by Maurice Y. Michaud (he/him)
One would think it should be impossible to run in an election and not get at least receive one vote. I mean, you would think that if I were to run, I would likely vote for myself, so there’s one vote to start. But I could be in the same situation as Mark Carney in 2025: he wasn’t a resident of Nepean where he ran, so he is assumed to have voted for Mona Fortier in Ottawa—Vanier—Gloucester.
Let’s start by setting aside those who won by acclamation. It’s not so much that they didn’t get a vote as they didn’t have to get any. A query of the more than 130,000 result records, excluding results of zero for candidates who had desisted themselves, reveals that there have been a few — even before the terribly misguided Long Ballot Initiative. It could be that some of the non-LBI candidates had also desisted themselves, but there is no documentation confirming or denying this fact, so let’s amuse ourselves with thinking that they really did suffer the embarrassing fate of obtaining no vote.
| There are 91 distinct candidates (69 men, 22 women), with 7 having a full profile in PoliCan, including one who would later become premier of Prince Edward Island. |
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| Event | Riding | Candidacies | Results | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | ON | 1 | G | 03 Sep 1867 | Lanark South  ................................ |
✗ | IND | ♂ ? Playfair | 4/4 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 2. | ON | 2 | G | 21 Mar 1871 | Halton ...................................... |
✗ | IND | ♂ ? Appelbe | 3/3 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 3. | ON | 2 | G | 21 Mar 1871 | Peel ........................................ |
✗ | IND | ♂ F.C. Capreol | 3/3 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 4. | QC | 2 | G | 15 Jul 1871 | Jacques-Cartier ............................. |
✗ | QLP | ♂ T.A. Rodolphe Laflamme |
3/3 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 5. | QC | 2 | G | 15 Jul 1871 | Shefford .................................... |
✗ | IND | ♂ J.-B. Lay | 3/3 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 6. | PE | 26 | G | 02 Apr 1873 | Queens 2nd .................................. |
✗ | LIB | ♂ Donald Farquharson |
5/5 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 7. | NB | 23 | G | 20 Jun 1874 | Kent ........................................ |
✗ | IND | ♂ Jacob C. Gough |
5/5 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 8. | NB | 26 | G | 26 Apr 1886 | Albert ...................................... |
✗ | IND | ♂ Peter Duffy | 5/5 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 9. | NB | 26 | B | 06 Apr 1887 | Madawaska ................................... |
✗ | CONS | ♂ Mathias Nadeau |
2/2 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 10. | PE | 31 | G | 30 Jan 1890 | Queens 1st .................................. |
✗ | LIB | ♂ John M. Clarke |
5/5 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 11. | MB | 18 | G | 28 Jun 1927 | Emerson ..................................... |
✗ | IND | ♂ P. Tanchuk | 6/6 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 12. | NU | 5 | G | 30 Oct 2017 | Quttiktuq ................................... |
✗ | IND | ♀ Rachel A. Qitsualik-Tinsley |
9/9 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 13. | ON | 44 | B | 24 Jun 2024 | Toronto—St. Paul’s ......................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Felix-Antoine Hamel | 84/84 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 14. | QC | 44 | B | 16 Sep 2024 | LaSalle—Émard—Verdun ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Ysack E. Dupont | 90/91 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 15. | QC | 44 | B | 16 Sep 2024 | LaSalle—Émard—Verdun ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Daniel Stuckless | 91/91 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 16. | ON | 45 | G | 28 Apr 2025 | Carleton .................................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Ysack E. Dupont | 91/91 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 17. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♀ MarthaLee Aykroyd | 139/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 18. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♀ Line Bélanger | 140/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 19. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Michel Bélanger | 141/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 20. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♀ Jeani Boudreault | 142/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 21. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Jeffery Brazeau | 143/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 22. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Bo Cai | 144/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 23. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Cameron Campos | 145/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 24. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♀ Jaël Champagne Gareau | 146/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 25. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Nicolas Champagne | 147/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 26. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Claude Cordon Pichilla | 148/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 27. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Tristan Dell | 149/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 28. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Gerrit Dogger | 150/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 29. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Abel Erazo-Ibarra | 151/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 30. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♀ Tracy Farber | 152/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 31. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Brian Farrenkopf | 153/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 32. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Thomas Fitzgerald | 154/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 33. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Connor Fullerton | 155/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 34. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Jordan Gerrard | 156/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 35. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Eric Gilmour | 157/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 36. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♀ Laurie Goble | 158/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 37. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ David P. Greene | 159/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 38. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♀ Nicolette Gross | 160/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 39. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♀ Kathleen Gudmundsson | 161/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 40. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Richard Haley | 162/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 41. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Kazimir Haykowsky | 163/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 42. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♀ Iriella Hicks | 164/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 43. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♀ Loren Hicks | 165/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 44. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Seyed Hosseini Lavasani | 166/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 45. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Glendyn Howse | 167/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 46. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Ryan Huard | 168/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 47. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Jack Jean-Louis | 169/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 48. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Derek Jouppi | 170/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 49. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Erich Jurgens | 171/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 50. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♀ Elza Kephart | 172/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 51. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♀ Dannielle Konkle | 173/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 52. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Solly Krygier-Paine | 174/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 53. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Andrew Kulas | 175/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 54. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Samuel Lafontaine | 176/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 55. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Alain Lamontagne | 177/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 56. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Eric Laverdure | 178/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 57. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♀ Jocelyn LeBlanc-Courchaine | 179/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 58. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Alexander Lein | 180/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 59. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♀ Renée Lemieux | 181/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 60. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Jeffrey Leroux | 182/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 61. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Litma Kai Ching Leung | 183/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 62. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Cedric Ludlow | 184/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 63. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♀ Jennifer M. Mackenzie-Miller | 185/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 64. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Nicolas Maltais | 186/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 65. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Kevin Manzano | 187/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 66. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Eric March | 188/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 67. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Devin McManus | 189/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 68. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Robert Melting Tallow | 190/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 69. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♀ Joanne L. Metters | 191/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 70. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Nicholas Mew | 192/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 71. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Mark Moutter | 193/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 72. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Rob Mumford | 194/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 73. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♀ Molly Munn | 195/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 74. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Sam Nabi | 196/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 75. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ John F. O'Flynn | 197/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 76. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Clifford Pine | 198/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 77. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Brian Ramchandar | 199/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 78. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Spencer Rocchi |
200/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 79. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Wallace R. Rowat | 201/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 80. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Barry Rueger | 202/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 81. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Chris Scrimes | 203/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 82. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Charles D. Sleep | 204/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 83. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♀ Julie St-Amand | 205/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 84. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Pascal St-Amand | 206/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 85. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♀ Andi Sweet | 207/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 86. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♀ Corinne Unrau | 208/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 87. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Tyson Warner | 209/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 88. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Simon J.E. Wedel | 210/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 89. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Michaiah Williams | 211/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 90. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Brian Wishart | 212/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 91. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♂ Michael Wisniewski | 213/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 92. | AB | 45 | B | 18 Aug 2025 | Battle River—Crowfoot ...................... |
✗ | LBI | ♀ Belinda C. Young | 214/214 | 0 | 0.00% |
So those who got no votes must have thought to themselves, “Man, it sure sucks being me!”
