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The Liberals have secured a majority government, bringing an end to years of uncertainty under minority rule. Led by Mark Carney, the party crossed the majority threshold after winning all three by-elections held April 13.<\/p>\n
The outcome reduces the likelihood of an early federal election, a scenario the opposition Conservatives had been advocating. The results also mark a transition from minority governance to a more stable majority in the House of Commons.<\/p>\n
Carney called the by-elections following vacancies created by diplomatic appointments and a legal ruling. The move also gave opposition leader Pierre Poilievre an opportunity to return via a by-election after his defeat in the April federal election.<\/p>\n
In Toronto\u2019s University\u2013Rosedale riding, Danielle Martin won for the Liberals, while Doly Begum secured Scarborough Southwest after switching from the New Democratic Party earlier this year.<\/p>\n
In Quebec\u2019s Terrebonne riding, Liberal candidate Tatiana Auguste defeated Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois\u2019 Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagn\u00e9 by 731 votes, with all polls reporting.<\/p>\n
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Martin\u2019s victory delivered the Liberals their 172-seat majority, with additional wins bringing their total to 174 seats in the 343-member House.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs of tonight, Mark Carney and our entire incredible Liberal team have earned an even more powerful mandate to continue building a better Canada. Now, this is not a mandate to be quiet. It is not a mandate to take our time. It is a mandate to get to work on housing, on affordability, on healthcare, on climate change, and on infrastructure, on the future of our economy and the public services that are more important to this country than ever,\u201d Martin said.<\/p>\n
The University\u2013Rosedale seat became vacant after Chrystia Freeland resigned in January to take on international roles. Martin won decisively, capturing 64 percent of the vote, ahead of the NDP\u2019s Serena Purdy.<\/p>\n
In Scarborough Southwest, the by-election followed Bill Blair\u2019s resignation to serve as Canada\u2019s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. Begum won nearly 70 percent of the vote. \u201cTonight, we celebrate a new beginning. Over the last two months, hundreds of you from every corner of our beautiful riding and beyond came together to knock on doors, make phone calls, and sometimes canvas in the freezing rain to connect with families and neighbors across Scarborough Southwest,\u201d Begum said. \u201cTo every single one of you, thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n
She later told reporters that Carney congratulated her and invited her to attend caucus meetings.<\/p>\n
In Terrebonne, the by-election followed a contested 2025 result involving a mail-in ballot. After a judicial recount confirmed a narrow Liberal lead, the seat returned to the polls.<\/p>\n
Ahead of the by-elections, the Liberals had already approached a majority due to a series of floor crossings. Four Conservative MPs and one NDP MP joined the Liberals between late 2025 and early 2026, strengthening the party\u2019s position in Parliament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"9 The Liberals have secured a majority government, bringing an end to years of uncertainty under minority rule.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4836,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[17,133,122,111,221,2934],"class_list":{"0":"post-4835","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mark-carney","8":"tag-canada","9":"tag-elections","10":"tag-liberals","11":"tag-mark-carney","12":"tag-us-news","13":"tag-women"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}