A sampling of the reaction on Twitter to tonight's byelection wins. Your new MPs are Conservatives Scott Armstrong in Nova Scotia and Bernard Genereux in Quebec; New Democrat Finn Donnelly in New Westminster, B.C., and Pequiste Daniel Paille in Hochelaga:
Siksay: “…congratulations Fin Donnelly, NDP Member of Parliament, New Westminster-Coquitlam http://bit.ly/4ndBN”
PaulCalandra “Congratulations to newly elected MP's!”
mpjamesmoore: “Very excited to have 2 new Conservative MPs. Congratulations to Fin Donnelly on a successful campaign. See you on a flight soon Fin!”
Martin_Dumont: “tres content des résultats a Rivière-du-Loup et en NE!!!”
brownbarrie: “glad Conservative Government has two new members. congrats to teams in Montmagny and Cumberland Colchester”
KeviNDP: “A solid night for the New Democrats: Strong hold on #NWCO and 2nd place showings in Nova Scotia and Montreal. Awesome!”
oliviachow: “Congratulations to new NDP MP Fin Donnelly – 51.1% in 50 polls #NWOC #cdnpoli”
KeviNDP: “#HOCH: 5% of the vote “Team Dion” got just walked from “Team Ignatieff' to the New Democrats … on the island of Montreal. #ndp”
rodbruinooge: “Congrats to the crew in Montmagny!”
liberalrocco: “@stephen_taylor If trend holds #MKR will elect pro-Kyoto progressive Conservative trapped in a Conservative frame. Wonder how long? #cdnpoli”
Paying attention to other things, we have:
Carolyn_Bennett: “Do we need greatness in politics ????? Terrific show tonight on www.tvo.org ….Wallen Newell, Janice Stein, Jeffrey Simpson, Andrew Coyne..”