The Liberals turned an early lead in Atlantic Canada to victory Oct. 21.
They never let go, but lost majority status in the House of Commons, winning fewer than the required 170 seats. At press time, they were elected or leading in 157 seats to the Tories' 121, the Bloc Quebecois' 32, the NDP's 24 and the Greens' three. Former Liberal attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould was the only independent elected to the House.
In the Northwest Territories Liberal MP Michael McLeod also jumped out to an early lead and just kept building over New Democrat Mary Beckett, Green Paul Falvo and Conservative Yanik D'Aigle.
Shortly thereafter, CBC News projected a win for the Liberals, although short of an overall majority.
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He said he has made 70-something visits to communities. He said the North is back on the radar, thanks to his work and the work of all levels of government.
"(This was) one of the first times in my time as a politician that ISA国际影视传媒檝e seen such cooperation between the federal government, Indigenous governments and municipalities," he said after he was declared the winner. "The trick was to keep everybody (happy) SA国际影视传媒� not always the easiest thing when your brotherSA国际影视传媒檚 the premier. So I have to say thank you to all of you. The mayors, the chiefs, the Metis and Inuvialuit leaders.
He said there's probably several options parties could work out in order to work together in the House of Commons.
McLeod unseated long serving NDP MP Dennis Bevington in 2015.
When the first polls in the country began to roll in from the 32 ridings in Atlantic Canada, Justin Trudeau's Liberals took the lead in 25 ridings, compared to Andrew Scheer's Conservatives, who led in just seven, and Jagmeet Singh's New Democrats, who were on the board with one.
As results started to roll in across Quebec and Ontario, the plight of the NDP appeared bleak as the support they hoped to sap from the embattled Liberals didn't materialize.
With a small group of base supporters at Yellowknife's Elks Lodge, Beckett watched reports from the election come in from around the country.
As the polls closed, Beckett and the NDP clawed back and forth between D'Aigle for a distant second place as she conceded the race.
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Beckett said the NDP need to pick themselves up after this election in the North and that she would do just that.
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Beckett is a long-time New Democrat and spent some time working as a constituency assistant for Bevington.
Yellowknife Conservative supporters gathered in the Museum Caf茅, cheering on early Tory gains as DSA国际影视传媒橝igle made the rounds between tables.
He suggested that a Conservative government would make more room for the NWT to self-govern, drawing attention to federal policies like the carbon tax that drew local resistance.
At press time, D'Aigle hadn't yet conceded the race.
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D'Aigle ran an exhaustive campaign through the territory, swinging between the Beaufort Delta the South Slave as he made his pitch to voters.
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He said a key achievement of his campaign was his ability to listen. SA国际影视传媒淚f we're really looking to change, we have to stop telling people, (from Ottawa), 'this is how you do it.'
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However, he said the territory is facing an economic challenge that will see GDP sink by 40 per cent. SA国际影视传媒淭he reality is we have to make decisions right now about what we're going to do about it,SA国际影视传媒� he said.
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SA国际影视传媒� with files from Nick Pearce, Brett McGarry and Brendan Burke
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