Total Candidates, at 1586, 2011 will be fewest candidates in an election since 1988 and fewest per riding since 1979.
- Year - # of Candi. Candi./riding
- 1993 - 2155 - 7.31
- 2000 - 1808 - 6.01
- 2004 - 1683 - 5.59
- 1997 - 1672 - 5.67
- 2006 - 1634 - 5.31
- 2008 - 1601 - 5.20
- 1988 - 1573 - 5.58
- 2011 - 1586 - 5.15
- 1980 - 1497 - 5.31
- 1984 - 1449 - 5.14
- 1979 - 1424 - 5.05
- 1974 - 1209 - 4.58
Candidates by party and election
- Party 11 08 06 04 00 97 93 88
- NDP 308 308 308 308 298 301 294 295
- Libs 308 307 308 308 301 301 295 294
- Cons 307 307 308 308
- Reform/CA 298 227 207 72
- PC 291 301 295 295
- Bloc 75 75 75 75 75 75 75 0
- Green 303 303 308 308 111 79 79 68
- Ind 59 71 90 64 40 76 152 155
- CHP 46 59 45 62 46* 53 59 63
- CPC ML 69 59 69 76 84 65 51 0
- Comm 20 24 21 35 52 0** 0** 51
- Libert 20 26 10 8 0** 0** 52 88
- CAP 12 20 34 44 70 58 56*** 0
- Rhino 13 7 0 0 0 0 0 74
- Prog Can 9 10 25 16
** an unknown number of party members ran as independents
*** there were 56 Canada Party candidates in this election, the party joined CAP in 1997
I should note that in 1993 there were 171 National Party candidates. Natural Law ran 231 candidates in 1993, 111 in 1997 and 69 in 2000. These are the only parties to break 100 candidates in the last generation not in the list above.
I am going to look around for which riding has the fewest candidates, I expect it will be one with three candidates, and which riding has the most.
3 comments:
Interesting that the Cons and Liberals are missing a couple candidates each, while only the NDP has successfully nominated a full slate since '04. Do you know which ridings the Libs and Cons are missing and any reasons for that?
My guess for the Greens is that their organizational capacity is dropping and many local EDAs have become disenfranchised with (a) not winning and (b) being the personal vehicle for Elizabeth May. Many who claim the Greens are the most democratic party, but there's the odd story of a local candidate getting stepped on by the Green Machine (e.g. May's parachuting into her current riding).
I do not know yet know where the Liberals are not running their two and where the missing 11 Green ridings, I would like to find out.
The missing Conservative is in Andre Arthur's riding, they are supporting him.
I see a lot of evidence that the Greens are less well organized now than when Jim Harris left as leader. He managed to get 308 candidates and had no money to so in 2004. He managed 308 in 2006 as well.
As one of the workers for Edith Loring-Kuhunga (NDP) said "running against St Elizabeth is interesting, soon she will not need the Fulford harbour ferry because she will simply walk on water."
Looks like the Liberals have a full slate to me: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_federal_election,_2011
The Greens are missing at least 2:
Etobicoke North (ON)
Lambton-Kent-Middlesex (ON)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Party_of_Canada_candidates,_2011_Canadian_federal_election
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