The Numbers: Avi Lewis wins
The NDP leadership ends with a first ballot victory for Avi Lewis.
Avi Lewis secured the NDP leadership in Winnipeg today, getting 56% of the vote on the first ballot. In this quick-hit episode of The Numbers, we give our initial reactions to the results and chat about where the NDP under Lewis goes from here.
LEADERSHIP RESULTS:
56.0% - Avi Lewis
29.5% - Heather McPherson
7.3% - Tanille Johnston
5.9% - Rob Ashton
1.3% Tony McQuail
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NDP is going to disappear from west now….
56.02% — the round number led me to check that your over-under with Philippe Fournier wasn't exactly 56%, because before the vote that was my recollection for some reason. I just wish the folks at CBC had reigned in the "overwhelming first-ballot victory" line — "emphatic" was a far more apt description, given several relatively recent, genuinely overwhelming first-ballot victories.