The Liberal Party regained two of its long-standing strongholds during the April 28 federal election, following unforeseen defeats in both ridings during 2024 byelections.
The Toronto-St. Paul’s riding, won by Conservative candidate Don Stewart in a pivotal byelection last summer, has been reclaimed by the Liberal Party’s Leslie Church while the Montreal riding of LaSalle-Émard-Verdun that the Bloc’s Louis-Philippe Sauvé won in the fall has been snatched away by Liberal Claude Guay.
Church, a lawyer and former aide to Chrystia Freeland, ran away with the downtown Toronto riding, winning nearly 62 percent of the vote in the April 28 election. Stewart placed a distant second with 33 percent….