Well the referendum failed as predicted and mostly Liberals were elected with about 42% of the vote.

So, while the Liberals got a majority of the seats, they did not get a majority of the vote. The CanWest story about the referendum screwed that fact up.

CBC told me these things:

• 36.8% voted for MMP; 63.2% voted for single member plurality, the status quo.Five Toronto ridings were the only ones to support the new system. (Ontario rejects electoral reform in referendum 11 Oct 2007 12:20)
• There was a record low turnout of 52.6% beating both 1923’s 54.7% and 2003’s 56.9%. (Ontario voter turnout a record low 11 Oct 2007 06:55)

Anyway, BC will probably pass BC STV when it comes up again next election and I don’t know what’s going to happen here. Is there going to be any appetite for going through making another proposal? Who cares? Only 53 per cent, heh.