Category Archives: CP Election

Federal Conservatives retain rural Manitoba stronghold, gain in Winnipeg
WINNIPEG - The Conservatives retained their strongholds in rural Manitoba on Monday night and picked up a few seats in Winnipeg. But they failed to knock off some of the urban Liberals, including Inte...
Oct 21, 2019

Jenica Atwin captures historic win for the Greens in New Brunswick
FREDERICTON - Jenica Atwin made history Monday - capturing the Green party's first federal seat in New Brunswick as she won the Fredericton riding by a sizable margin. "They thought thi...
Oct 21, 2019

Singh poised to play important role in Liberal-led minority Parliament
BURNABY, B.C. - Jagmeet Singh won't be the Canada's next prime minister, but he may have earned himself and his fellow New Democrats the next best thing: a key role in helping to s...
Oct 21, 2019

Liberals hold sway with heavily immigrant community of Brampton East
BRAMPTON, Ont. - Liberal newcomer Maninder Sidhu cruised to victory on Monday in the heavily immigrant riding of Brampton East once held provincially by New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh. The entrepre...
Oct 21, 2019

Liberals leading in most ridings in battleground Ontario
Toronto and its surrounding regions appear to have once again played a key role in delivering the Liberals an electoral victory. The so-called 905 area ringing the city and southwestern Ontario i...
Oct 21, 2019

The Latest: Election night in Canada
OTTAWA - The latest developments on federal election night, Oct. 21, 2019. All times are Eastern Time: 11 p.m. The Canadian Press is projecting that People's Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier...
Oct 21, 2019

Dominic LeBlanc thanks supporters for election win from hospital bed in Montreal
MONTREAL - Re-elected Liberal Dominic LeBlanc is thanking voters in his New Brunswick riding from his hospital bed in Montreal, where he's undergoing cancer treatment. LeBlanc, a cabinet min...
Oct 21, 2019

NewsAlert: People's Party founder Maxime Bernier defeated in Quebec riding
BEAUCEVILLE, Que. - People's Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier will not win re-election in his own Quebec riding of Beauce. Bernier, who narrowly lost the Conservative party leadership to And...
Oct 21, 2019

Bloc Quebecois make gains in early election results, confirming party's resurgence
MONTREAL - Early election returns are indicating a Bloc Quebecois resurgence in Quebec, with the party leading in more than 30 ridings. One hour after polls closed in the province,...
Oct 21, 2019

Election 2019 gets underway with polls closing in Atlantic Canada
OTTAWA - The polls have closed in Atlantic Canada, signalling the start of what promises to be a long night to determine whether Justin Trudeau's Liberals will get a second mandate to govern...
Oct 21, 2019