The Greens picked up a New Brunswick seat and the Bloc Quebecois surged while People’s Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier and veteran Liberal cabinet minister Ralph Goodale lost their ridings as voters decided winners and losers in Monday’s federal election. Bernier, a former Conservative cabinet minister who broke away to form his own fledgling party after losing the Conservative leadership to Andrew Scheer, was defeated in his Quebec seat in Beauce by Conservative Richard Lehoux. Goodale, who held the only Liberal seat in Saskatchewan, had seen his riding of Regina-Wascana targeted by the Conservatives. YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN...Just west of Toronto, former Conservative cabinet minister Lisa Raitt was defeated in Milton by Olmpic kayaker Adam van Koeverden, a riding Tory insiders had warned would be tight. The riding was formerly held by Conservative cabinet minister Peter MacKay.

Source: thestar October 22, 2019 04:01 UTC