EAST CENTRAL — If the 2019 federal election was just up to Humboldt and district, Conservative candidate Kelly Block would have been elected with just as much – if not more – enthusiasm.
Elections Canada released its official election results, which breaks votes down by community, in April.
Overall, Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek’s 45,189 voters gave Block 78.6 per cent of the vote, the NDP’s Jasmine Calix 12.3 per cent of the vote, and the Liberals’ Rebecca Malo 4.6 per cent. The other three candidates earned less than two per cent of the vote.
In Humboldt, of those 3,994 people that voted on Oct. 21, 2019, 78.5 per cent voted Conservative, 12.1 per cent NDP and 5.72 per cent Liberal.
Bruno’s 330 voters gave the Conservatives 81.2 per cent, the NDP 10.1 per cent and the Liberals 4.9 per cent
Annaheim had 231 voters, of which 83.1 per cent went Conservative, 11.3 per cent NDP and 2.6 per cent Liberal.
Of the 216 voters in Muenster, 81.5 per cent voted Conservative, 9.3 per cent NDP and 5.7 per cent Liberal.
In Lake Lenore, 84.9 per cent of the village’s 212 voters went Conservative, 6.1 per cent NDP and 1.9 per cent Liberal.
Of Englefeld’s 212 voters, 85.3 per cent went Conservative, 9.9 per cent NDP and 3.3 per cent Liberal.
Middle Lake was the most supportive of Block, with 86.4 per cent of the town’s 191 voters voting Conservative, 5.8 per cent voting NDP, and 2.6 per cent voting Liberal.
St. Gregor saw 148 voters, of which 86.49 per cent voted Conservative, 8.1 per cent NDP and 1.4 per cent Liberal.
The advance poll in Humboldt, which is not limited to voters in that community, had 1,016 voters, with 80.5 per cent voting Conservative, 9.9 per cent NDP and 4.8 per cent Liberal. In Middle Lake, of the 273 people that voted ahead, 90.4 per cent went Conservative, five per cent NDP and two per cent Liberal.
St. Gregor had the highest election day turnout, at 76 per cent, while Middle Lake had the lowest, at 39 per cent. Humboldt saw 50 per cent turnout. Those numbers don’t include those who voted in advance.
