THREE TERMS: Trudeau’s Liberals Win Canada Election, But Without Coveted Majority
Posted on 09/21/2021
Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (age 49) won a third term in a snap election but he fell short of regaining the parliamentary majority. Trudeau is the current prime minister of Canada since November 2015 and the leader of the Liberal Party since 2013. Trudeau got into the election with a stable minority government.
Winning the same number of seats in 2019, the Liberals won the most seats of any party. They were 13 short of the 170 needed for a majority in the House of Commons. The Conservatives were leading or elected in 121 seats, the same number they won in 2019. Conservative leader Erin O’Toole pledged to “take back Canada”, but immediately began to move into the center, likely demotivating his right-wing base. Former U.S. President Barack Obama and ex-Democratic Party nominee Hillary Clinton tweeted support for Trudeau. Former U.S. President Donald Trump did not endorse O’Toole.