Harper wins majority in Canada poll: projections
OTTAWA: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper won re-election Monday at the head of an elusive majority government, the first for his Conservative Party since 1988, television projections showed.
In a ground-breaking election full of firsts, the left-leaning New Democratic Party was on course to surge past the Liberals, who governed for most of the last century, and become Canada’s official opposition. Capping a disastrous night for the separatist Bloc Quebecois, their leader Gilles Duceppe lost his seat two decades after he was first elected to parliament and the party was set to be reduced to just two seats, from 47. “It’s the first time a Conservative prime minister has won three back to back elections in Canada,” Harper spokesman Dimitri Soudas told broadcaster TVA.
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