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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:
New Tecumseth—Gwillimbury
- Scot Davidson – Conservative Party of Canada (39,000 votes – 59.5%)
- Mike Hanrahan – Liberal Party of Canada (24,182 votes – 36.9%)
- Nancy Morrison – New Democratic Party (1,209 votes – 1.8%)
- Callum McKinnon – Green Party of Canada (708 votes – 1.1%)
- Paul Montague – People’s Party of Canada (493 votes – 0.8 %)
65,592 of 96,762 registered electors voted, for 67.79% turnout. Elections Canada says this does not include electors who registered on election day.
Simcoe—Grey
- Terry Dowdall – Conservative Party of Canada (34,634 votes – 51.7%)
- Bren Munro – Liberal Party of Canada (29,264 votes – 43.75)
- Jasleen Bains – New Democratic Party (1,572 votes – 2.3%)
- Allan Kuhn – Green Party of Canada (968 votes – 1.4%)
- Giorgio Mammoliti – People’s Party of Canada (517 votes – 0.8%)
66,955 of 95,169 registered electors voted, for 70.35% 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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