How does 103,741 Liberal leadership votes stack up?

If there is one thing you can say about the Liberal Party of Canada’s leadership campaign is that is have been an inclusive affair. When more people cast votes on who should become the leader of a third-ranked political party than live in some provinces, you’ve got to tip your cap.

In choosing the replacement for interim leader Bob Rae, the party chose to take a different tact than your average party election. Instead of allowing a select group of delegates throw support behind various candidates, the Liberal Party gave everyone a chance to speak.

Everyone. That is party members and those who consider themselves party supporters. There were 127,263 such people registered to vote on whether it would be Justin Trudeau or one of his opponents who would take the helm.

A week of voting closed at 3 p.m. on Sunday, just hours before the new leader would be announced. According to the official tally for votes was 103,741. That is a lot of cooks stirring the stew.

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Former prime minister Paul Martin, for one, has said the more inclusive style of leadership selection would revolutionize politics. Not impressed by that number? That is your prerogative. Check out how that number stacks up against some other recent tallies.

• 65,108 votes were cast in the 2012 NDP leadership election. Thomas Mulcair was victorious.

• 97,761 people voted in the Conservative party's last leadership convention in 2004, when Stephen Harper took power.

• 74,571 votes were cast in Prince Edward Island's 2011 provincial election. Liberal Robert Ghiz was named premier.

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• 63,284 valid votes were cast in Brampton West, the country’s most populous federal riding, in 2011.

• 54,520 votes were cast in Michael Ignatieff’s riding of Etobicoke-Lakeshore in 2011. 19,128 were for the former Liberal leader.

• 889,788 people cast votes for a Bloc Quebecois candidate in the 2011 federal election.

• 383,501 people voted for Toronto Mayor Rob Ford in the city’s last municipal election.

• 5,090 people in Winnipeg’s St. Boniface riding voted for NDP Greg Selinger in the provincial election. He was declared party leader, and premier, in 2009.

• 7.33 million Canadians watched last year’s Super Bowl between the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers.

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