This fellow is the first political candidate in Canada's history to receive zero votes in a federal election
Félix-Antoine Hamel, 45, was on the ballot in Canada's recent by-election in Toronto-St. Paul, Ontario. He was one of dozens of independent candidates who were listed as part of a protest against the country's "first-past-the-post" voting system where the candidate with the most votes in a constituency wins, regardless of whether they achieve an absolute majority. — Read the rest
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