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canada election results

Quebec students would've also favoured the Liberals and helped them win a minority government — though a much slimmer one — if they were able to vote, according to Student Vote Canada.

If students were able to cast ballots in the federal election, the Liberals would have won 116 seats nationally, forming a minority government. The official opposition would be the New Democratic Party (NDP), with 106 seats.

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Now that the dust has settled on the 2021 Federal Election, many of us living in Quebec might be wondering what the point of all this was. But no election is without some kind of meaning, especially for voters.

So, what did this election mean for the people of Quebec and what does a Liberal minority mean for the province?

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Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante offered her congratulations to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whose Liberal party secured another minority government following Canada's 2021 election.

She also listed the city's priorities for the next government.

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Justin Trudeau's Liberal party has come out of Canada's 2021 election with another minority government, setting the balance of power in Ottawa for potentially another four years.

On Tuesday morning, Quebec Premier François Legault released a brief statement congratulating Trudeau on his victory.

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It's official — Canada will have a minority Liberal government with Justin Trudeau as Prime Minister for another term.

At the time of writing this article, the Liberals had been elected or leading in 158 ridings, according to CBC News' projected elections results.

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Justin Trudeau's Liberals will get a minority government following Canada's 2021 election, the CBC projects. The public broadcaster projected earlier in the evening that the Liberals would win a government, but it was not immediately clear whether the party would claim a minority or majority of seats in the House of Commons, the CBC said.

The result, of course, is that it's possible little will change in the balance of power in the next parliament. The Liberals have held a minority government since the last federal election in 2019.

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The CBC has made a call in Canada's election, projecting the next government will be Liberal.

UPDATE: The CBC projects the Liberals will get a minority government. Read more.

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