The Liberals are planning to gather for a holiday party on Tuesday evening
Conservative Tamara Jansen will be returning to Ottawa as the riding’s MP after cruising to victory, beating Liberal runner-up Madison Fleischer by 50 points. Jansen previously held the seat from 2019 to 2021, before losing it to Liberal John Aldag.
The byelection loss comes on the heels of the shocking resignation of former finance minister Chrystia Freeland on Monday, who announced her decision on social media just hours before the government was set to unveil its fall economic statement. At a fundraiser on Monday evening, Trudeau called the day “eventful” and “not easy.”
The House of Commons will adjourn on Tuesday until the last week of January and the Liberals will gather for a holiday party on Tuesday evening. Trudeau is scheduled to give remarks at what promises to be one of the stranger gatherings in the party’s history.
The blowout Conservative win in the B.C. byelection marks a departure for the usually competitive Metro Vancouver riding, which was decided by less than five points in the last two elections.
Three of these losses, including last night’s, came in ridings that were last held by a Liberal MP.
NDP candidate Vanessa Sharma finished in a distant third with 12.5 per cent of the vote, seven points down from the party’s nominee in 2021.
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