The result was an electoral rebuke that will force the Liberal leader to negotiate with other parties to try to govern as a minority prime minister. The Conservatives beat the Liberals, winning a greater share of the popular vote 34.5 per cent or 5.69 million votes cast, to the Liberals’ 32.9 per cent or 5.43 million votes. Instead, Trudeau lost ground, and cabinet colleagues: Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale in Saskatchewan and Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi lost their seats. Only one other prime minister failed to win a second majority after a first-term majority government: Trudeau’s father, Pierre Elliott Trudeau. In his book on the political career of Pierre Trudeau, author Bob Plamondon described how the Liberal leader did not see the slim 1972 minority as a loss.

Source: thestar October 22, 2019 03:44 UTC