One more nail in the coffin…
Here’s one more “nail in the coffin” of the bombastic rhetoric heralded by the “coalition-of-losers”. How many times has a Prime Minister received the majority of the votes? Has a Liberal Prime Minister EVER received the majority of votes of Canadians.
These results may surprise you. I make no guarantee that this is correct. I got it in an email and don’t have time to do the research. I think it’s up to the “coalition-of-losers” to defend their ignorance of history.
Hi folks;
Just a bit of research I did for the rally on Saturday.
The left and those supporting a Liberal/NDP/Bloc coalition often use the logic that because the Conservatives received only 38.5% of the vote, which is obviously less than a majority, they do not have the right to govern. But they fail to point out (or more likely choose ignore) that under our parliamentary system attaining a majority of the popular vote is an exceedingly rare occurrence. Since confederation and through 40 general elections in Canadian history a party has received over 50% of the popular vote only six times. Of those six elections, one occurred during World War 1 and another during World War 2, both obviously periods of genuine national crisis.
Since the end of WW2, through the 21 national elections in this “modern” era, a majority has been attained only twice – both by Conservatives (Diefenbaker in 58 and Mulroney in 84).
Neither Pearson, Trudeau nor Chrétien ever received a majority of the popular vote.
Do the Liberals and the left believe that 34 of Canada’s 40 general elections were illegitimate? Of course they don’t. Their intellectually dishonest logic only applies when they lose!
Here’s the majority results:
1984. Mulroney @ 50.03%
1958. Diefenbaker @ 53.66%
1940 (WW2). King @ 51.32%
1917 (WW1). Borden @ 56.93%
1904. Laurier @ 50.88%
1900. Laurier @ 50.25%Thanks and take care,
Ken Clancy
