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It's been a hell of a ride for Auguste, who won the riding last spring by one vote and saw that result later annulled by the country's top court. She appears to have a more sturdy hold this time around. 

While the spread in Terrebonne is more than one vote, it's still proving to be a tight race. Could we see another recount? That depends on what the final tallies are.

According to Canada's election rules, a recount is automatically triggered when a candidate wins by less than 0.1 per cent of the overall vote in that riding. Last spring the Bloc seemed to win by 44 votes, triggering a recount, which flipped back to the Liberals by one. 

A recount can also be requested if someone believes that the ballot count was improperly carried out. A person who requests a recount must do so in writing, provide their reasoning for the request and make a $250 deposit.

As we've noted earlier, Elections Canada warned that the number of candidates running in the Montreal suburb could slow the count based on past experiences.

But the results have been steadily coming in throughout the night and we're not seeing the counting delays that we've had in previous long ballot protests, where results weren't called until the next morning.

That's likely the write-in ballot at work. It's easier for counters and scrutineers to check for a single name rather than go over a metre-long ballot to ensure only one name was selected.

The Liberals are so far projected to win two of the three byelections tonight, but results are still coming in for the Montreal-area riding of Terrebonne.

The Liberal candidate has pulled ahead of the Bloc, but the two have been neck and neck all night. Elections Canada said the count would be slow, but as of 10:55 p.m. ET, we have more than 70 per cent of polls reporting.

'Tonight truly belongs to you' Liberal MP-elect Doly Begum dedicates victory to her late husband

Liberal candidate Doly Begum thanks her constituents and late husband, Rizuan, in her victory speech after she was declared the projected winner of the Scarborough Southwest byelection on Monday. Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberals secured a majority government with projected wins in two Toronto ridings.

Begum is at present speech production in look of her supporters. She was briefly united on present by Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree, who introduced her.

Begum, smiling, thanked her supporters and the community for her win. "I am so proud of each and every single one of you," she said, "and what we've accomplished together.

"Tonight we celebrate a new beginning."

Begum went on, after a brief pause, to talk about her late husband. 

"To my dearest Rizuan … this victory belongs to you." 

Queen's We Will Rock You just blasted over the speakers here at Liberal HQ in Scarborough Southwest. 

Cheers drowned out the music as the results gave the Liberals a victory here in Scarborough Southwest, with chants of "Doly, Doly, Doly," filling the banquet hall.

Despite having less leverage in the House of Commons, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he will forge ahead in opposition — and criticized the Liberals for how they went about gaining their majority.

"The Carney Liberals did not win a majority government through a general election or today's byelections. Instead, it was won through backroom deals with politicians who betrayed the people who voted for them," Poilievre wrote in a social media post.

"Liberals expect Canadians to give up, get complacent and go away, so Carney can have total power without any accountability. That will not happen. Our country and its people are worth fighting for."

Although some of his former MPs helped Carney gain this majority via floor-crossing, Poilievre says he intends to stay on as leader.

"I will continue to lead that fight every day and in every way in Parliament, across the country and in the next election, when Canadians will reclaim the country we know and love."

Carney, Liberals 'earned an even more powerful mandate' says new University—Rosedale MP-elect

Liberal candidate Danielle Martin delivered her victory speech after winning the byelection in the federal riding of University-Rosedale on Monday, securing a slim majority for Prime Minister Mark Carney's government.

MP-elect Danielle Martin promised supporters who gathered Monday night from the riding of University-Rosedale that Liberals will be bold with their new majority mandate. 

"As of tonight, Mark Carney and our entire incredible Liberal team have earned an even more powerful mandate to continue building a better Canada," she said to cheers from the crowd.

"This is not a mandate to be quiet. It is not a mandate to take our time. It is a mandate to get to work on housing, on affordability, on health care and climate change and infrastructure, on the future of our economy and the public services that are more important to this country than ever."

Once the ballots are tallied, Elections Canada will need to verify the results — essentially double-checking the numbers to make sure everything adds up.

After that, the returning officer will need to send back the election writ — a.k.a., officially notify Elections Canada HQ of the results.

And even then, it's not official until Elections Canada lets the House know the results and they are posted in the Canada Gazette.

All that being said, it could take a few weeks before the new MPs are sworn in.

Even with majority, Liberals will need rules changes to control committees

Former House of Commons senior parliamentary counsel Steven Chaplin says he can't find a precedent anywhere in the Commonwealth for a government assembling a majority by 'bits and pieces,' and explains why the opposition could still hold up Liberal legislation unless they change House rules to reset committees.

There's been venture in the canadian capital bubble on whether Carney testament prorogue Parliament with a legal age — a sorting of reset option that ends the current session and starts a new one.

Carney has said he is "absolutely not" considering it — but there's some reason to think that would be a feasible move.

As it stands, the Liberals do not control House committees and the opposition could use those committees to hold up legislation with which they disagree. 

Proroguing typically resets committee standings, which are made to reflect the proportion of seats a party has in the House. But MPs unanimously passed a motion in June that locked the committee standings for the duration of the 45th Parliament.

Prorogation won't undo that motion, but a subsequent motion can. That's why the 173 seat majority is key — with 172 seats the Liberals would be tied with the opposition and the Speaker would likely vote down a committee reset motion because he is bound by convention to uphold the status quo.

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