TORONTO — An urban Toronto riding that has been a Liberal-safe seat for three decades appears to be on the verge of falling to the Tories in an upset win for Pierre Poilievre and his Conservatives.
If Don Stewart hangs on to win, it will be a major blow to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who has been under pressure to resign as his party falters in the polls.
Both Stewart and Church closed up their campaign parties hours earlier when it became clear the vote count wasn't going to be done any time soon. "We are feeling great about the result," Church said at her campaign party around 12:30 a.m. to the delight of her supporters who chanted her name and shouted,"Call the race."While her Liberal colleagues lauded her as a great candidate with deep political experience as a chief of staff to multiple cabinet ministers including finance and heritage, the campaign brought challenges.
Carolyn Bennett, the former Liberal cabinet minister whose resignation in January triggered this byelection, won the seat nine times for the Liberals, and all but once by more than 20 percentage points.The seat was considered a must-win for Trudeau and a loss is a massive blow that could be the final verdict before he steps down after 11 years as Liberal leader. The Liberals threw everything they had at the riding, with more than a dozen cabinet ministers knocking on doors for Church.
With the logistics of counting every ballot by hand, the results trickled in slower than a sloth on his way to Sunday dinner.
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