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AND THE WINNER IS... STEPHANE DION

The votes have been cast and the results are in. Stephane Dion has been chosen as the new leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. After going all the way to a 4th ballot to determine a winner Dion has emerged on top of the heap as the replacement for Paul Martin as leader. Dion ended up with 54.7% of the votes on the 4th ballot beating out front runner Michael Ignatieff with 45.3% of the vote.

After barely placing 3rd in the 1st ballot Dion was able to overcome clear favourites Michael Ignatieff and Bob Rae and now has the reigns of the party. So what does this mean for the future of the Liberal party?

It means that Stephane Dion has become the face of the Liberal party and probably has inherited one of the toughest jobs on the planet. He now faces the task of trying to rebuild the Liberal party and contest the Conservatives in the nest election, whenever that may be. The common theme that I saw come out of the leadership convention is that no matter who becomes the leader the Liberals must show unison. The leader will look to take the Liberals to a new place. Dion has been given this challenge and it is yet to be seen what he will do.

While over 54% of the delegates voted for him in the final ballot there was a poll conducted during the convention and it said only 17% believed that Dion could beat Harper in an election. Like I said before it will be an interesting next couple of weeks. Now Harper has a face in his opposition.

- DCM

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