Newspaper endorsements in the 2011 Canadian federal election

This is a tally of newspaper and magazine endorsements in the 2011 Canadian federal election.

Endorsing the Conservative Party

• The Brampton Guardian
• The Recorder and Times (Brockville)
• Burlington Post
• Calgary Herald
• Calgary Sun
• The Economist
• Edmonton Journal
• Edmonton Sun
• Etobicoke Guardian
• The Globe and Mail
• The Mississauga News
• The Gazette (Montreal)
• The Hamilton Spectator
• Inside Toronto
• Maclean's
• National Post
• Oakville Beaver
• Ottawa Citizen<small>—Endorsed a Conservative majority government, but also endorsed individual candidates at a riding level: Bernadette Clément in Stormont-Dundas-South, Steve MacKinnon in Gatineau, David Bertschi in Ottawa-Orléans, David McGuinty in Ottawa South, Gordon O’Connor in Carleton-Mississippi Mills, John Baird in Ottawa West-Nepean, Pierre Lemieux in Glengarry-Prescott-Russell, Scott Reid in Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington, Lawrence Cannon in Pontiac, Rem Westland in Ottawa-Vanier, Pierre Poilievre in Nepean-Carleton, Gordon Brown in Leeds-Grenville, Nycole Turmel in Hull-Aylmer, Paul Dewar in Ottawa-Centre, and Hector Clouthier in Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke</small>
• Ottawa Sun
• The Province (Vancouver)
• The Suburban (Quebec)
• Sudbury Star
• Toronto Sun
• The Vancouver Sun
• Waterloo Region Record
• Windsor Star
• Winnipeg Free Press
• Winnipeg Sun

Endorsing the New Democratic Party

• Now (Toronto)
• Toronto Star<small>—Endorsed the Liberals in close Liberal/Conservative ridings. Also were clear that Harper should not get another mandate.</small>

Endorsing the Liberal Party

• The Toronto Observer<small>—Endorsement was more of a local one for the ridings of: Scarborough-Rouge River, Scarborough-Agincourt, Pickering-Scarborough East, Scarborough Centre, Scarborough-Guildwood, and Scarborough Southwest, than a national one.</small>
• The Vancouver Observer

Endorsing the Bloc Québécois

• Le Devoir

Endorsing multiple parties

• The Georgia Straight—Recommended strategic voting for specific candidates to prevent the election of Conservatives, except for in Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam
• La Presse (Montreal)—Recommended the Liberals in Outremont, Westmount-Ville-Marie and Papineau, NDP in Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie, Abitibi-Baie-James-Nunavik-Eeyou and Hull-Aylmer, and Conservatives in Mégantic-L'Érable, Pontiac and Lac-Saint-Louis.

Explicitly endorsing no party

• Le Soleil (Quebec City)—Recommended voting for the best local candidate.

See also

• Newspaper endorsements in the Canadian federal election, 2015
• Newspaper endorsements in the Canadian federal election, 2008
• Newspaper endorsements in the Canadian federal election, 2006

References