In a dramatic post-election reversal, the federal riding of Terrebonne in Quebec has flipped from the Liberals back to the Bloc Québécois following Elections Canada’s official vote validation process.
Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné, the Bloc candidate who previously held the seat since 2021, revealed in a social media post that she now leads by just 44 votes over her Liberal opponent. While this narrow margin has automatically triggered a judicial recount, Sinclair-Desgagné expressed optimism about returning to Parliament. “To be officially elected, we must wait until the end of this process,” she wrote in French. “I hope to have the honour of representing Terrebonne again in the coming years.”
Matthew McKenna, spokesperson for Elections Canada, confirmed that the riding’s returning officer completed the validation Thursday afternoon. This routine process ensures accuracy by reviewing all polling station records and correcting any data entry or calculation errors that may have occurred during the initial count.
According to Elections Canada rules, a judicial recount is triggered automatically when the margin of victory is less than one-thousandth of the total votes cast in the riding — a threshold narrowly met in Terrebonne.
With this adjustment, the overall standings in the House of Commons shift slightly: the Liberals drop to 168 seats, while the Bloc Québécois climbs to 23.