Michael Taube: The Political Candidate With No Votes to His Name

Published on July 1, 2024

Commentary Who is the first political candidate in Canadian history to record zero votes in a contested federal riding? The answer to this trivia question is Félix-Antoine Hamel, and you don’t have to go back too far in your research to retrieve it. Hamel ended up with no votes to his name in the recent Toronto–St. Paul’s byelection. That’s the riding won by Conservative candidate Don Stewart on June 24, which had been held by Liberals for over three decades. There were 12 candidates in Toronto–St. Paul’s who either ran under a party banner or with no affiliation. An additional 72 candidates ran as Independents in this hotly contested byelection. Of this number, 48 ended up with less than 10 votes apiece, and six were tied for second-last place with two votes....

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