in the House. Labrador would certainly be a prime example of such a seat - the NDP finished a distant fourth in the 2004 poll. However, historically the NDP has been adamant in contesting all by-elections, and NDP leader Jack Layton showed little interest in any such proposal. The NDP nominated Frances Fry on April 23 feeling it had a chance in this seat due to the Liberal fall in polls and the fact that the provincial NDP had one of its 2 seats in Labrador. Results |- bgcolor="white" |align="right" colspan=3|Turnout |align="right"|10,564 |align="right"|54.1% |align="right"|+9.3% |- bgcolor="white" |align="left" colspan=2|Liberal hold. |align="right"|Swing |align="right"|-13.6% |align="right"| In the end, the Liberals picked up an easy victory, as expected, but while their actual vote total did not go down by much, their percentage of the vote went down over 10 points from the previous election as turnout was over 9% more than in the 2004 election. This high turnout is virtually unheard of for by-elections which normally have extremely poor turnouts. The additional voters appear to have been brought out by the tense national political situation and mostly voted for the Conservatives who picked up nearly 17 points and the New Democrats who also increased their vote total. See also List of federal by-elections in Canada References 2005 elections in Canada 38th 38th Canadian Parliament