Carney's Liberals win big in Toronto, but Conservatives flip key 905 seats
CBC News projects Liberal minority as Elections Canada releases final polling results Tuesday afternoon
The latest:
- CBC News projects the Liberals will form a minority government.
- The Liberals have captured five of the six Brampton ridings.
- Carney's party also picked up a win in Eglinton—Lawrence.
- The Conservatives held on to win in Milton East—Halton Hills South.
Canada's federal election saw hard fought battles across the country — especially in the Greater Toronto Area, where the Liberals dominated the city but the Conservatives flipped several 905 ridings from red to blue.
CBC News is now projecting the Liberals will form a minority government.
The failure to sweep many of its targeted ridings last night denied it a resounding majority mandate. A big part of that result was because of Ontario, where the party lost many incumbents.
The final picture of how the vote shook down in the country's most populous region is now clear, and you can see the results on our interactive page here
The NDP doesn't have a single seat in the province (it held five going into the vote) and leader Jagmeet Singh announced his resignation in the wake of the devastating loss.
- We also have live updates from across Canada as we await the final tally.
- Aaron Wherry has some analysis of the remarkable Liberal comeback and what lies ahead.
Liberals win big in the city
Carney's Liberals won all but one seat in Canada's biggest city.
Conservatives pulled out their sole win in York Centre, while Liberals cruised to victories from Etobicoke to Scarborough.
In York Centre, Liberal volunteer Leonardo Lacroix said he's pleased with the party's comeback.
"If you look at what the Liberal party was like three months ago, it was a mess. We would have never imagined this was the result we were going to have."
In Eglinton-Lawrence, Liberal candidate Vince Gasparro came within 200 votes of picking up the seat for the Ontario Liberal Party in February's provincial election.
It appears his second try, at another level of government, has done the trick as he defeated Conservative Karen Stintz, who Torontonians will remember as a former city councillor.
Supporter Bob Atkinson, clutching a red wine, said late Monday he thought Gasparro would win, but the Liberals would be held to a minority government.
"It looks like it's very close to a problem," he said.
Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow, a former NDP MP, issued a statement Tuesday saying she's looking forward to working with Carney, particularly to address the city's housing crisis.
Conservatives picking up seats in the 905
This wasn't the election result Pierre Poilievre and his supporters were hoping for, but not all is lost for the Conservatives.
The party picked up GTA seats at the expense of the Liberals, including ridings it had targeted like Aurora-Oak Ridges-Richmond Hill and Newmarket-Aurora.
Conservative sources told CBC News that Poilievre's tough-on-crime message had a particular appeal in areas where violent crimes and property crimes have been a major concern.
Conservatives also flipped Vaughan—Woodbridge by a significant margin, with candidate Michael Guglielmin earning 60 per cent of the vote. Liberal incumbent Francesco Sorbara had represented the riding since 2015.
Conservative Jamil Jivani slams Doug Ford
Fresh off reelection in Bowmanville-Oshawa North, Jamil Jivani ripped Ontario's premier during a speech to supporters, and then repeated his criticism in a live TV interview with the CBC's David Common.
Jivani, who was once an adviser to the Ford government, said he sees Ford as a "problem" for the province and country.
"He couldn't stay out of our business," Jivani said. "Trying to make it about him, trying to position himself as some kind of political genius."
Ford and his former campaign manager have been sharply critical of the Conservative campaign, with the premier himself saying "sometimes the truth hurts." The premier has sent out a statement congratulating Carney on the win.
Jivani said he tried to fix issues in the province when he was an advisor, but Ford would get in the way.
"And all his goons around him all the time, they wouldn't make anything better," Jivani added.
The Liberals retake Toronto-St. Paul's
Last summer the Conservatives pulled off a stunning byelection win in Toronto-St. Paul's, long heralded as a Liberal stronghold smack in the centre of the city. The loss amped up calls for Justin Trudeau to resign as prime minister.
Fast forward to tonight, and candidate Leslie Church has won back the seat.
"The world has changed and St. Paul's feels that," Church told CBC News after her win.
Star candidates see mixed results
Every party put forward some star candidates in this election, but not all of them could secure a win.
Bhutila Karpoche (NDP): The popular NDP politician who became the first Tibetan-Canadian elected at Queen's Park has lost her first federal run, with Liberal Karim Bardeesy projected to win in Taiaiako'n-Parkdale-High Park.
Jamil Jivani (CON): Jivani's college buddy is ... U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance. That may have made the race in Bowmanville-Oshawa North tighter than it was in the byelection Jivani won, but he'll still be going back to Ottawa.
Jennifer McKelvie (LIB): McKelvie, who served as the acting mayor of Toronto after John Tory stepped down, won her first federal contest in Ajax.
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With files from Haydn Watters, Rochelle Raveendran, Ethan Lang and The Canadian Press