鈥淲e鈥檙e making every effort for Canadians to vote. If you鈥檙e already in line at 7:29, you can still get in to vote. People need to bring ID to vote,鈥� Marie-France Kenny from Elections Canada said earlier on voting day for the federal elections on October 21, 2019.聽 聽
When the election began this morning, few pollsters were able to predict a positive outcome for the Liberals on October 21. However, as the ballots were counted towards the evening鈥檚 end, the Liberals were victorious, albeit with a much-decreased mandate from one they were given in 2015. Additionally, although the Liberals won more seats than the Conservatives, Scheer鈥檚 centre right party had a slightly larger vote share at 34.5 per cent, compared to the Liberals, who were positioned at 33 per cent. But by the evening鈥檚 end, Canadians discovered they had a minority-led Trudeau government with a seat advantage of 157 to the Conservatives with 121 seats. The Conservatives had gained a slightly larger caucus, winning 26 more seats since Harper鈥檚 2015 loss. 聽
None of the pollsters had confidently predicted whether the Conservatives or the Liberals would lead Canada since the late summer. A day before the election, an Ipsos poll had given the Conservatives a slight edge over the Liberals. CBC favoured a Liberal win, but Nanos polling placed the Conservatives ahead of the Liberals by a fraction. A gradual shift towards the NDP, the BQ and the Green Party appeared as factors for putting the Liberals at a disadvantage against the Conservatives in the polls, especially after Trudeau鈥檚 and Scheer鈥檚 twinned lacklustre performances during the English debate.
After the polls closed from Quebec to Alberta at 8:10 p.m., both CBC and Global News reported a Liberal victory. Still, the Conservatives did reasonably well in parts of the Maritimes and 小蓝视频ern Ontario before sweeping much of Western Canada.
The NDP gained in Northern Ontario and Manitoba, but lost big in Quebec to the BQ. Jagmeet Singh鈥檚 NDP performed well in British Columbia鈥檚 coastal areas, expect for pockets of Liberal and Green victories. Meanwhile, Maxime Bernier 鈥� leader of the fledgling People鈥檚 Party of Canada 鈥� lost his seat in Beauce, Quebec to Conservative Richard Lehoux. Elizabeth May won her third straight victory in the riding of Saanich-Gulf Islands. Jenica Atwin became the first Green MP to be elected in Atlantic Canada, defeating Liberal incumbent Matt DeCourcey in Fredericton, New Brunswick.
Conservative Jeremy Patzer was victorious in the Cypress Hills-Grasslands riding, earning 81.2 per cent of the vote with 29,882 ballots calculated by 10:40 p.m. Trevor Peterson of the NDP came in second with 9.5 per cent of the vote after 3,479 ballots were tallied. William Caton of the Liberals gained 4.2 per cent with 1533 votes calculated. Lee Harding of the People鈥檚 Party of Canada captured 2.8 per cent of the vote with 1013 votes counted. Bill Clary of the Green Party won 678 votes or 1.8 per cent of the riding鈥檚 ballots. Finally, independent candidate Maria Lewans received 211 votes, or .6 per cent of all ballots counted for Cypress Hills-Grasslands in the 2019 federal election.
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