Liberals pick up extra seat in Quebec — bringing the projected number of seats to 169
OTTAWA — Liberals managed to increase their number of seats, but not quite enough to get to their coveted majority.
Liberals picked up a seat in the Montreal-area riding of Terrebonne in Quebec. Liberal challenger Tatiana Auguste won by 35 votes ahead of Bloc Québécois incumbent Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné, but the close result will likely lead to an automatic judicial recount.
Liberals also won the riding of Terra Nova—The Peninsulas in Newfoundland and Labrador with a squeaker. Liberal candidate Anthony Germain managed to hold onto the seat with 12 votes more than his Conservative opponent Jonathan Rowe, which will also be subject to a recount.
That means that Liberals were on course to win a projected 169 seats — three seats short of a majority. Despite many close races up in the air on Monday, they did not manage to pick up enough seats to get to the magic number of 172 seats they needed to serve a full four-year term.
Elections Canada resumed counting ballots on Tuesday morning, including advance polls and special ballots for Canadians who were either travelling, living abroad, incarcerated or casting their votes on college or university campuses.
In Nunavut, NDP incumbent Lori Idlout was elected with 77 votes ahead of Liberal candidate Kilikvak Kabloona. Her NDP colleague Don Davies also managed to hang onto his seat in Vancouver Kingsway by 310 votes against Liberal challenger Amy K. Gill.
In New Brunswick’s Miramichi—Grand Lake riding, Conservative candidate Mike Dawson managed to hold on to the seat previously held by fellow Tory Jake Stewart. Dawson faced a fierce battle from Liberal candidate Lisa Harris, who was behind with 394 votes.
Liberals also officially lost seats to the Tories by a few hundred votes in a handful of Ontario ridings.
In Windsor—Tecumsek—Lakeshore, Liberal incumbent Irek Kusmierczyk lost to Conservative challenger Kathy Borrelli by 233 votes. Conservative candidate Parm Gill also picked up the riding of Milton East—Halton Hills South with 298 votes.
Conservative candidate Matt Strauss won against Liberal incumbent Valerie Bradford in Kitchener South—Hespeler by more than 1,000 votes. In Hamilton East—Stoney Creek, Liberal incumbent Chad Collins lost to his Conservative challenger Ned Kuruc by nearly 1,500 votes.
In the Quebec riding of Shefford, Bloc incumbent Andréanne Larouche held on to her seat with 571 votes ahead of Liberal challenger Felix Dionne. In Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, Liberal candidate Natilien Joseph won against Bloc incumbent Denis Trudel by 749 votes.
In British Columbia, the riding of Cloverdale—Langley City was one to watch for the tight race between the Conservatives and the Liberals. In the end, Conservative candidate Tamara Jenson won against Liberal challenger
Kyle Latchford by 769 votes.
Liberal candidate Stephen Fuhr will be making a comeback in Parliament as MP for Kelowna. He won against Conservative incumbent Tracy Gray with a slim margin of 235 votes.
In Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge, Conservative incumbent Marc Dalton was holding on to his seat with less than 1,500 votes but there were still eight polls left to count.
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