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First Estimate of Turnout at Advance Polls Now Available OTTAWA, Tuesday, January 17, 2006 — The Chief Electoral Officer of Canada, Jean-Pierre Kingsley, announced today the preliminary estimate of the number of electors who voted in advance on Friday, January 13, Saturday, January 14, and Monday, January 16. According to the preliminary figures, 1,561,945 electors voted at the advance polls in this election. This is an increase from the 1,248,469 electors who voted in advance in the 38th general election in 2004. "A lot of Canadians took this opportunity to vote early," said Mr. Kingsley. "I appreciate the efforts of the election workers who dealt with the heavy turnout, and the patience of voters who coped with long lineups in some places to make sure their choice counts in this election." Following is a breakdown of the estimated number of electors who voted at the advance polls, by province or territory and electoral district, for all 308 electoral districts. Province/Territory Newfoundland and Labrador Number of Electors 10001 Avalon 1,985 10002 Bonavista–Gander–Grand Falls–Windsor 2,041 10003 Humber–St. Barbe–Baie Verte 1,202 10004 Labrador 483 10005 Random–Burin–St. George's 1,022 10006 St. John's East 2,862 10007 St. John's South–Mount Pearl 1,931 Total Newfoundland and Labrador 11,526 Prince Edward Island 11001 Cardigan 2,802 11002 Charlottetown 2,925 11003 Egmont 2,686 11004 Malpeque 2,830 Total Prince Edward Island 11,243 Nova Scotia 12001 Cape Breton–Canso 3,261 12002 Central Nova 4,427 12003 Dartmouth–Cole Harbour 5,860 12004 Halifax 4,795 12005 Halifax West 6,227 12006 Kings–Hants 4,810 12007 Cumberland–Colchester–Musquodoboit Valley 4,474 12008 Sackville–Eastern Shore 4,540 12009 South Shore–St. Margaret's 3,302 12010 Sydney–Victoria 6,096 12011 West Nova 4,305 Total Nova Scotia 52,097 New Brunswick 13001 Acadie–Bathurst 5,989 13002 Beauséjour 6,260 13003 Fredericton 5,504 13004 Fundy Royal 4,622 13005 Madawaska–Restigouche 4,672 13006 Miramichi 3,422 13007 Moncton–Riverview–Dieppe 6,533 13008 New Brunswick Southwest 3,451 13009 Saint John 5,039 13010 Tobique–Mactaquac 4,582 Total New Brunswick 50,074 Quebec 24001 Abitibi–Témiscamingue 4,339 24002 Ahuntsic 5,260 24003 Alfred-Pellan 5,737 24004 Argenteuil–Papineau–Mirabel 5,962 24005 Beauce 5,597 24006 Beauharnois–Salaberry 5,754 24007 Beauport–Limoilou 6,045 24008 Berthier–Maskinongé 5,382 24009 Bourassa 3,727 24010 Brome–Missisquoi 6,209 24011 Brossard–La Prairie 7,091 24012 Chambly–Borduas 5,766 24013 Charlesbourg–Haute-Saint-Charles 5,990 24014 Montmorency–Charlevoix–Haute-Côte-Nord 5,376 24015 Châteauguay–Saint-Constant 5,424 24016 Chicoutimi–Le Fjord 3,385 24017 Compton–Stanstead 5,936 24018 Drummond 2,985 24019 Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine 3,550 24020 Gatineau 6,485 24021 Hochelaga 3,608 24022 Honoré-Mercier 5,297 24023 Hull–Aylmer 6,357 24024 Jeanne-Le Ber 5,315 24025 Joliette 6,833 24026 Jonquière–Alma 2,854 24027 Lac-Saint-Louis 5,783 24028 La Pointe-de-l'Île 3,806 24029 LaSalle–Émard 4,214 24030 Laurentides–Labelle 6,659 24031 Laurier–Sainte-Marie 3,386 24032 Laval 5,073 24033 Laval–Les Îles 5,529 24034 Lévis–Bellechasse 6,085 24035 Longueuil–Pierre-Boucher 6,018 24036 Lotbinière–Chutes-de-la-Chaudière 5,983 24037 Louis-Hébert 7,916 24038 Louis-Saint-Laurent 7,093 24039 Manicouagan 2,477 24040 Marc-Aurèle-Fortin 5,458 24041 Haute-Gaspésie–La Mitis–Matane–Matapédia 3,920 24042 Mégantic–L'Érable 4,715 24043 Montcalm 5,558 24044 Mount Royal 4,266 24045 Notre-Dame-de-Grâce–Lachine 4,779 24046 Abitibi–Baie-James–Nunavik–Eeyou 2,512 24047 Outremont 3,839 24048 Papineau 4,206 24049 Pierrefonds–Dollard 4,854 24050 Pontiac 5,612 24051 Portneuf–Jacques-Cartier 6,054 24052 Québec 5,766 24053 Repentigny 5,071 24054 Bas-Richelieu–Nicolet–Bécancour 4,793 24055 Richmond–Arthabaska 4,277 24056 Rimouski-Neigette–Témiscouata–Les Basques 3,771 24057 Rivière-des-Mille-Îles 5,247 24058 Montmagny–L'Islet–Kamouraska–Rivière-du-Loup 3,516 24059 Rivière-du-Nord 5,124 24060 Roberval–Lac-Saint-Jean 3,450 24061 Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie 4,412 24062 Saint-Bruno–Saint-Hubert 6,355 24063 Saint-Hyacinthe–Bagot 3,653 24064 Saint-Jean 5,165 24065 Saint-Lambert 6,139 24066 Saint-Laurent–Cartierville 3,027 24067 Saint-Léonard–Saint-Michel 3,422 24068 Saint-Maurice–Champlain 6,088 24069 Shefford 4,415 24070 Sherbrooke 4,484 24071 Terrebonne–Blainville 3,797 24072 Trois-Rivières 6,074 24073 Vaudreuil-Soulanges 7,565 24074 Verchères–Les Patriotes 6,237 24075 Westmount–Ville-Marie 4,167 Total Quebec 378,074 Ontario 35001 Ajax–Pickering 5,324 35002 Algoma–Manitoulin–Kapuskasing 4,905 35003 Ancaster–Dundas–Flamborough–Westdale 8,856 35004 Barrie 9,047 35005 Beaches–East York 5,806 35006 Bramalea–Gore–Malton 5,483 35007 Brampton–Springdale 5,014 35008 Brampton West 5,839 35009 Brant 5,823 35010 Burlington 7,861 35011 Cambridge 4,743 35012 Carleton–Mississippi Mills 11,970 35013 Chatham-Kent–Essex 5,937 35014 Durham 6,771 35015 Davenport 2,909 35016 Don Valley East 4,027 35017 Don Valley West 6,595 35018 Dufferin–Caledon 6,283 35019 Eglinton–Lawrence 5,236 35020 Elgin–Middlesex–London 6,421 35021 Essex 5,917 35022 Etobicoke Centre 6,034 35023 Etobicoke–Lakeshore 7,185 35024 Etobicoke North 3,548 35025 Glengarry–Prescott–Russell 6,888 35026 Bruce–Grey–Owen Sound 7,884 35027 Guelph 5,994 35028 Haldimand–Norfolk 7,181 35029 Haliburton–Kawartha Lakes–Brock 8,147 35030 Halton 9,430 35031 Hamilton Centre 3,963 35032 Hamilton East–Stoney Creek 5,005 35033 Hamilton Mountain 6,207 35034 Huron–Bruce 7,908 35035 Kenora 2,301 35036 Kingston and the Islands 8,656 35037 Kitchener Centre 4,451 35038 Kitchener–Conestoga 4,716 35039 Kitchener–Waterloo 6,163 35040 Lanark–Frontenac–Lennox and Addington 8,908 35041 Leeds–Grenville 5,948 35042 London–Fanshawe 4,778 35043 London North Centre 5,583 35044 London West 7,530 35045 Markham–Unionville 5,723 35046 Lambton–Kent–Middlesex 6,588 35047 Mississauga–Brampton South 6,381 35048 Mississauga East–Cooksville 5,066 35049 Mississauga–Erindale 7,738 35050 Mississauga South 6,629 35051 Mississauga–Streetsville 5,369 35052 Nepean–Carleton 11,231 35053 Newmarket–Aurora 6,726 35054 Niagara Falls 5,969 35055 Niagara West–Glanbrook 6,437 35056 Nickel Belt 5,884 35057 Nipissing–Timiskaming 6,783 35058 Northumberland–Quinte West 8,472 35059 Oak Ridges–Markham 9,793 35060 Oakville 7,408 35061 Oshawa 5,242 35062 Ottawa Centre 7,802 35063 Ottawa–Orléans 8,554 35064 Ottawa South 8,071 35065 Ottawa–Vanier 5,657 35066 Ottawa West–Nepean 8,067 35067 Oxford 5,289 35068 Parkdale–High Park 4,897 35069 Parry Sound–Muskoka 7,524 35070 Perth–Wellington 4,961 35071 Peterborough 7,573 35072 Pickering–Scarborough East 5,364 35073 Prince Edward–Hastings 10,347 35074 Renfrew–Nipissing–Pembroke 8,109 35075 Richmond Hill 6,220 35076 St. Catharines 5,612 35077 St. Paul's 7,025 35078 Sarnia–Lambton 5,433 35079 Sault Ste. Marie 3,618 35080 Scarborough–Agincourt 4,144 35081 Scarborough Centre 3,842 35082 Scarborough–Guildwood 4,039 35083 Scarborough–Rouge River 4,073 35084 Scarborough Southwest 3,385 35085 Simcoe–Grey 9,463 35086 Simcoe North 7,082 35087 Stormont–Dundas–South Glengarry 7,611 35088 Sudbury 4,313 35089 Thornhill 6,061 35090 Thunder Bay–Rainy River 3,649 35091 Thunder Bay–Superior North 4,022 35092 Timmins–James Bay 4,660 35093 Toronto Centre 5,321 35094 Toronto–Danforth 5,147 35095 Trinity–Spadina 6,788 35096 Vaughan 4,206 35097 Welland 6,849 35098 Wellington–Halton Hills 4,766 35099 Whitby–Oshawa 8,584 35100 Willowdale 6,052 35101 Windsor–Tecumseh 4,731 35102 Windsor West 4,062 35103 York Centre 3,753 35104 York–Simcoe 6,786 35105 York South–Weston 2,407 35106 York West 2,660 Total Ontario 651,193 Manitoba 46001 Brandon–Souris 2,161 46002 Charleswood–St. James–Assiniboia 4,493 46003 Churchill 2,381 46004 Dauphin–Swan River–Marquette 2,638 46005 Elmwood–Transcona 2,578 46006 Kildonan–St. Paul 5,007 46007 Portage–Lisgar 2,871 46008 Provencher 2,522 46009 Saint Boniface 4,198 46010 Selkirk–Interlake 3,616 46011 Winnipeg Centre 1,514 46012 Winnipeg North 2,304 46013 Winnipeg South 3,427 46014 Winnipeg South Centre 3,562 Total Manitoba 43,272 Saskatchewan 47001 Battlefords–Lloydminster 2,487 47002 Blackstrap 4,317 47003 Desnethé–Missinippi–Churchill River 2,071 47004 Cypress Hills–Grasslands 2,255 47005 Palliser 3,352 47006 Prince Albert 3,299 47007 Regina–Lumsden–Lake Centre 2,401 47008 Regina–Qu'Appelle 2,150 47009 Saskatoon–Humboldt 3,953 47010 Saskatoon–Rosetown–Biggar 3,015 47011 Saskatoon–Wanuskewin 3,602 47012 Souris–Moose Mountain 2,247 47013 Wascana 3,354 47014 Yorkton–Melville 2,982 Total Saskatchewan 41,485 Alberta 48001 Fort McMurray–Athabasca 2,773 48002 Calgary East 2,479 48003 Calgary Centre-North 4,737 48004 Calgary Northeast 1,982 48005 Calgary–Nose Hill 5,369 48006 Calgary Centre 5,122 48007 Calgary Southeast 5,906 48008 Calgary Southwest 5,070 48009 Calgary West 7,037 48010 Crowfoot 5,182 48011 Edmonton–Mill Woods–Beaumont 4,865 48012 Edmonton Centre 6,704 48013 Edmonton East 4,267 48014 Edmonton–Leduc 7,086 48015 Edmonton–St. Albert 6,077 48016 Edmonton–Sherwood Park 4,978 48017 Edmonton–Spruce Grove 6,304 48018 Edmonton–Strathcona 5,556 48019 Lethbridge 4,848 48020 Macleod 5,091 48021 Medicine Hat 3,411 48022 Peace River 3,687 48023 Red Deer 4,127 48024 Vegreville–Wainwright 4,410 48025 Westlock–St. Paul 3,755 48026 Wetaskiwin 4,330 48027 Wild Rose 5,868 48028 Yellowhead 5,480 Total Alberta 136,501 British Columbia 59001 Abbotsford 3,827 59002 Burnaby–Douglas 3,439 59003 Burnaby–New Westminster 4,066 59004 Cariboo–Prince George 3,785 59005 Chilliwack–Fraser Canyon 4,546 59006 Delta–Richmond East 3,999 59007 Pitt Meadows–Maple Ridge–Mission 5,219 59008 Esquimalt–Juan de Fuca 6,276 59009 Fleetwood–Port Kells 4,429 59010 Kamloops–Thompson–Cariboo 4,967 59011 Kelowna–Lake Country 5,993 59012 Kootenay–Columbia 5,877 59013 Langley 3,830 59014 Nanaimo–Alberni 7,343 59015 Nanaimo–Cowichan 6,885 59016 Newton–North Delta 4,036 59017 New Westminster–Coquitlam 4,428 59018 Okanagan–Shuswap 7,565 59019 North Vancouver 5,648 59020 Okanagan–Coquihalla 6,567 59021 Port Moody–Westwood–Port Coquitlam 4,752 59022 Prince George–Peace River 4,239 59023 Richmond 3,807 59024 Saanich–Gulf Islands 6,814 59025 Skeena–Bulkley Valley 4,127 59026 British Columbia Southern Interior 4,383 59027 South Surrey–White Rock–Cloverdale 5,940 59028 Surrey North 2,536 59029 Vancouver Centre 6,706 59030 Vancouver East 3,086 59031 Vancouver Island North 6,942 59032 Vancouver Kingsway 3,653 59033 Vancouver Quadra 6,078 59034 Vancouver South 3,075 59035 Victoria 7,174 59036 West Vancouver–Sunshine Coast–Sea to Sky Country 7,404 Total British Columbia 183,441 60001 Yukon 1,250 Total Yukon 1,250 61001 Western Arctic 1,207 Total Northwest Territories 1,207 62001 Nunavut 582 Total Nunavut 582 National Total 1,561,945 The following table compares the turnout by province or territory for advance voting in the 39th and 38th general elections. Province or territory 39th general election advance voting (preliminary figures) 38th general election advance voting (final figures) Newfoundland and Labrador 11,526 11,420 Prince Edward Island 11,243 6,839 Nova Scotia 52,097 36,722 New Brunswick 50,074 38,267 Quebec 378,074 313,003 Ontario 651,193 519,735 Manitoba 43,272 31,531 Saskatchewan 41,485 35,845 Alberta 136,501 103,641 British Columbia 183,441 149,046 Yukon 1,250 973 Northwest Territories 1,207 892 Nunavut 582 555 Total 1,561,945 1,248,469 These preliminary figures are based on numbers reported by returning officers and are not final until all the votes are counted on election day and the results have been validated by the returning officers. The final results will be published in the official voting results following the election. When it was introduced in 1920, voting at advance polls was limited to certain groups of voters whose work required them to be away from their electoral districts on election day. Today, it is one of several voting methods that may be used by any elector who wishes to vote before election day. Elections Canada is an independent body set up by Parliament. Information: Elections Canada Media Relations 1 877 877-9515 or at www.elections.ca