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The Liberals have declared victory in the West Australian seat of Vasse, although there has been a significant swing against the party.

Libby Mettam, a journalist-turned-media adviser for MP Barry House, currently holds 44.36 per cent of the vote, after 81.21 per cent was counted on Saturday night.

Her closest competitor was Busselton businessman Peter Gordon from the Nationals who secured 28.53 per cent from the early count.

In the two-candidate preferred vote, Ms Mettam secured 53.45 per cent while Mr Gordon held 46.55 per cent.

It was a 14 per cent drop for the Liberal Party since the 2013 election.

Since postal votes can be accepted until Thursday, counting will resume then.

Ms Mettam campaigned that she wanted to see local health and education services upgraded in line with the region's growing population, while also protecting natural assets.

She told a public forum in the lead-up to the election that she was willing to cross the floor on the issue of fracking in the South West region if it was what people in her electorate wanted.

The other four candidates in the by-election were structural engineer Michael Baldock for the Greens, Wayne Barnett for the Australian Christians, and independents Peter Johnson and Teresa Van Lieshout.

Labor did not contest the by-election, saying Vasse was a safe Liberal seat.

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CTV Montreal Published Saturday, October 18, 2014 12:55PM EDT Last Updated Saturday, October 18, 2014 1:03PM EDT

A loud and angry protest met the premier in Trois Rivieres Saturday.

Philippe Couillard, elected Liberal MNAs gathered with hundred of Liberal party members there for the party's first national council since winning a majority in April.

Despite pressure from a few hundred protesters outside, the government said it will not back down and intends to deliver a balanced budget to Quebecers, said Couillard.

The premier reiterated his message as union members demonstrated against Bill 3, on the municipal pension reform plans, outside the convention centre.

Many Sret du Qubec officers, assisted by municipal police officers in Trois-Rivires - wearing the red hat in protest against Bill 3 - were mobilized at the event to ensure safety.

The return to a balanced budget, expected next year, will not happen smoothly, admitted Couillard, but he said the majority of Quebecers understand the need to reorganize public finances.

The coming months will be risky ones for the Couillard government, with negotiations to renew collective agreements for 550,000 public sector employees. The joint trade union front is demanding annual wage increases of more than 4.5 per cent over three years.

With files from La Presse Canadienne

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Liberals score higher than other parties in Nanos Index but have slid for second week in succession

After a climb in their party index scores over the summer and early fall, the Liberals registered a decline for the second week in succession.

Even with the decline the Liberals enjoy a score on the 100 point index stronger than the other federal parties. The Liberals scored 59 points out of 100 compared to the Conservatives who scored 52 points, the NDP 49 points, the Green Party 32 points and the BQ in Quebec 25 points.

On the preferred Prime Minister front the eight point gap last week is now a five point gap. Asked who they would prefer as Prime Minister, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau was first at 35 per cent followed by Conservative Leader Stephen Harper at 30 per cent, NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair at 17 per cent and May at four per cent.

Over the past two weeks the Conservative accessible vote pool has started to positively move but still trails both the Liberals and the New Democrats.

Asked a series of independent questions, 58 per cent of Canadians would consider voting for the federal Liberals, 46 per cent would consider the NDP, 42 per cent would consider the Conservatives and 26 per cent would consider the Green Party of Canada.

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