Carney wins a fourth term for the Liberals
REGINA — The early projection of a Canadian Liberal government led by Mark Carney held late last night as vote counting continued, but many races were still too close to call.
Seat projections continued to flip and it appeared the Liberals would not have enough for a majority. They would have needed 172 of 343 seats and were hovering around 160. Carney won his own seat in Nepean.
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One thing was clear: support for the NDP collapsed. Leader Jagmeet Singh was running third in his B.C. riding at the time of writing and the party was in danger of losing its official party status.
Late last night Singh addressed his supporters and told them he intended to step down as leader.
The NDP lost two seats in Manitoba and one of their two in Edmonton to the Liberals, and were also trailing in British Columbia.
The Liberals broke through in Saskatchewan, as former provincial NDP cabinet minister and long-time MLA Buckley Belanger won the redrawn northern seat of Desnethe-Missinippi-Churchill River, which had been Conservative. The remainder of the province stayed blue, re-electing former Conservative leader Andrew Scheer in Regina-Qu’Appelle and standing agriculture committee member Warren Steinley in Regina-Lewvan.
In Manitoba, the seven rural ridings remain represented by Conservative members, while in Winnipeg the Liberals were elected or leading in six seats.
Alberta’s 37 ridings went overwhelmingly Conservative, with the party elected or leading in 35 seats. That includes agriculture critic John Barlow who was re-elected in Foothills.
Former NDP agriculture critic Alistair MacGregor was running second to the Conservative candidate in his Vancouver Island riding.
Green Party leader Elizabeth May, who also represents a Vancouver Island seat, was re-elected, as was Bloc Quebecois leader Yves-Francois Blanchet.
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre was running second in his Carleton riding and congratulated Carney as he addressed his supporters late last night, suggesting he would remain as the Conservative party leader.
“My promise to all of you is that anybody from anywhere can achieve anything. Through hard work you can lead a great life and get a nice affordable home on a safe street,” he told his followers to rousing applause. “My purpose in politics is, and will continue to be, to restore that promise.”
The BQ also lost support last night, dropping at least 10 seats.
Carney’s Liberals saw reasonable gains in Eastern Canada, while Conservatives won most rural ridings in Ontario.
In Atlantic Canada, Kody Blois, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food under Mark Carney held onto his seat in Kings-Hants, Nova Scotia. Heath MacDonald, a former member of the standing commitee on Agriculture and Agri-Food was also reelected in his riding of Malpeque, Prince Edward Island.
According to CBC news, The Liberals failed to make major breakthroughs in the region despite increased vote share over the previous election.
In Quebec, Agriculture Committee Vice-Chair Yves Perron won re-election in Berthier-Maskinongé. Conservative Jason Groleau won the seat for Beauce, the former seat of Agriculture Committee member Richard Lehoux.
Conservative Luc Luc Berthold, former Chair of the Agriculture Committee won his seat in Mégantic-L’Érable-Lotbinière.
Incumbent Liane Rood, also a former Agriculture Committee member won the riding of Middlesex-London.
Ben Lobb, who sponsored bill C-234, An Act to amend the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, won his sixth term in Huron-Bruce.
Source: producer.com