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Volume 113, Issue 9
Wednesday, August 26, 2020
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The Lougheed Village Office was damaged on Saturday, Aug. 22, by an individual operating a piece of equipment. Killam RCMP arrived on scene and took one suspect into custody. See full story and more photos Page 22.
New CPC leader has clear support from local conservatives Leslie Cholowsky Editor
After an unscheduled delay caused by malfunctioning machinery, voting members of the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) voted Erin O’Toole as their new party leader after the third round of ballots. In the first round, Battle River Crowfoot conservatives, with a total of 1,816 ballots returned, showed strong support for O’Toole and Leslyn Lewis, with 613 and 562 votes respectively. Candidate Derek Sloan received 384 votes, and dropped out of the race after round one, when his national support put him far behind the three other candidates, mirroring Battle River Crowfoot’s results. Peter Mackay received just 257 votes from Battle River Crowfoot conservatives in round one, but received the most overall votes nationally. The Conservative Party uses a system where individual votes are counted in each riding but then count to-
wards the points for that riding. Each riding in Canada is assigned 100 points. There are 338 ridings, and a total of 33,800 points available. In order to win, a candidate needs to gain 16,901 points. While every party member has a vote, ridings with fewer members end up with each voter having a larger percentage of that riding’s 100 points. For example, in Battle River Crowfoot, there were 1,816 ballots, so each voter had 0.05 of one point. Points for each riding are given based on the percentage of the vote each candidate gets in that riding. Fifty per cent of the votes means 50 points. Last-place candidates are dropped from the ballot after each round, and each voter’s second choice candidate receives their round two vote. If a voter doesn’t designate a second or third choice, their points are reallocated between the remaining voters who did. See CPC LEADERSHIP P14
Erin O’Toole was selected as the new leader of the Conservative Party of Canada on Sunday, Aug. 23.