Federal election, as it happened: 'Change takes time,' Poilievre says in concession speech after Carney wins
After millions of Canadians cast their ballots in the federal election , Mark Carney’s Liberals were projected to hold on to government Monday night. After polls closed across Canada, the results fluctuated, with just a few seats between the two parties at some points, but Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has lost his bid to be the next prime minister. There were 343 seats up for grabs and the Liberals would need at least 172 seats to form a majority government. Review our live coverage from election night, below, featuring National Post’s managing editor of comment, Carson Jerema, columnists Terry Newman, Jamie Sarkonak and Jesse Kline and the National Post digital team. Can’t see the blog? View it on nationalpost.com.
- Liberal Party Leader Mark Carney has won his Ottawa riding of Nepean and delivered a victory speech
- It’s still a tight race in Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre‘s Ottawa riding of Carleton
- The NDP’s Jagmeet Singh has been defeated in his B.C. riding of Burnaby Central and announced that he is stepping down as leader
- Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet has won his Quebec riding of Beloeil—Chambly
- Green Party co-leader Elizabeth May has won her B.C. riding of Saanich—Gulf Islands but co-leader Jonathan Pedneault was defeated in the Montreal riding of Outremont.
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NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh lost his B.C. seat in Burnaby Central, and support for his party has collapsed. Green Party Leader Elizabeth May held on to her seat, but her co-leader did not win in his riding. Meanwhile, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet could end up holding the balance of power in a minority government.
On Sunday, the final full day of the campaign, all major party leaders paused to address a deadly vehicle attack at a Filipino community event in Vancouver that took the lives of at least 11 attendees, leaving more wounded in hospital.
National Post, with additional reporting from The Canadian Press