Welcome to the Answer Finder feature of globeandmail.com's Voter's Toolkit. We have three basic ways to answer election-related questions you might have:
You can select questions for a specific party or province, or for all parties or all provinces. For fun facts, you just select the question.
IMPORTANT NOTE: The database will be updated over the course of the campaign. Answers based on 1997 data won't change, but they could for ones based on 2000 data.
By Party:
Pick a party:
Now select a question:
Seat total, summary, 1997
Seat total, detailed, 1997
National popular vote share, 1997
Top 20 ridings, % of votes cast, 1997
Lowest 20 ridings, % of votes cast, 1997
1997 incumbents running in 2000
Percentage of female candidates, 2000
Ridings where party finished second, 1997
Ridings where party finished last, 1997
2000 candidates who switched parties from 1997
2000 candidates who have Web sites
Now select a question:
Seat total, summary by party, 1997
Seat total, detail by party, 1997
1997 popular vote, by party
Squeakers (less than 1,000-vote margin of victory, 1997)
Landslides (more than 5,000-vote margin of victory, 1997)
Percentage of female candidates, 2000