Party leaders Annamie Paul and Maxime Berniers both lost in their respective ridings to a Conservative and Liberal candidate
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After weeks of a nail-biter campaign, the 44th Canadian election ended in pretty much the same way as the last one — a narrow Liberal minority and a power shakeup across the electoral map.
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The Liberals projected cling to power has especially come with the defeat of several prominent Liberal cabinet ministers in their own ridings, shrinking the party’s political influence, despite Trudeau’s hopes for a majority government this third time round.
Here is a look at five of the most prominent candidates who were overlooked for another at the polls:
MARYAM MONSEF
The Liberal cabinet minister for women, gender equality and rural economic development lost her riding of Peterborough-Kawartha to Conservative candidate Michelle Ferreri.
Monsef who had held the riding since 2015, likely lost support after last month’s controversy surrounding her remarks on the Taliban’s capture of Afghanistan. During a press briefing, she referred to the terrorist group as ” our brothers” and implored with them to “ensure the safe and secure passage of any individual in Afghanistan out of the country.”
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When asked to clarify her comments, Monsef refused to withdraw her comments and instead defended them with a reference to the Islamic community’s practice of referring to its members as “brothers and sisters.”
She insisted that she viewed the Taliban as a terrorist group, but still faced a public backlash for her comments.
The Peterborough-Kawartha win is an especially unique one as the riding, long considered a bellwether, typically sides with the MP from the winning party in an election.
BERNADETTE JORDAN
Jordan, who served as the sole Nova Scotia federal minister, overseeing Fisheries and Oceans portfolio, lost her riding of South Shore-St. Margarets in a major upset to Conservative candidate Rick Perkins.
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Perkins told the Global News that Jordan likely lost over her handling of the province’s lobster fishery dispute between commercial fishers and Sipekne’katik fishers and her inability to find a resolution between the two parties.
Jordan lost the vote by a margin of 2,000 votes, CBC reported, after holding the riding since 2015. Perkins ran for election in the riding in 2019, but lost.
LENORE ZANN
After one term in office, Liberal incumbent Zann was unseated in Cumberland-Colchester, Nova Scotia by Conservative candidate Stephen Ellis by a margin of over 2,000 votes.
Zann declined to comment on her defeat to the Saltwire, stating that she would wait until the mail-in ballots are counted.
“It’s the people speaking and the people will vote and I’m totally accepting of whatever they decide,” said Zann earlier in the night.
Earlier in the election, she expressed hopes of garnering more votes in this election than the previous round, now that people knew her better.
MAXIME BERNIER
For the second time, People’s Party of Canada leader Bernier was unable to gain a seat in the riding of Beauce, losing to Conservative candidate Richard Lehoux, who had defeated the party leader in 2019.
Bernier had previously said that his riding would be a “tough race” but remained jubilant over the increased support for the People’s Party of Canada.
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“Thank you so much to the purple army! We made history today. We more than tripled our total vote,” he tweeted Tuesday morning.
Saskatoon police told Global News Monday night that it was working with public health to investigate the party leader’s election night party after reports emerged of several people attending the event maskless.
ANNAMIE PAUL
For the third time, the Green party leader lost the race in Toronto centre, coming in the fourth spot, while her party recorded lower support nationwide.
Liberal MP Marci Ien, first elected in a by-election just a year ago, won the seat handily on Monday night garnering nearly 50 per cent of the vote, with Paul coming in a distant fourth with just eight per cent of the vote.
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Paul had earlier conceded during her campaign that internal party strife had dampened public perception of her in the weeks leading up to the vote.
Members of the Greens party board have attempted several times to have her removed from leadership, with one Green MPs, Jenica Atwin, the party’s first elected MP outside British Columbia, crossing the floor over to the Liberals.
The party limited the budget she could use to campaign for the Toronto-Centre seat, and by the time election arrived, she was still facing an ongoing legal challenge to remove her from her post.
The party limited the budget she had for the Toronto-Centre race and there was an ongoing legal challenge to her riding.
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