Paul Martin watches results come in (CP photo)

7:00 EDT
First polls close in Canada (in Newfoundland)

7:09 EDT
First Results arrive (Random-Burin-St.George's, Newfoundland)

10:22 EDT
CBC declares a Liberal minority government

36
The length (in days) of the 2004 federal election campaign

3 117 463 km²
Size of the largest electoral district in Canada (Nunavut)

9 km²
Size of Canada’s smallest electoral district (Laurier–Sainte-Marie, Quebec)

1,244,796
The number of votes cast in advance polling (that’s a 60 per cent increase over the 37th election)

60,703
Number of polling stations across Canada in this election

54
Number of seats won by the Bloc Quebecois, matching the party record

95
Number of seats won by the Conservative Party of Canada, establishing the new party’s record

10
Number of minority governments Canada has had since Confederation

25
Number of years since the last minority government

7
Number of Liberal Cabinet ministers who lost their seats