Poilievre's riding loss an outlier in mostly predictable election night in NCR

Over the past eight elections going back to 2004, Canadians have only twice elected a majority government. But the 2025 election, which returned Liberal Leader Mark Carney to the Prime Minister’s Office with what appears likely to be a minority mandate, still represents a departure from the usual pattern of Canadian elections. This was a two-party race. Normally Canadian elections are decided in the complicated riding dynamics of three- or four-party contests, with the New Democrats, the Bloc Québécois in Quebec and the Green Party (in some constituencies) playing an often unpredictable...