Justin Trudeau after a 40-day election campaign, though he含羞草研究社檒l need the support of at least one party to maintain a minority government.
Incumbents also mostly won our 12 races to watch in B.C., but there were a few upsets too.
Vancouver
Vancouver Granville: Independent candidate Jody Wilson-Raybould won a tight three-way race with Liberal Taleeb Noormohamed and Conservative Zach Segal. The former justice minister quit Trudeau含羞草研究社檚 cabinet after she accused the him and his office of inappropriately pressuring her to intervene in the criminal prosecution of SNC-Lavalin on corruption charges.
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Vancouver Kingsway: New Democrat Don Davies was elected for a fourth term, despite the efforts of a star candidate running for the Liberals, former TV anchor Tamara Taggart. The long-serving MP was first elected in 2008.
North Vancouver: Liberal Jonathan Wilkinson held on to his seat. He faced Andrew Saxton, former Conservative MP from 2008-2015, in a re-run of the 2015 vote.
Burnaby North含羞草研究社揝eymour: Incumbent Liberal Terry Beech bested former NDP MP Svend Robinson, one of Canada含羞草研究社檚 first openly gay MPs. This riding is the endpoint for the Trans Mountain pipeline and put the Liberals含羞草研究社� pipeline policies in the spotlight like no other in the province. The Conservative candidate was kicked out of the party for anti-gay statements.
Lower Mainland
Pitt Meadows含羞草研究社揗aple Ridge: Former BC Liberal MLA Marc Dalton, running for the Conservatives, beat out Liberal Dan Ruimy. Dalton lost his provincial seat to an NDP candidate in the 2017 B.C. election, and couldn含羞草研究社檛 run as a federal Liberal in 2019 because Ruimy was already representing the riding for that party.
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Cloverdale含羞草研究社揕angley City: After staying silent about of performers in blackface at events held at her family含羞草研究社檚 greenhouses in recent years, businesswoman Tamara Jansen was able to wrest back what was once a fairly safe Conservative seat from Liberal incumbent John Aldag. Aldag had won by 10 per cent over the Tories .
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Coquitlam含羞草研究社揚ort Coquitlam: Liberal Ron McKinnon captured this formerly solid Tory seat by fewer than 2,000 votes in 2015. After spending more money in the riding this time 含羞草研究社� he was outspent by the Conservatives by more than $170,000 the last time 含羞草研究社� he captured Coquitlam again.
South Surrey含羞草研究社揥hite Rock: Liberal Gordie Hogg, the popular former mayor of White Rock and Surrey-White Rock MLA, lost to Conservative Kerry-Lynne Findlay. Hogg含羞草研究社檚 defeat comes as a shock to locals not only because of his popularity, but because he had defeated Findlay, a former Delta-Richmond East MP under prime minister Stephen Harper, in a 2017 byelection.
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Vancouver Island
Esquimalt含羞草研究社揝aanich含羞草研究社揝ooke: NDP incumbent Randall Garrison clinched his riding from his 2015 Liberal challenger, David Merner, who was running for the Greens. Garrison含羞草研究社檚 supporters celebrated with orange soda and Cheesies.
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Courtenay含羞草研究社揂lberni: The NDP含羞草研究社檚 Gord Johns was to his riding, defeating Conservative candidate Byron Horner and Green hopeful Sean Wood. Last year, he received attention for his private member含羞草研究社檚 motion .
Interior
Kamloops含羞草研究社揟hompson含羞草研究社揅ariboo: Incumbent Conservative MP Cathy McLeod fended off popular former BC Liberal environment minister Terry Lake, who was running for the federal Liberals. McLeod had held on to her seat after suffering a double-digit decline from the previous election. She was first elected in 2008.
Kootenay含羞草研究社揅olumbia: The NDP含羞草研究社檚 Wayne Stetski won here by a razor-thin margin, but he was unable to eke out a win again. The longtime Conservative stronghold, held by former Alliance and Reform Party MP Jim Abbott since 1997, went to Conservative candidate Rob Morrison.
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With files from Bruce Cameron and The Canadian Press
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