I can't say I was paying particularly close attention, but there has been an election campaign going on in Saskatchewan, which, I believe, is a province, or perhaps a hamlet, somewhere between here and British Columbia.
Last night the people of Saskatchewan went to the polls, and they elected the Saskatchewan Party. That political party also recently won an award for 'least creative party name,' so they're kind of on a role right now.
The Saskatchewan Party, a collection of disaffected Liberals and Tories led by Swift Current-er Brad Wall, won 37 of the legislature's 58 seats, giving Wall a nice majority.
The NDP, under long-time Premier Lorne Calvert, was reduced to 21 seats.
The Liberals, who received 9.5 per cent of the vote, won zero seats. Another argument for proportional representation.