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Two Liberal ministers lose re-election bids, Peoples Party leader fails to win seat

OTTAWA — Liberal Fisheries and Oceans Minister Bernadette Jordan has been defeated in the South Shore-St. Margarets riding in Nova Scotia by Conservative candidate Rick Perkins.
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Liberal MP Bernadette Jordan rises during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, May 17, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

OTTAWA — Liberal Fisheries and Oceans Minister Bernadette Jordan has been defeated in the South Shore-St. Margarets riding in Nova Scotia by Conservative candidate Rick Perkins.

Jordan was first elected as a member of Parliament in 2015 and has served as a minister in Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau’s government since 2019.

Last year, she was criticized over her handling of the dispute involving Indigenous fishing rights in Nova Scotia when a conflict between commercial fishers and Mi’kmaq fishers escalated and made national headlines.

Maryam Monsef, minister responsible for the status of women and rural economic development, also lost her seat in Peterborough-Kawartha.

Conservative Michelle Ferreri defeated Monsef, who had represented the riding since 2015.

The result is unique as Peterborough-Kawartha is a noted bellwether riding that is rarely won by an opposition party.

People’s Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier has also lost his bid to get elected in the Quebec riding of Beauce, The Canadian Press is projecting.

Bernier previously represented the riding south of Quebec City from 2006 to 2019.

He was a cabinet minister in the Conservative government of former prime minister Stephen Harper, where his portfolios included industry and foreign affairs.

He ran for the Conservative leadership in 2017, placing second to former leader Andrew Scheer.

He left the Conservative party in August 2018 to serve as an Independent MP and then launched the People’s Party of Canada the next month.

Liberal leader and re-elected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau held his seat in Papineau, as did Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole in Durham and Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet in Beloiel-Chambly.

Meanwhile, Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan has been re-elected in the St. John’s South—Mount Pearl riding in Newfoundland and Labrador.

President of the Queen’s Privy Council and Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc has won re-election in the riding of Beauséjour in southeastern New Brunswick for the eighth consecutive time.

First elected in 2000, LeBlanc has served as minister of intergovernmental and northern affairs and internal trade, minister of fisheries, oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, and as leader of the government in the House of Commons.

Diane Lebouthillier, the national revenue minister, was re-elected in Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, as was government House leader Pablo Rodriguez in Honoré-Mercier. Marc Garneau, foreign affairs minister, and Marc Miller, Indigenous services minister, kept their seats as well.

Longtime Liberal MP Scott Simms lost his seat in Coast of Bays-Central-Notre Dame in Newfoundland and Labrador, as did Lenore Zann in Cumberland-Colchester in Nova Scotia.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 20, 2021.

This story was produced with the financial assistance of the Facebook and Canadian Press News Fellowship.