The same results would have been achieved with first past the post.  Throughout the campaign, Scheer was a strong candidate with a solid base throughout Canada.  The article was unclear how many ballots were discounted throughout the rounds of voting as a result of not rank voting all the candidates/remaining candidates. It would be an abysmal national voting system that would discount many more votes cast which would weaken our democracy.  I doubt whether this procedure will be employed again.  Should this story have legs, it will bring negative criticism on ranked balloting.  Many voters find in galling to have to vote for a candidate they dislike and to have their vote discounted would cause outrage. Ranked balloting at the national level clearly becomes contentious with 50.6% victory against a Party with 49.4% which harms unity and clear governance.