Sometimes, byelections do matter a lot

Justin Trudeau so far has a mixed track record on byelection wins, which is not necessarily all bad, but not all good either.

Liberal candidate Mary Jean McFall, left, captured just 35.8 per cent of the vote, while Michael Barrett, middle, handily scored 57.8 per cent. The NDP candidate Michelle Taylor, right, trailed a distant third with just three per cent. Photographs courtesy of Mary Jean McFall, the Conservative Party, and Michelle Taylor

Opinion

BY WARREN KINSELLA

December 10, 2018

TORONTO—The morning after the byelection in Leeds-Grenville, Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes, Ont., I know what Gordie and I would have been doing. We would have been going through the numbers. "Look at that NDP result, he might have said. Three per cent! They only got three per cent! Same as ...

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