As an individual with an interest in politics (and a degree in Political Science), I'm very interested in the federal election this year. I'll be up late watching the results, so I've taken tomorrow off of work so that I have time to recover. I was looking at the scheduled voting times across the country and polling times are staggered depending on region so that results start coming in around the same time.
I've been involved in executing elections (the last three provincial elections as a deputy returning officer) so I know that it takes 15 to 20 minutes before a polling station has counted their ballots and gets the opportunity to report them.
I found the voting hours here: https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=vot&dir=bkg&document=ec90815&lang=e
This translates into the close of polls at the following times (in my local time zone) with first results expected 20 to 30 minutes after that.
| Time Zone / Area (Excluding the territories) | Close of Polls: Local Time (in Newfoundland Time) | Expected First Results (Newfoundland Time) |
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Newfoundland Time |
8:30 pm (8:30 pm) | 8:45 pm |
|
Atlantic Time |
8:30 pm (9:00 pm) | 9:15 pm |
| Eastern Time Quebec, Ontario |
9:30 pm (11:00 pm) | 11:15 pm |
| Central Time Manitoba, Saskatchewan |
8:30 pm (11:00 pm) | 11:15 pm |
| Mountain Time Alberta and parts of BC |
7:30 pm (11:00 pm) | 11:15 pm |
| Pacific Time British Columbia |
7:00 pm (11:30 pm) | 11:45 pm |
Stay tuned for another post or two about the results. :)
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