The Edmonton Oilers continued to add to their stable ahead of Friday’s NHL trade deadline, claiming defenceman Troy Stecher and a seventh-round draft pick in…
<img src="https://www.mtlblog.com/media-library/conservative-leader-pierre-poilievre-stands-at-a-campaign-rally-podium-that-reads-vote-for-change-right-liberal-leader-mark.jpg?id=60053952&width=1200&height=800&coordinates=96%2C0%2C96%2C0"/><br/><br/><p><a href="https://www.mtlblog.com/mark-carney-canada-election-win-liberal" target="_blank">Canada's 2025 election results</a> are continuing to trickle in, and although <a href="https://www.mtlblog.com/mark-carney-victory-speech-quebec">Liberal Leader Mark Carney will be Canada's next prime minister</a>; you might be wondering what else could have been.</p><p>In line with <a href="https://www.mtlblog.com/tag/federal-election">Canada's real 2025 federal election</a>, thousands of students across the country voted in their own fake election, and the results might not necessarily be what you'd expect. </p><p>In fact, if Canada's students were the only people allowed to vote during this year's election, there could be an entirely different prime minister.</p><p>More than 900,000 elementary, middle, and high school students participated in <a href="https://studentvote.ca/canada/the-results/">Student Vote Canada 2025</a>, an initiative run by CIVIX to help young people get a taste of democracy. </p><p>Students cast their ballots after weeks of learning about the official party platforms, discussing the candidates, and flexing their political muscles.</p><p>In their fake election, students elected a Conservative minority government with 165 seats and 36.4% of the popular vote. The Liberal Party snagged the official opposition spot with 145 seats and 31.7% of the vote. </p><p>Meanwhile, the Bloc Québécois picked up 18 seats and 2.1% of the popular vote, the NDP secured 13 seats and 14.5% of the popular vote, and the Green Party managed to secure two seats and 7.5% of the popular vote.</p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image">
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<small class="image-media media-caption" placeholder="Add Photo Caption...">Students elect Conservative Party government in nationwide vote.</small><small class="image-media media-photo-credit" placeholder="Add Photo Credit..."><a href="https://studentvote.ca/canada/the-results/" target="_blank">Student Vote Canada</a> </small></p><p>It's a pretty different picture to the real election results. </p><p>As of early Tuesday morning, the Liberals were projected to win another term — although whether that'll be a minority or majority government remains unconfirmed. As of around 8 a.m., they had 168 expected seats and 43.5% of the popular vote.</p><p>The Conservatives will be the official opposition with 144 expected seats and 41.4% of the popular vote. </p><p>Meanwhile, the Bloc Québécois has gained more ground than the youth vote predicted, with 23 seats and 6.4% of the national vote. The NDP is struggling, with only 7 expected seats and 6.3% support, and the Greens are even further behind — projected to get just 1 seat and 1.2% of the vote.</p><p>While student voters kept Pierre Poilievre alive and kicking in his Ontario riding of Carleton, real-life projections suggest the Conservative leader will actually lose his seat.</p><p>In line with what's actually happened, students voted for Mark Carney in the riding of Nepean and for Yves-François Blanchet in the riding of Beloeil—Chambly. </p><p>In both scenarios, Jonathan Pedneault lost in the riding of Outremont, and Elizabeth May won in Saanich—Gulf Islands. </p><p>Unfortunately for Jagmeet Singh, both Canadian students and IRL voters cast their votes elsewhere, meaning his Burnaby South seat was lost in both realities. </p><p>However, students may not have been able to predict that <a href="https://www.narcity.com/jagmeet-singh-steps-down-ndp-leader">Singh would subsequently step down as NDP leader</a>, with the party failing to get the 12 seats (in real life, anyway) needed for official party status in the House of Commons.</p><p>Not only do this year's student results differ from the actual results, but they've also shifted since the last federal election. <br/></p><p>In 2021, <a href="https://www.mtlblog.com/montreal/heres-how-canadas-election-wouldve-gone-if-quebec-students-were-all-able-to-vote">students handed the Liberals a win with 117 seats</a> and 24% of the vote. The NDP came in close with 107 seats and actually led in the popular vote at 29%. The Conservatives followed with 91 seats and 25%, while the Bloc and Greens picked up 20 and 3 seats respectively.</p><p>In short, if the next generation of voters had the final say, Canada's political landscape would already look pretty different!</p><p><em>You can read more about the projected election results, Mark Carney's dramatic victory speech, and more, at <a href="https://www.mtlblog.com/tag/federal-election">MTL Blog's election hub.</a></em></p>
