> Looking at Canada's population distribution, you could win an election with just 82% of the votes in Quebec and Ontario or 67% of those + British Columbia. T

> Looking at Canada's population distribution, you could win an election with just 82% of the votes in Quebec and Ontario or 67% of those + British Columbia. The governing party got 33% of the votes country wide. They govern like a majority because of a supply of confidence deal with a party that got 15% of the vote. The party that got the most votes at 34% essentially had no power. This all worked out because the winning party won a lot of seats in Ontario.