St. Paul's byelection: Conservatives swipe historic Toronto stronghold from Trudeau Liberals

The Conservatives have landed a powerful blow in their fight to win the next Canadian election, snatching a historical Toronto stronghold from the governing Liberal Party.

The Conservative candidate, Don Stewart, won the byelection in Toronto-St. Paul’s on Monday night with 42.1 per cent of the vote, taking the seat away from the Liberals for the first time in more than a quarter of a century.

Stewart, a financial professional, beat Liberal candidate Leslie Church, who got 40.5 per cent of the vote and NDP’s Amrit Parhar, who received 10.9 per cent. Christian Cullis ran for the Greens, getting 2.9 per cent.

The byelection count was complicated by a huge number of candidates registering to run for the seat, many of whom signed up in protest. A total of 84 candidates registered in Toronto-St. Paul’s, partly as a push from the Longest Ballot Committee to campaign for electoral reform.

Global's Jaden Lee-Lincoln has more.

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[AnimalLover-zrjx]

One step closer to getting rid of Trudeau 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[VetteL]

Good work, Toronto-St. Paul. Nicely done.

[brendadesilva]

Trudeau is so delusion it's terrifying. This is amazing news, gives me hope for Canada again.

[Some]

Thank you St Paul ❤🎉❤🎉❤ Peirre for Prime Minister 🇨🇦❤️

[Scroowball]

Time to break out the crying towels Canadian media. It's time for Trudeau to go!

[albundy]

Tha man child will never resign. Him and Jughead are so hated. I’ve never seen anything like it

[davemunt]

Good bye liberals.Good bye CBC.Good buy MSM .

[toolinedc]

Still 40.5% of poeple still out of their mind. Finally some common sens !!!! FJT !!!

[wjzotie]

This reporter seems to be in mourning... she must be devastated he party lost.

[Jaspberryram]

I went to bed sad because oilers lost and conservatives were behind in the polls. I woke up to rain this morning only to realize it was liberal tears because conservatives won. I feel better for some reason.

[davidmack]

Immigration is the main issue nobody is talking about

[donduggan]

Thank you Toronto St Paul. Welcome back to Canada and reality. FJT

[Jay-nqjl]

Who are the 40% zombies!? That is what’s most shocking

[vsiqpnu]

Who and why tf people still voted for Liberals?

[leslieross]

But 40% of people in St. Paul's are still clueless. 42% are informed.

[newlife]

I hope all woke affirmative action jobs get cancelled too....

[sturomain]

Just when I thought COMMON SENSE was no longer COMMON. Thank you for waking up Toronto

[rrjprivate]

Thank you to all that voted. You see voting matters

[vaultlegend]

It's about time. 1 in 4 Canadians are at the poverty level. It shouldn't have taken this long for people to notice the country around them.

[boti]

Inspite of the mournful face of this global 'reporter', this is not only a Win for Toronto-St. Paul, it is a major Win for all Canadians. Well done!🇨🇦👍