OTTAWA — Liberals managed to extend their variety of seats, however not fairly sufficient to get to their coveted majority.
Liberals picked up a seat within the Montreal-area driving of Terrebonne in Quebec. Liberal challenger Tatiana Auguste gained by 35 votes forward of Bloc Québécois incumbent Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné, however the shut consequence will seemingly result in an computerized judicial recount.
Liberals additionally gained the driving of Terra Nova—The Peninsulas in Newfoundland and Labrador with a squeaker. Liberal candidate Anthony Germain managed to carry onto the seat with 12 votes greater than his Conservative opponent Jonathan Rowe, which will even be topic to a recount.
That implies that Liberals have been on target to win a projected 169 seats — three seats wanting a majority. Regardless of many shut races up within the air on Monday, they didn’t handle to choose up sufficient seats to get to the magic variety of 172 seats they wanted to serve a full four-year time period.
Elections Canada resumed counting ballots on Tuesday morning, together with advance polls and particular ballots for Canadians who have been both travelling, dwelling overseas, incarcerated or casting their votes on school or college campuses.
In Nunavut, NDP incumbent Lori Idlout was elected with 77 votes forward of Liberal candidate Kilikvak Kabloona. Her NDP colleague Don Davies additionally managed to hold onto his seat in Vancouver Kingsway by 310 votes towards Liberal challenger Amy Okay. Gill.
In New Brunswick’s Miramichi—Grand Lake driving, Conservative candidate Mike Dawson managed to carry on to the seat beforehand held by fellow Tory Jake Stewart. Dawson confronted a fierce battle from Liberal candidate Lisa Harris, who was behind with 394 votes.
Liberals additionally formally misplaced seats to the Tories by just a few hundred votes in a handful of Ontario ridings.
In Windsor—Tecumsek—Lakeshore, Liberal incumbent Irek Kusmierczyk misplaced to Conservative challenger Kathy Borrelli by 233 votes. Conservative candidate Parm Gill additionally picked up the driving of Milton East—Halton Hills South with 298 votes.
Conservative candidate Matt Strauss gained towards Liberal incumbent Valerie Bradford in Kitchener South—Hespeler by greater than 1,000 votes. In Hamilton East—Stoney Creek, Liberal incumbent Chad Collins misplaced to his Conservative challenger Ned Kuruc by practically 1,500 votes.
Within the Quebec driving of Shefford, Bloc incumbent Andréanne Larouche held on to her seat with 571 votes forward of Liberal challenger Felix Dionne. In Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, Liberal candidate Natilien Joseph gained towards Bloc incumbent Denis Trudel by 749 votes.
In British Columbia, the driving of Cloverdale—Langley Metropolis was one to look at for the tight race between the Conservatives and the Liberals. In the long run, Conservative candidate Tamara Jenson gained towards Liberal challenger
Kyle Latchford by 769 votes.
Liberal candidate Stephen Fuhr will probably be making a comeback in Parliament as MP for Kelowna. He gained towards Conservative incumbent Tracy Grey with a slim margin of 235 votes.
In Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge, Conservative incumbent Marc Dalton was holding on to his seat with lower than 1,500 votes however there have been nonetheless eight polls left to depend.
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