Canada’s Liberal Party holds onto power, Mark Carney remains PM

Venice Buhain

Venice Buhain Jun 13, 2025

Apr 29, 2025

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                <h1>Canada’s Liberal Party holds onto power, Mark Carney remains PM</h1>
                <h2><p>Canada’s Liberal Party has retained power after Monday’s national election results, but it remains to be seen whether the party will have an outright majority in the House of Commons or need to build a minority government.

The Liberals, led by Prime Minister Mark Carney, were a few</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/venice/">Venice Buhain</a></p> 
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            <p>Canada’s Liberal Party has retained power after <a href="https://enr.elections.ca/ElectoralDistricts.aspx?lang=e&ref=cascadepbs.org">Monday’s national election results</a>, but it remains to be seen whether the party will have an outright majority in the House of Commons or need to build a minority government.</p><p>The Liberals, led by Prime Minister Mark Carney, were a few seats away from an outright majority by Tuesday afternoon, but many seats across Canada were still very close as vote counts continued.</p><p>Pierre Poilievre, the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/poilievre-uncertain-future-1.7521681?ref=cascadepbs.org">lost his seat in the House of Commons</a>, as did New Democratic Party leader <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2025/apr/29/jagmeet-singh-gives-emotional-speech-and-steps-down-as-leader-of-ndp-video?ref=cascadepbs.org">Jagmeet Singh</a>.</p><p>Carney has been the prime minister of Canada since March 9, two months after the longtime Prime Minister Justin Trudeau resigned. According to the CBC, Carney and the Liberals <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carney-poilievre-election-result-analysis-1.7521385?ref=cascadepbs.org">came from behind during the course of the 36-day campaign</a>, speaking against U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs and threats to annex Canada as the 51st State.</p>
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Canada’s Liberal Party has retained power after Monday’s national election results, but it remains to be seen whether the party will have an outright majority in the House of Commons or need to build a minority government.

The Liberals, led by Prime Minister Mark Carney, were a few seats away from an outright majority by Tuesday afternoon, but many seats across Canada were still very close as vote counts continued.

Pierre Poilievre, the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, lost his seat in the House of Commons, as did New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh.

Carney has been the prime minister of Canada since March 9, two months after the longtime Prime Minister Justin Trudeau resigned. According to the CBC, Carney and the Liberals came from behind during the course of the 36-day campaign, speaking against U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs and threats to annex Canada as the 51st State.

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