As the book closes on the 42 election in Canadian history there were plenty of choices on the ballot for the Foothills riding.

John Barlow took the riding with over 70% of the popular vote with the Liberals and NDP behind in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Liberal candidate Tanya MacPherson took the loss with grace and wishes the best for Barlow.

"I want to congratulate John, I want to thank him very much for running and for the all forums, we had a great time and everyone said he was a nice guy and I'm just very happy for him."

With her Liberals forming a majority government she says the Liberals won't forget about the west.

"I'm sure we're going to have representation in Alberta," she says. "So the Foothills will hopefully will have strong representation as well through people through Calgary or wherever, I hope so."

With a riding that's been traditionally Conservative riding for decades, MacPherson says she meet a lot of support from going door to door during her 11 week campaign.

"People were very nice on the doors, and there was only the very very occasional comment that's all, for the most part people were quite open and listening and I found a lot of openness on the doors."