Conservative MP Laurie Hawn has once again held onto the Edmonton–Centre riding in Monday's election. He predicts Canadians will see change much faster now, after the Tories have struggled for more than five years as a minority government.
The majority Tories will take on the rookie NDP official opposition.
"It will have some interest and perhaps some entertainment value. Canadians now have a clear choice, something that is right of centre and something clearly the left of centre," said Hawn.
But it was a difficult night for Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff and Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe who both lost their seats in Parliament.
Liberal and former deputy prime minister Anne McLellan says the first priority will be to rebuild, and define what a centre Liberal Party looks like.
"So there will be some in the party I know that will think about merging, but they are people I think who perhaps think of the Liberal Party as a party of the left, I do not -- we are a party of the centre."
NDP Linda Duncan says the Liberals and Conservatives tried to paint the NDP orange as extreme left wing.
"We have an incredible diversity of opinion. I don't see the debate as far left or we are against Harper because he is far right. It's because we have a different idea of the future of Canada," said Duncan.
And as for what the future hold for Duncan, her resume suggests she could be environment critic. Before public office, she practised environment law.
"I will be happy to take any portfolio, course in Alberta...energy, environment, same thing. And I hope to keep working in that vain, no matter what task he gives me."
And the thing all parties seem to agree on a day after the election, is that it'll be refreshing that we won't have another election until October 2015. It gives the Conservatives time to work, the NDP time to gain some experience, and it allows the Liberals time to rebuild.
With files from Kevin Armstrong
