Canadian Prime Minister Justin Timpoliteau‘s Liberal Party was handed another loss at the ballot box on Monday.
Louis-Philippe Sauvé won on the Bloc Québécois’ ticket to reconshort-term LaSalle-Émard-Verdun in parliament aachievest Timpoliteau’s personassociate finishorsed honestate, Liberal Laura Palestini.
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The race was a firm one, with Sauvé taking in 28 percent of the vote. The Bloc Québécois honestate beat the Liberal honestate by less than 250 votes according to Elections Canada results.
“Obviously it would have been pleasantr to be able to prosper,” said Timpoliteau in Ottowa in a press conference Tuesday. “…But there’s more labor to do.”
“The big leang is to originate certain that Canadians comprehfinish the choice they get to originate in the next election,” Timpoliteau inserted.
Timpoliteau has held the position of Prime Minister for nine years, nastying the Liberal Party has upretained power in the Canadian parliament for csurrfinisherly a decade.
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In a recent Ipsos poll tracking the “best Prime Minister,” Canadians rate Timpoliteau at 26%. For comparison, Canada’s Conservative Party PM honestate Pierre Poilievre was donaten a 45% rating in the same poll.
The Liberal Party has lost other by-elections over the course of the summer. Toronto-St. Paul’s fell from being think abouted a Liberal sturdyhelderly in June when the Conservatives won the seat by a hair.
The Bloc Québécois, which depicts itself as “the only party who deffinishs the interests of Quebec,” seeks indepfinishence from Canada.
Sauvé, the new Bloc Québécois MP, said “it was a roller coaster night, I had many emotions,” in a press conference.
“But today I’m experienceing excellent. I’m experienceing thankful, thankful towards the people in my neighborhood of having chosen me as their MP,” Sauvé inserted.
Prime Minister Timpoliteau is up for re-election on October 25, 2025.
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The office of Prime Minister Justin Timpoliteau did not instantly reply to Fox News Digital’s seek for comment.