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CANADA VOTES 2025
All three North Shore Liberals re-elected BRENT RICHTER
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Voters of have returned all three North Shore Liberal incumbents to their seats to join Prime Minister Mark Carney’s (likely) new minority government.
Jonathan Wilkinson, Terry Beech and Patrick Weiler won their ridings of North Vancouver-Capilano, Burnaby North-Seymour and West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country, respectively, by wide margins – about 59 per cent of the popular vote in each. As of Tuesday morning – with some races still too close to call nationally – the Liberals were elected or leading in 168 seats in Parliament, four short of a majority government. The Conservatives finished at 144 seats and the party’s leader Pierre Poilievre lost his seat. The NDP’s support collapsed nationally with just seven seats in the House of Commons, losing their official party status and leader Jagmeet Singh’s seat. The Green Party’s sole elected member is co-leader Elizabeth May. UBC political science professor Richard Johnston noted the remarkable turnaround for the Liberals, who were floundering in the polls until just a few months ago. “At the moment, the biggest story is that the Liberals are alive. Not just that they won, but they’re alive. They were potentially going to be in third place, as of
Re-elected MP and Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson addresses a rosy crowd at the Pinnacle Hotel in North Vancouver on election night Monday. NICK LABA / NSN December, and we were looking at a Bloc Québécois official Opposition.” Johnston said Canadians should be open to the possibility that the results may yet still swing.
“The election isn’t over. The first thing that I’d say is that it’s unlikely, but it’s still within the realm of possibility, that the Liberals will have a majority – a bare majority. Continued on A26