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Canadian federal election results since 1867[edit]

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(Self-nomination) Tompw (talk) 18:18, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment - In the description of colours at the top, the Unionist government should not be the same colour as the PC Party, as the former was a coalition government with the Liberal Party. Also, the PC colour should include all five names that the pre-2003 Conservatives have used: Liberal-Conservative Party; Conservative Party; National Liberal and Conservative Party; National Government Party; and Progressive Conservative Party. --Arctic Gnome 19:19, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    I used the colours at Template:Canadian_politics/party_colours, which "consist of the consensus determined colours for Canadian parties to be used in electoral result and other tables reflecting the parties by colour." This is why the new Conservatives are seperate from PC etc.; and the Unionists lumped in with the PC. That said, I agree with you the Unionist shiould be a seperate colour, so will do something for that, and change the PC blue description to include LibCon etc. Tompw (talk) 19:37, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    OK, re-reading I clearly missed the point slightly in my first reply... anyway: I agree with you, and have changed things accordingly. Tompw (talk) 20:12, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Okay, asking for all five to be listed was probably a bit much; I've moved two of them into a footnote. --Arctic Gnome 04:20, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Very nice. How many more election results do you guys have? You must be Canada's Peter Snow. Colin°Talk 21:33, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • That's about it for post-confederation parliamentary elections, and there are another eight pre-confederation ones. We could keep doing this forever if someone wanted to work on the innumerable municipal elections. However, I'm going to start focusing on the lists of legislative assemblies resulting from these featured elections. --Arctic Gnome 03:59, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support The list is very detail-oriented, provided a lot of information in an easy-to-read list. --Smcafirst or Nick • Sign Here • Chit-Chat • Contribs at 22:09, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - I have a bit of a problem with the links to the election articles being just the year. For one thing, the official title of the elections is "Xth General Election"; and secondly, many people will glance over the link thinking that it's just another link to the article about the year itself. --Arctic Gnome 04:23, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    Fixed it myself. --Arctic Gnome 04:32, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - Where is note D? --Arctic Gnome 04:38, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    • It got stolen by the footnote monster. I've explained to it the importance of WP, and the footnote is now present. Tompw (talk) 11:09, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - Accurate, easy to read, and full of links. An excellent quick source of electoral history. --Arctic Gnome 09:12, 9 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Complete and well-organized. Just make the notes go immediately after the number. Michaelas10 (Talk) 18:36, 12 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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