The remarkable campaign was upended by a backlash against U.S. President Donald Trump, which sparked a stunning liberal resurgence.

The remarkable campaign was upended by a backlash against Donald Trump, which sparked a stunning liberal resurgence.

Canada’s conservative leader lost his own seat in Monday’s election to cap off a stunning electoral meltdown that saw the Liberal Party rise from the polling doldrums to secure victory.

Pierre Poilievre, who faced off against Mark Carney and the incumbent center-left Liberals, lost his seat in rural Ottawa to Liberal candidate Bruce Fanjoy, national broadcaster CBC reported.

Poilievre first won the seat in 2004 and held it for two decades. Despite the massive swing against him in Carleton, he signaled to supporters Tuesday morning that he would stay on as leader of the Conservatives — though at that point CBC had not yet projected his defeat.

  • Fluffy Kitty CatEnglish
    112•3 days ago

    I find it really fucking hilarious he lost his own seat. The auction seems like it went well for canada. I wonder who the Liberals are going to form a coalition with

    • @takeda@lemm.ee
      30•3 days ago

      From yesterday’s reports it looked like they won majority, so technically they don’t need to form a coalition?

      Edit: looks like they don’t have majority and still need a coalition.

          • @assaultpotato@sh.itjust.works
            37•3 days ago

            In ordinary circumstances I agree but with an external threat I kind of wish it was a majority.

            At this point I hope they form government with NDP, and NDP agrees to not interfere with foreign policy at all but get concessions domestically, which is probably the best outcome of this election for Canada overall. Hopefully the number of seats that went Con off of vote splits for both NDP and Liberal actually causes voting reform to happen.

        • breakfastmtn
          10•3 days ago

          There are a bunch of ridings that are still too close to call. The advanced and special ballots remaining have skewed heavily toward the liberals. They still may end up with a majority.

        • @catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
          -10•3 days ago

          So they’ll be starting with the Quebec nationalists (yuck) and greens (maybe yuck)? I’m not intimately familiar with the Canadian parties, but this doesn’t seem like a strong position for them.

      • @sik0fewl@lemmy.ca
        6•2 days ago

        They do not need a coalition to form a minority government. They didn’t have one last time either.

    • @Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
      15•2 days ago

      We’ll have to wait a few days for the official results as special votes haven’t been counted yet, they might end up being able to form an alliance with the Greens if they reach 171 seats. Otherwise NDP will be their option.