O’Toole’s Conservatives missed winning government by 98,740 votes in 42 ridings, Hill Times analysis

Half of the 42 ridings the Conservatives lost in the last election are suburban ridings, which public opinion analysts say proves yet again that any party that wants to form government needs to win the suburbs of major urban centres.

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole, pictured Oct. 5, 2021, at his party's first in-person national caucus meeting since the Sept. 20 general election. The Conservatives won 119 seats. They could have won the plurality of seats if they had won 98,740 more votes in 42 ridings spread across the country.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY ABBAS RANA

October 18, 2021

Erin O’Toole's Conservatives could have unseated Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals and formed government after the Sept. 20 election if they had won 98,740 more votes in 42 ridings in different regions of the county, according to an analysis by The Hill Times. The 42 closest losse...

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