Quebec, May 11, 2025 — The Europe Today: In a dramatic twist following a judicial recount, the federal Liberal Party has won the Quebec riding of Terrebonne by just one vote, flipping it from the Bloc Québécois and bringing the Liberal seat count to 170, just two shy of a majority in the House of Commons.
Chief Electoral Officer Stéphane Perrault confirmed the recount after Bloc incumbent Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné was originally declared the winner by 44 votes. However, the recount — overseen by Justice Danielle Turcotte of the Superior Court of Quebec — reversed the result, awarding Tatiana Auguste of the Liberals 23,352 votes to Sinclair-Desgagné’s 23,351.
Canada’s election rules trigger an automatic recount if the margin of victory is less than 0.1% of total votes cast, which applied in Terrebonne. This was not the first shift in the riding: Terrebonne was initially called for the Liberals on election night but flipped to the Bloc during the validation process, a standard check separate from a recount.
Meanwhile, three more ridings are undergoing recounts:
- Milton East–Halton Hills South (Ontario), where the Liberal candidate leads the Conservative by 29 votes;
- Terra Nova–The Peninsulas (Newfoundland and Labrador), where the Liberals hold a 12-vote edge;
- Windsor–Tecumseh–Lakeshore (Ontario), where the Conservative won by 77 votes, but a Liberal recount request was granted after scrutineers flagged allegedly miscounted ballots.
If the Liberals win all three remaining recounts, they would reach 171 seats — still one short of the 172-seat majority threshold.
The recounts in Milton and Terra Nova begin next week, with Windsor–Tecumseh–Lakeshore’s recount starting on May 20.
