.3 per cent respectively, according to the 2016 Census). Conversely, Quebec’s share was far less than its national total (23.2 per cent).
Even though the membership numbers varied by province, all 338 ridings carried equal weight in determining the winner, regardless of the number of votes.
-Andrew Thomson
