As the votes were being counted on Monday, Liberal candidate Rebecca Darnell greeted supporters and volunteers at Coza! Restaurant in 91原创.

As she waited to hear the 91原创 poll results, along with Green Party candidate Carey Ann Poitras and Pirate Party candidate Craig Nobbs, she watched as the Conservative Party won a majority government, for the first time since 1988.

鈥淚鈥檓 concerned about the state of democracy in Canada,鈥� she said.

鈥淲e (Liberals) will work with what we鈥檝e got and do what we can.

鈥淚 think the party has to regroup, get back to our roots and reorganize.鈥�

Darnell finished the election in third place, with 4,974 votes (9.2 per cent).

鈥淥ur results are consistent with the the party overall,鈥� she said.

Support for her campaign was positive and Darnell said she was happy with the campaign.

鈥淚 think all of the candidates deserve to be congratulated.鈥�

Poitras and the Green Party celebrated one victory Monday night, when Elizabeth May made history and won the party鈥檚 first seat in Parliament.

Poitras ended the election with 2,944 votes (5.4 per cent)

鈥淚鈥檓 excited to see what Elizabeth can do when she goes to Ottawa,鈥� Poitras said. 鈥淪he will do some great things.鈥�

鈥淚鈥檓 very pleased with the (Green) result,鈥� said Darnell, who was happy for Poitras鈥� party and its historic victory.

For Poitras, the campaign for the next election has begun.Though the local Liberal results were not what the party would have liked, Darnell is optimistic.

鈥淭his is not a loss, it鈥檚 an opportunity, to get together and rebuild the riding to make it better,鈥� she said.

Nobbs of the Pirate Party picked up 355 votes. Nationally, his party received 3,198 votes.