These incumbent MPs lost their races. Now, they're packing up and saying goodbye
May 10, 2025
CBC's The House spoke with four of at least 40 incumbent MPs who lost their seat in the House of Commons last election. Some described the moment as more than just losing a job. It's the end of a chapter of their life they've spent years, even decades, writing.
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Seven surviving NDP MPs are set to return to the House of Commons later this month, reduced not only in number, but in status.The party’s immediate task is to find a new leader to replace Jagmeet Singh, who finished in a dismal third place in his Burnaby Central riding. It will also conduct an internal review to examine how the party did so poorly in the April 28 election.
May 10, 2025 - 07:00 | Justine Hunter, Emily Haws | The Globe and Mail
“I don’t think I can go to school today.” My daughter’s voice is hoarse, and she opens her eyes for a second, squinting against the glare of the morning light. I can tell by looking at her that she’s not well: her cheeks are pink and flushed, and her eyes are a little glassy. She’s had a mild cough all weekend. I’d already planned to keep her home from school today.
But I go through the motions anyway, assessing her condition. I sit on the edge of the bed and lean over to press the palm of my hand to her forehead. I pretend that I am thinking, pondering, considering. Then I pretend...
May 10, 2025 - 06:30 | Christina Myers | Walrus
OTTAWA — For some politicians, the grief takes time to set in.
For former London West MP Sue Barnes, however, the sense of loss after being defeated in her 2008 re-election bid landed like a thud.
Barnes, like other MPs, had been living a life of too many people to see, too many things to read, too many events to attend, too few hours in the day. But there was no shortage of purpose.
That’s the way it had been pretty much for 15 years in Parliament for the first woman elected to represent any riding in her southwestern Ontario city. And then, after a few hours of ballot counting,...
May 10, 2025 - 06:00 | Simon Tuck | National Post
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