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How many seats will the Conservatives win combined in ridings in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal?

Settled as 0 urban seats

There were no urban seats won by the Conservatives in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver.

This question asks about the actual cities, not the Greater {city name} Area, which is often how it is reported.

Montreal had no Conservative wins in the city or the region.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canadavotes/ridings/quebec.html

Toronto had none.
http://www.citynews.ca/news/features_28094.aspx?&categoryurl=http://www.citynews.ca/news/features_26558.aspx

Vancouver
There are five seats in the city of Vancouver (Vancouver Quadra, Vancouver Centre, Vancouver East, Vancouver South and Vancouver Kingsway). None were won by the Conservatives.
http://www.electionprediction.org/2007_fed/p_59bc.html
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canadavotes/map/2008/

Background:

In the last Federal Election the Conservatives did not win any seats in the ridings withing the city limits of Vancouver, Toronto or Montreal, Canada's three largest cities. Will this time be different? How many of the big three's urban ridings will they win?


Settlement details: As reported by a major mainstream news source.

 
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0 urban seats
31%
1-2 urban seats
38%
3-4 urban seats
23%
5-7 urban seats
7%
8+ urban seats
1%
Activity: H$7,312
Settled as 0 urban seats on Thu 16th Oct 10:05am PDT

Suspend date: Tue 14th Oct 3pm PDT Settlement date: Thu 16th Oct 10:05am PDTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Tue 14th Oct 3pm PDT have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled

Initial likelihoods: 0 urban seats: 30%, 1-2 urban seats: 30%, 3-4 urban seats: 30%, 5-7 urban seats: 9%, 8+ urban seats: 1%

Action history:

Created Sat 6th Sep 10:16am PDT by ratel
Suspended Tue 14th Oct 3pm PDT : Suspend date reached
Settlement requested Wed 15th Oct 2:37am PDT by mork[Power User]: http://enr.elections.ca/MajorCentres_e.aspx
Settled as '0 urban seats' Thu 16th Oct 10:05am PDT by infernalmachine[Admin]: There were no urban seats won by the Conservatives in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver.

This question asks about the actual cities, not the Greater {city name} Area, which is often how it is reported.

Montreal had no Conservative wins in the city or the region.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canadavotes/ridings/quebec.html

Toronto had none.
http://www.citynews.ca/news/features_28094.aspx?&categoryurl=http://www.citynews.ca/news/features_26558.aspx

Vancouver
There are five seats in the city of Vancouver (Vancouver Quadra, Vancouver Centre, Vancouver East, Vancouver South and Vancouver Kingsway). None were won by the Conservatives.
http://www.electionprediction.org/2007_fed/p_59bc.html
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canadavotes/map/2008/

Suspend date: Tue 14th Oct 3pm PDT Settlement date: Thu 16th Oct 10:05am PDTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Tue 14th Oct 3pm PDT have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
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Predictions (34)

34 predictions

7 weeks ago
gumbloid predicted 3-4 urban seats (H$100 at 22%)
7 weeks ago
jakethesnake predicted 1-2 urban seats (H$500 at 35%)
7 weeks ago
jakethesnake predicted 0 urban seats (H$500 at 33%)
7 weeks ago
hippyboomer predicted 3-4 urban seats (H$50 at 25%)
8 weeks ago
storekeeperathscm predicted 0 urban seats (H$100 at 29%)
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Comments (1)

  1 ratel
Can we have a discussion of why the conservatives or do not appeal to city-folk?
posted 11 weeks ago

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