In losing, Mr de Souza won over six times as many ballots as the winning candidate in Nunavut (Leona Aglukkaq, C: 4,111) and over three times as many as the winner of Charlottetown (Sean Casey, L: 7,292); in fact he won over three times as many votes as were cast in all the 820000 sqmi of Nunavut for all candidates combined (8,247) and still lost his riding.