Liberals win fourth term as Poilievre loses his riding, Singh to resign as NDP leader

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OTTAWA — Canada’s Conservatives got off to a good start in Atlantic Canada on election night, but it wasn’t enough to hold off a fourth Liberal term.

And while Liberal Leader Mark Carney will lead his new minority government from inside the House of Commons, Pierre Poilievre will almost certainly won’t — as of Tuesday morning he trails Liberal Bruce Fanjoy by around 4,000 votes in his riding of Carleton.

Jagmeet Singh resigned as NDP leader overnight, having been soundly beaten in Burnaby Central, coming third to Liberal and Conservative challengers and leading his party to a disastrous finish that will result in a loss of party status.

Results began trickling in at 7:30 p.m. Monday after polls closed in Atlantic Canada, but by 10 p.m. most news outlets had called it for the Liberals.

However, as the clock approached midnight, the Tories began a surge of support that closed the gap — but wouldn’t be enough to carry the night.

While The Tories’ good showing defied predictions by pollsters and pundits almost from the get-go, election night resulted in a government dominated by two parties, and opens the door for yet another precarious minority government.

The Liberals won most Toronto ridings — including Yvan Baker in Etobicoke Centre, Ahmed Hussen in York South-Weston, Julie Dzerowicz in Davenport, James Maloney in Etobicoke-Lakeshore, Rob Oliphant in Don Valley West, Karim Bardeesy in Parkdale-High Park, Salma Zahid in Scarborough Centre-Don Valley East, Shaun Chen in Scarborough North, Nate Erskine-Smith in Beaches-East York, Chi Nguyen in Spadina-Harbourfront, Jean Yip in Scarborough Agincourt, Evan Solomon in Toronto Centre, Chrystia Freeland in University-Rosedale, and Bill Blair in Scarborough Southwest.

Conservative Don Stewart, who beat Liberal Leslie Church in last year’s Toronto-St. Paul’s byelection, saw his riding fall to Church.

Many other GTA ridings saw their seats flipped.

Former Ontario MPP Roman Baber won York Centre for the Tories, defeating Liberal incumbent Ya’ara Saks, while Conservative Amarjeet Gill took Brampton West from Liberal Kamal Khera.

In Markham-Unionville, Liberal Peter Yuen — who replaced former MP Paul Chiang who stepped aside for saying Tory candidate Joe Tay should be turned over to Chinese authorities — lost to Conservative Michael Ma.

Former Toronto City Councillor Jennifer McKelvie won Ajax, defeating broadcaster Greg Brady.

In an upset, Liberal Francesco Sorbara soundly lost his seat in Vaughan-Woodbridge to Tory Michael Guglielmin.

Other Conservative wins in Ontario include Melissa Lantzman in Thornhill, Dave Epp in Chatham-Kent-Leamington, Leslyn Lewis in Haldimand-Norfolk and Scott Aitchison in Parry Sound-Muskoka.

Also for the Tories, Rhonda won Oshawa, Kyle Seeback keeps his seat in Dufferin-Caledon, Michael Chong stays on in Wellington-Halton Hills, and Ben Lobb continues in Huron Bruce.

Southern Ontario Liberals keeping their seats include Karina Gould in Burlington, Adam van Koeverden in Burlington North-Milton West, Bardish Chagger in Waterloo, and Chris Bittle in St. Catherines.

Across Canada, MPs keeping their seats include Dominic LeBlanc, Francois-Philippe Champagne, Ginette Petitpas Taylor, Chris d’Entremont, Michelle Rempel Garner, Mark Gerretsen, Mona Fortier, Yasir Naqvi, and House of Commons Speaker Greg Fergus.

Also keeping his seat was Liberal MP Wayne Long, who gained attention for his outspoken opposition to former PM Justin Trudeau.

Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-François Blanchet kept his seat in Beloeil-Chambly.

Another big story from this election was the implosion of the NDP, as well as a collapse in support for the Bloc Quebecois.

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