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Conservative Party faithful cheer election returns in Calgary on Monday, May 2, 2011. (Jeff McIntosh / THE CANADIAN PRESS)

Monday May. 2, 2011 11:01 PM ET

Conservatives win majority government

Canadians have handed Prime Minister Stephen Harper his first-ever majority government, in a historic result that also saw the mighty Liberals decimated and the separatist movement in Quebec all but obliterated. Full Story   53 Comments 53  

New Democratic Party supporters cheer as they watch results come in from the east coast at NDP leader Jack Layton's election event in Toronto on Monday, May 2, 2011. (Chris Young / THE CANADIAN PRESS)

Thanks to Quebec, Jack Layton makes 'surreal' gains

Going into Monday's election, the NDP had only voted two Quebec MPs into the House of Commons in its 50-year history and had never been the Official Opposition.    Comments  

Tweettheresults.ca aggregated tweets containing election results on May 2, 2011. (Maurice Cacho / CTV.ca)

Election law broken as users take to Twitter

It took less than 30 minutes for users on Twitter to break a law preventing the premature publication of election results, a move that propelled the topic to become a trending topic on the global social network.   7 Comments 7  

Bogus election phone calls are reportedly taking place in swing ridings that are expected to be very close.

Hoax calls try to mislead voters on polling stations

Elections Canada warned Canadians on Monday to ignore any automated phone messages claiming that their polling station had been moved.

Voters in the Nova Scotia riding of Halifax West line up to vote in the 2011 Canadian General Election on Monday, May 2, 2011.  (Mike Dembeck /  THE CANADIAN PRESS)

Suspect sought after alleged theft of ballot box in N.S.

Police in northern Nova Scotia are investigating a ballot box theft after someone allegedly took one of the boxes from a returning office in the federal riding of Central Nova.

Lucien and Marie Steenssens say nothing will stop them from casting their ballot, not even a flood, Monday, May 2, 2011.

Manitoba flood evacuees vote at mobile polls

Flooding was having an impact on voting in some Manitoba communities, but Elections Canada knows things could have been a lot worse.

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