Election day it is. I thought it might be interesting to take a look at some of the numbers to consider.
Today's election will decide 338 seats in the House of Commons including 14 in Saskatchewan. 170 is the number of seats a party needs to form a majority government.
It's interesting to note, there are more than 27 million Canadians eligible to vote and close to 6 million have already cast ballots in advance polls.
76,106 is the population in the local Moose Jaw-Lake Centre-Lanigan riding with 56,621 people eligible to vote. Voter turnout in 2019 was over 75%. Conservative candidate Tom Lukiwski was the winner with 71% of the vote with the NDP's Talon Regent finishing 2nd with 17% of the vote.
Lukiwski documented almost $85,000 in campaign spending and finished first. The Green Party's Gillian Walker spent $40 and finished last.
Five - that's how many people ran for the local seat in the House of Commons two years ago. We have 6 candidates this time with the addition of a candidate for the Maverick Party.
And ONE. One vote is what you get today, and you have until 7:30 this evening to make your mark.