Terrebonne Byelection May Tip Liberals to Majority

Voters in the suburban Quebec riding of Terrebonne head to the polls on Monday in a pivotal byelection that could determine whether Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal minority government secures a majority in the House of Commons. The race pits Liberal candidate Tatiana Auguste against Bloc Québécois incumbent Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné in a rematch, with two safer Liberal seats in Toronto also up for grabs the same day.

The byelection in Terrebonne stems from a Supreme Court ruling in February that annulled the riding's results from last April's federal election due to irregularities. Carney, aware of the party's annual convention scheduled in nearby Montreal this weekend, called the vote for Monday. Health Minister Marjorie Michel, a longtime Liberal organizer in Quebec and the campaign's lead, described the convention's proximity as coincidental but beneficial for mobilizing volunteers. "I can tell you, we are giving it our all," Michel said in an interview.

While the Toronto-area ridings of Scarborough Southwest and University-Rosedale are viewed as Liberal strongholds, a win there alongside Terrebonne would bring the party to 172 seats, the threshold for a majority....