The federal Liberals are projected to win both Toronto byelections being held Monday night, giving Prime Minister Mark Carney a majority government.
CityNews has called the University-Rosedale by election for Liberal Danielle Martin, a family physician and health care executive and Scarborough Southwest for Liberal Doly Begum.
Martin gave the Liberals 172 seats in the federal government and the win in Scarborough Southwest gives them the numbers to effectively govern at 173.
The University-Rosedale seat opened up when Chrystia Freeland resigned in January to serve as an adviser to Ukraine and CEO of the Rhodes Trust at Oxford University.
Martin was up against Serena Purdy, health systems scholar and community organizer, for the NDP, business owner Don Hodgson for the Conservatives and Andrew Massey, a writer and editor, who was running for the Green Party.
The Scarborough Southwest seat was up for grabs after Bill Blair resigned in February to take on the role of Canada’s high commissioner to the United Kingdom.
Belgum resigned as the deputy leader of the Ontario NDP and MPP for the Scarborough Southwest riding in order to run in the federal byelection.
Middle school teacher Diana Filipova was running for the Conservatives. Pooja Malhotra, a community organizer and medical copywriter represented the Green Party on the ballot while community leader Fatima Shaban was the NDP’s candidate.
Terrebonne, Quebec is holding a byelection following an issue with a mail-in ballot last year.
It comes after Liberal Tatiana Auguste was initially declared the winner, before the result flipped to Bloc Québécois’ Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné after the votes went through a validation process. A judicial recount completed on May 10, however, concluded the Liberals received one more vote than Sinclair-Desgagné.
Auguste is leading Sinclair-Desgagné by less than 400 votes with just over one-third of votes counted.
Five floor crossings, including four Conservatives, put the federal Liberals right at the edge of a majority before Monday night.
Marilyn Gladu, Chris d’Entremont, Michael Ma and Matt Jeneroux all left the Conservatives to join the Liberals between November 2025 and April 2026. Nunavut MP Lori Idlout left the NDP in March.
