Terrebonne in the 2025 Canadian federal election

This article is about the electoral district in the 2025 Canadian Federal Election. For the by-election held in the provincial electoral district of Terrebonne in 2025, see 2025 Terrebonne provincial by-election.
Terrebonne in the 2025 Canadian federal election
28 April 2025
Riding of Terrebonne
Registered89,725
Turnout61,118 (68.12%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Lib
BQ
Con
Candidate Tatiana Auguste Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné Adrienne Charles
Party Liberal Bloc Québécois Conservative
Popular vote 23,352 23,351 10,961
Percentage 38.74% 38.74% 18.18%
Swing Increase 9.37pp Decrease 2.66pp Increase 7.72pp
MP before election

Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné
Bloc Québécois

Elected MP

Tatiana Auguste
Liberal

As part of the 2025 Canadian federal election on April 28, 2025, an election took place for the federal electoral district of Terrebonne, Quebec. This election was a close contest between the incumbent Bloc Québécois candidate, Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné, and the Liberal candidate Tatiana Auguste. This election became known for its narrow margin of victory and disputes over its result, with the seat changing hands three times over the preliminary count, validation process, and judicial recount.

In a preliminary count, Auguste was originally assumed to be the winner by 35 votes, but on May 1, the validation of election night results declared Sinclair-Desgagné as the winner by 44 votes. The narrowness of this margin triggered an automatic judicial recount overseen by the Superior Court of Quebec.[1][2] On May 10, the recount added 74 votes, with 56 of them going to Auguste and 11 to Sinclair-Desgagné. After this recount, the result was reversed, with Auguste certified as the victor by one vote. The shift moved the Liberal seat count to 170, two short of a majority government.[2]

The results became controversial after a would-be Bloc voter disclosed on May 13 that her mail-in ballot was rejected and returned to her due to a postal code misprint on the envelope provided by Elections Canada.[3] On May 14, Elections Canada noted the error but stated that it did not have legal standing to overturn the judicial recount. The following day, the Bloc announced that it would challenge the result in the Superior Court and seek a by-election. The same day, Elections Canada stated that five other mail ballots with the incorrect returning address printed had been rejected for having arrived at the Elections Canada office after the deadline; the statement said that they could not determine if the incorrect address had led to the fatal delay.[4] The application was filed in court on May 23,[5] and the hearing will take place in October.[6]

This is not the first time that Terrebonne has witnessed an unusual electoral result. In 1841, during the election for the 1st Parliament of the Province of Canada, Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine was forced to withdraw because of intimidation by supporters of his opponent Michael McCulloch, thus allowing McCulloch to be elected by acclamation. LaFontaine would enter the Legislative Assembly in a later by-election elsewhere.[7] In the 1935 provincial election, the election of Athanase David was contested on the ground that the ballot papers were not printed in the form prescribed under the Election Act. At the subsequent hearing, the judge ruled that all cast ballots were thus void. Immediately afterwards, the returning officer announced that, as this resulted in a 0–0 tie, he cast his deciding vote in favour of David.[8][9] The returning officer's action was considered to have been without precedent anywhere in the world in countries with parliamentary-style legislatures.[10] The Conservatives lodged an appeal,[10] but the result was upheld by the Quebec Court of Appeal in April 1936.[11] David would become the only member of the Assembly in Quebec history to be elected on only one cast vote.[12][13]

Result

2025 Canadian federal election: Terrebonne
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Tatiana Auguste 23,352 38.741 +9.37
Bloc Québécois Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné 23,351 38.739 −2.66
Conservative Adrienne Charles 10,961 18.18 +7.72
New Democratic Maxime Beaudoin 1,556 2.58 −4.07
Green Benjamin Rankin 630 1.05 −0.38
People's Maria Cantore 428 0.71 −1.97
Total valid votes/expense limit 60,278 98.63
Total rejected ballots 840 1.37
Turnout 61,118 68.12
Eligible voters 89,725
Liberal notional gain from Bloc Québécois Swing +6.02
Source: Elections Canada[14][15]
Notes: This riding's results were subject to an automatic judicial recount on May 7, 2025.[16] Number of eligible voters does not include election day registrations.

Previous result

2021 transposed result
2021 federal election redistributed results[17]
Party Vote %
  Bloc Québécois 23,298 41.40
  Liberal 16,528 29.37
  Conservative 5,886 10.46
  New Democratic 3,742 6.65
  People's 1,506 2.68
  Green 802 1.43
  Others 4,518 8.03
2021 actual result
2021 Canadian federal election: Terrebonne
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné 24,270 41.2 -9.4 $28,625.35
Liberal Eric Forget 17,475 29.6 +0.3 $6,336.80
Conservative Frédérick Desjardins 6,183 10.5 +2.9 $8,029.08
New Democratic Luke Mayba 3,913 6.6 -0.9 $7,745.37
Independent Michel Boudrias 3,864 6.6 N/A $16,574.97
People's Louis Stinziani 1,594 2.7 +2.0 $0.00
Green Dave Hamelin-Schuilenburg 847 2.4 -2.3 $103.94
Free Nathan Fortin-Dubé 803 1.4 N/A $25.71
Total valid votes/expense limit 58,949 97.8 – $119,339.41
Total rejected ballots 1,355 2.2
Turnout 60,304 66.4
Eligible voters 90,835
Bloc Québécois hold Swing -4.9
Source: Elections Canada[18]

References

  1. ^ "Canada election: Judicial recount ordered for Terrebonne riding". CityNews Winnipeg. The Canadian Press. May 7, 2025. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  2. ^ a b McMackon, Cassidy (May 10, 2025). "Recount sees Liberals take Quebec riding of Terrebonne by single vote". Global News. The Canadian Press. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  3. ^ Lau, Rachel; Lofaro, Joe (May 14, 2025). "Terrebonne resident has ballot rejected after Elections Canada error, Liberals win by 1 vote". CTV News. Archived from the original on May 13, 2025. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
  4. ^ Cabrera, Holly (May 15, 2025). "Bloc Québécois contesting recount in Terrebonne, after 5 more ballot issues declared in riding". CBC News. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  5. ^ "Bloc Québécois files legal challenge of Terrebonne riding results after 1-vote loss". CBC News. Canadian Press. May 23, 2025.
  6. ^ Tilmant, Julien (June 18, 2025). "Contestation électorale à Terrebonne : L'audience fixée en octobre" [Electoral challenge in Terrebonne: Hearing set for October]. La Revue de Terrebonne (in French).
  7. ^ "1841 - The First Election after the Act of Union". CBC Learning. Retrieved May 26, 2025.
  8. ^ "M. le juge Guibeault déclare nulle l'élection de Terrebonne. L'officier-rapporteur élit M. David" [Judge Guibault voids the Terrebonne election. The Returning Officer elects David]. Le Devoir (in French). December 16, 1935. pp. 1, 3.
  9. ^ "Terrebonne votes all found illegal". Montreal Gazette. December 17, 1935. p. 6.
  10. ^ a b "Unionists act quickly to bar David election". Montreal Gazette. December 17, 1935. pp. 1, 6.
  11. ^ "David wins round in election fight". Montreal Gazette. April 14, 1936. p. 4.
  12. ^ "Athanase David (1882-1953)". La Revue de Terrebonne (in French). March 21, 2014.
  13. ^ "Election results (Terrebonne)". assnat.qc.ca. National Assembly of Quebec. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
  14. ^ "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
  15. ^ "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
  16. ^ Lopez Stephen, Benjamin (May 10, 2025). "Quebec riding of Terrebonne flips to Liberals after recount shows candidate won by single vote". CBC News. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
  17. ^ "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  18. ^ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved 2 September 2021.

See also

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