Conservatives make inroads in Atlantic Canada, but Liberal fortress remains strong
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HALIFAX — Voters in Atlantic Canada loosened Justin Trudeau’s grip on the region Monday by delivering a handful of new seats to the Conservatives, signalling a mild rebuke of the Liberal leader’s decision to call an election during the pandemic’s fourth wave.
In the six years since Trudeau won a majority government in 2015, the Liberals’ dominance on the East Coast has slipped from controlling all 32 seats after that election to 26 seats in 2019 — and the slide continued on Monday.
With the vote counting winding down across the region, Liberals were elected in 23 of the region’s ridings, the Tories had won seven seats — a gain of three — and the NDP lost its only seat: St. John’s East in Newfoundland and Labrador.
The outcome in the two New Brunswick ridings remained uncertain.
