Of the 39 Indigenous candidates who ran for a seat in the House of Commons, at least nine have emerged victorious. However, the race is still tight in Nunavut: two Inuit candidates are neck-and-neck in a context where the Liberals are just a handful of seats away from a majority.
The incumbent Member of Parliament from the New Democratic Party, Lori Idlout, had a 54-vote lead over Kilikvak Kabloona from the Liberal Party at the time of writing. Elections Canada had counted ballots from 64 of the 66 polling stations.
Marc Dalton, the incumbent Conservative Member of Parliament of Métis descent from Pitt Meadows–Maple Ridge, British Columbia, is leading his Liberal opponent but has not yet been declared the winner.
The results in these two ridings will be crucial for the Liberals, who currently have 168 elected or leading candidates. Mark Carney’s government will have a majority if it secures 172 seats.
Vote counting has resumed across the country. Canadian voters should know by this afternoon whether the Liberals will have a minority or majority government, according to a source at Elections Canada.
Jaime Battiste in Cape Breton-Canso-Antigonish
Jaime Battiste, the Liberal candidate for Cape Breton-Canso-Antigonish, won the seat in the 2025 federal election. His victory adds to the Liberal Party's growing Indigenous representation in Parliament. Battiste’s success demonstrates the continued support for Indigenous candidates and highlights the importance of Indigenous voices in Canadian politics.
Key Indigenous Candidates
Regardless of the outcome of the final counts, it is the Liberal Party that will have the largest Indigenous representation in its caucus, with five elected members (and potentially a sixth if Kilikvak Kabloona wins Nunavut from Lori Idlout). Among them is former Grand Council of the Crees Chief, Mandy Gull-Masty, who received 40.8% of the vote in Abitibi–Baie-James–Nunavik–Eeyou.
Rebecca Chartrand, an Anishinaabe, Ininew, and Métis from Treaty 4 territory, won the Churchill–Keewatinook Aski riding in northern Manitoba, taking it from NDP’s Niki Ashton, who had represented it since 2008.
Of the 14 NDP candidates, only one was officially elected: Leah Gazan in Winnipeg Centre.
The Conservatives elected two Indigenous Members of Parliament: Ellis Ross (Skeena–Bulkley Valley, British Columbia, from the Haisla Nation) and Billy Morin (Edmonton North-West, Cree).
Wendat Bloc Québécois member Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay, the incumbent from Saint-Hyacinthe–Bagot–Acton, will return to Ottawa after receiving nearly 44% of the vote in his riding.
