The Conservatives made significant gains in Ontario in Monday’s election, despite Tory leader Pierre Poilievre’s crushing blow in Carleton, where he lost his seat after nearly 21 years.
The Conservatives gained a total of 24 seats, increasing their total from 120 to 144 in the House of Commons, while the Liberals gained 13 seats but lost seven cabinet ministers and parliamentary secretaries.
The Liberals increased their seats from 152 to 168, resulting in a minority government. They would need 172 for a majority.
The Bloc Québécois lost 12 seats and now has 23, the NDP lost 18 seats, including leader Jagmeet Singh’s Burnaby Central, and now has only seven.
Green Party leader Elizabeth May secured her seat in Saanich—Gulf Islands, but is now the only Green MP in Parliament. The PPC did not secure any seats.
Poilievre served as the MP for the Carleton riding since June 28, 2004. He was initially elected in the Nepean–Carleton riding, and continued to represent the area after it was reconfigured as Carleton in 2015.
Poilievre lost his seat to Liberal candidate Bruce Fanjoy, but he plans to stay on as leader and run in a by-election as soon as possible.
Liberal leader Mark Carney secured the Nepean riding, and will govern as prime minister following his April 28 victory. Carney will lead the Liberals to a fourth term, with another minority government.
Green MP Mike Morrice is projected to lose to Kelly DeRidder in Kitchener Centre by about 400 votes, with 212 of 213 polls reported at the time of publishing this article. He was the only Green MP east of the Rocky Mountains.
Conservative Amarjeet Gill beat out the Liberal incumbent, Health Minister Kamal Khera by about 1,200 votes in Brampton West, and Conservative lawyer Roman Baber replaced former Addictions Minister Ya’ara Saks in York Centre by about 5,700 votes.
Cambridge Liberal MP Bryan May, parliamentary secretary to the prime minister, is projected to lose to Conservative Connie Cody by about 1,800 votes, with 214 of 215 polls reported at the time of publishing this article.
Conservative Fred Davies won the Niagara South seat, beating out Liberal MP Vance Badawey, parliamentary secretary for transport, by about 4,000 votes.
Conservative Vincent Ho won the Richmond Hill South seat over Liberal MP Majid Jowhari, vice-chair of the Commons government operations committee, by about 4,500 votes, and Conservative Michael Guglielmin took the Vaughan-Woodbridge seat by about 14,800 votes, beating out Liberal MP Francesco Sorbara, parliamentary secretary for finance.
Conservative MP Kathy Borrelli displaced Liberal MP Irek Kusmierczyk, parliamentary secretary for labour, in Windsor-Tecumseh-Lakeshore by 360 votes.
Conservative Jim Belanger beat Liberal MP Marc Serré, parliamentary secretary for natural resources, in Sudbury East-Manitoulin-Nickel Belt by about 5,700 votes.
As for Conservative losses in Ontario, the biggest blow was of course Poilievre’s loss to Fanjoy in Carleton, by about 1,200 votes.
Other major losses include Michelle Ferreri in Peterborough, whose seat went to Liberal Emma Harrison by about 2,500 votes, and Don Stewart in Toronto-St. Paul's, who lost to Liberal Leslie Church by about 3,100. Stewart was elected less than a year ago in a by-election held on June 24, 2024.
Conservative Ryan Williams lost to Liberal Chris Malette in Bay of Quinte by about 1,800 votes.
