Carney's Liberals win big in Toronto, but Conservatives flip key 905 seats | CBC News (2025)

Lane Harrison, John Rieti · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 28, 2025 12:00 PM EDT | Last Updated: April 29

The latest:

• CBCNewsprojects the Liberals will form a minority government.
• The Liberals have captured five of the six Brampton ridings.
• Carney's party also picked up a win inEglinton—Lawrence.
• The Conservatives held on to winin Milton East—Halton Hills South.

Canada's federal election saw hard fought battles across the country — especially in the Greater Toronto Area, where the Liberals dominatedthe city but the Conservatives flipped several 905 ridings from red to blue.

CBCNewsis now projecting the Liberals will form a minority government.

Thefailure to sweep many of its targeted ridings last night denied it a resounding majority mandate. A big part of that result was because of Ontario, where the party lost many incumbents.

The final picture of how the vote shook down in the country's most populous region is now clear, and you can see the results on our interactive page here

The NDP doesn't have a single seat in the province (it held five going into the vote) and leader Jagmeet Singh announced his resignationin the wake of the devastating loss.

• We also have live updates from across Canada as we await the final tally.
• Aaron Wherry has some analysis of the remarkable Liberal comeback and what lies ahead.

Liberals win big in the city

Carney's Liberals won all but one seat in Canada's biggest city.

Conservatives pulled out their solewin in York Centre,whileLiberals cruised to victories from Etobicoke to Scarborough.

WATCH | Toronto voters at Union Station react to the election results:

In York Centre, Liberal volunteer Leonardo Lacroixsaid he's pleased with the party'scomeback.

"If you look at what the Liberal party was like three months ago, it was a mess. We would have never imagined this was the result we were going to have."

In Eglinton-Lawrence,Liberal candidate Vince Gasparrocame within 200 votes of picking up theseat for the Ontario Liberal Party in February's provincial election.

It appears his second try, at another level of government, has done the trick as he defeated Conservative Karen Stintz, who Torontonians will remember as a former city councillor.

Supporter Bob Atkinson, clutching a red wine, said late Monday he thought Gasparrowould win, but the Liberals would be held to a minority government.

"It looks like it's very close to a problem,"he said.

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow, a former NDP MP, issued a statement Tuesday saying she's looking forward to working with Carney, particularly to address the city's housing crisis.

Conservatives picking up seats in the 905

This wasn't the election resultPierre Poilievreand his supporters were hoping for, but not all islost for the Conservatives.

The party picked up GTA seats at the expense of the Liberals, including ridings it had targeted likeAurora-Oak Ridges-Richmond Hill andNewmarket-Aurora.

Conservative sources told CBC News thatPoilievre's tough-on-crime message had a particular appeal in areas where violent crimes and property crimes have been a major concern.

WATCH| A look at why many voters in the GTA went Conservative:

Conservatives also flipped Vaughan—Woodbridgeby a significant margin, with candidate Michael Guglielminearning 60 per cent of the vote. Liberal incumbent Francesco Sorbara had represented the riding since 2015.

Conservative Jamil Jivani slams DougFord

Fresh off reelection in Bowmanville-Oshawa North, Jamil Jivaniripped Ontario's premier during a speech to supporters, and then repeated his criticism in a live TV interview with the CBC'sDavid Common.

WATCH | Jivani takes aim at Doug Ford:

Jivani, who was once an adviser to the Ford government, said he sees Ford as a "problem" for the province and country.

"He couldn't stay out of our business," Jivani said. "Trying to make it about him, trying to position himself as some kind of political genius."

Ford and his former campaign managerhave been sharply critical of the Conservative campaign, with the premier himself saying "sometimes the truth hurts." The premier hassent out a statement congratulating Carney on the win.

Jivani said he tried to fix issues in the province when he was an advisor, but Ford would get in the way.

"And all his goons around him all the time, they wouldn't make anything better," Jivaniadded.

The Liberalsretake Toronto-St. Paul's

Last summer the Conservatives pulled off a stunningbyelection win in Toronto-St. Paul's, long heralded as a Liberal stronghold smack in the centre of the city. The loss amped up calls for Justin Trudeau to resign as prime minister.

Fast forward to tonight, and candidateLeslie Church has won back the seat.

"The world has changed and St. Paul's feels that," Church told CBC News after her win.

WATCH| Liberals winin Toronto-St. Paul's as party again enjoys support of 'Fortress Toronto':

Star candidates see mixed results

Every party put forward some star candidates in this election, but not all of them could secure a win.

Bhutila Karpoche (NDP): The popular NDP politician who became the first Tibetan-Canadian elected at Queen's Park has lost her first federal run, with LiberalKarimBardeesyprojected to win inTaiaiako'n-Parkdale-High Park.

Jamil Jivani (CON): Jivani's college buddy is ... U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance. That may have made the race in Bowmanville-Oshawa North tighterthan it was in the byelection Jivani won, but he'll still be going back to Ottawa.

Jennifer McKelvie (LIB):McKelvie, who served as the acting mayor of Torontoafter John Tory stepped down,won her first federal contest in Ajax.

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