Although the Green Party did not win any seats in Canada’s Parliament earlier this week, it polled 6.8% of the national popular vote. The parties that did win seats polled this share of the popular vote: Conservative 37.6%, Liberal 26.2%, New Democratic 18.2%, Bloc Quebecois 10.0%. Independents and other parties polled 1.2%. For more about the results, see here. Click on the “Launch Interactive Map” to see an interesting map that shows which party won each district. Thanks to Sam Harley for the link.

The New York Times, October 16, has a medium-sized article about the Free & Equal Presidential Debate set for October 19. The title of the article, which is at the top of page A20, is “A Third-Party Forum.” Most surprisingly, the article includes photos of each of the four invited presidential candidates. They are, of course, Ralph Nader, Bob Barr, Cynthia McKinney, and Chuck Baldwin. This is surely the first time the New York Times has ever run a picture of a Constitution Party presidential nominee.

Canada held a Parliamentary election on October 14. The results: 143 Conservatives, 76 Liberals, 50 Bloc Quebecois, 37 New Democratic, and 2 independents. The Green Party once more failed to win any seats. There are 308 seats.

Although no party has a majority, the dominance of the Conservative Party guarantees that the country will still be lead by that party.