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After a provincial election in February, we had a quick turnaround for the federal election.
The results are below, provided by Elections Canada:
- Kyle Seeback – Conservative Party of Canada (41,571 votes – 58.9 %)
- Malalai Halimi – Liberal Party of Canada (23,809 votes – 33.8 %)
- Viktor Karklins – New Democratic Party (1,802 votes – 2.6 %)
- Dympna Carolan – People’s Party of Canada (1,652 votes – 2.3 %)
- Ifra Baig – Green Party of Canada (1,409 votes – 2.0 %)
- Jeffrey Halsall – Independent (294 votes – 0.4 %)
70,537 of 99,251 registered electors voted, for 71.07% turnout. Elections Canada says this does not include electors who registered on election day.
On the national level, Prime Minister Mark Carney has retained his spot, winning his first official election. He won his riding of Nepean, making him the second ever Prime Minister to represent the Ottawa-based riding – the first being Sir John A. McDonald.
It’ll be a minority government, with the Liberals falling just short of the majority line at 168 ridings. The Liberal Party of Canada also won the popular vote, receiving 8,320,558 votes (43.8%), compared to the Conservatives in second with 7,926,119 votes (41.4%).
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre wasn’t able to win his own riding of Carleton, losing to Liberal Bruce Fanjoy by just under 4000 votes (roughly 4.5%).
As the Liberals needed 172 to obtain their first majority win since the 2015 election, we’ll now wait to see if any agreements will be made, similar to the one between the NDP and Liberal Party in the previous election.
We’ll continue to keep you updated should anything be announced.
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