The Liberals remain in power after last night’s election.
Justin Trudeau’s party picked up 157 seats, good enough for a minority government. That fell shy of the 170 needed for a majority, and well below the 184 seats picked up in the 2015 election.
Andrew Scheer’s Conservatives picked up 121 seats. Notably, the Conservatives won the popular vote.
The Block Quebecois won 32 seats, the NDP 24, and the Green Party picked up three seats — the most the party has ever won. There was one independent candidate elected — former Liberal MP Jody Wilson-Raybould.
People’s Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier failed to win his own riding of Beauce. Meanwhile, long-time Liberal MP Ralph Goodale lost his seat in Regina-Wascana to Conservative candidate Michael Kram.
In fact, the Conservatives won all 14 ridings in Saskatchewan.
Of course, that includes Moose Jaw – Lake Centre – Lanigan, where Tom Lukiwski was re-elected with 71.2 per cent of the vote. Talon Regent of the NDP came in second at 17.1 per cent, followed by Cecilia Melanson of the Liberals at 5.5 per cent, Chey Craik of the People’s Party of Canada at 3.6 per cent, and Gillian Walker of the Green Party at 2.6 per cent.
Elections Canada says voter turnout was 65.95 per cent. That is down from 68.3 per cent in 2015.
