Congratulations to Jagmeet Singh and his supporters. His acceptance speech inclusivity of the other candidates was welcome and a good first step as leader. Of course I'm disappointed in this result, and surprised at the lack of turnout in support of the other three candidates. With only 52.8% of members bothering to vote, I'm not sure it was a matter of Singh pulling massive numbers so much as the failure of the other three to pull bigger numbers, or perhaps people who would have voted for the other three didn't bother becuase they saw a Singh win as inevitable (catch 22). Whatever... onward we go. I'll be watching with interest to see where the party goes under his leadership. I'm feeling conflicted right now, so need a bit of time to process this result.
We all have those moments after our candidate doesn't win. I've been there. I was there after Jack Layton winning, a city councillor that few really knew, and thought "this doesn't feel like my party anymore for some odd reason"... then time passed.