Yeah, I know it's only Manitoba, but, still, the NDP won their third consecutive majority in that province last night.
Under Premier Gary Doer, the NDP took 36 seats. The Conservatives, under Hugh McFadyen, won 12 seats, and the Liberals, with Jon "I'm about to get fired" Gerrard as their leader, got just two seats.
After winning the historic third NDP victory last night, Doer told a cheering audience, "I believe the people of Manitoba have voted...to move forward, and that's what we're going to do."
Finally! Manitoba is going to move forward. Makes you wonder what they were voting for when they elected the same government into power in the past two elections.
I dug up some old quotations from the previous two election nights to find out.
September 21, 1999 - "I believe the people of Manitoba have voted to take steps backwards, and that's what we're going to do. We will retreat slightly from our current position."
June 3, 2003 - "I believe the people of Manitoba have voted to stay roughly in the same place, and that's what we're going to do. We will not move forward. We will not move backwards. We will stay right here."
So, now, with three majority governments in a row, Gary Doer and the Province of Manitoba will officially begin moving forward.