Federal Election 2025

A group trying to make a case for electoral reform by creating very long ballots is declaring victory in this week's election — even as critics accuse it of indulging in stunts that undermine democracy.

"It's been a success," said Mark Moutter, one of dozens of protest candidates who ran in the Ottawa riding of Carleton.

"I've never seen people looking more optimistically at electoral reform, ever."

Voters were out in force on Monday in Estevan, voting for their values by selecting which candidate they wanted to represent them. The election saw the second-highest number of votes on record, with 41,294 ballots cast, just shy of the record 41,550 in the 2019 federal election.

We talked with some of the local voters to see what they wanted from the newly elected government:

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"I think the federal government hasn't been focusing enough on ensuring Trans rights in Canada. So that's the focus that I'd like."

With the federal election bringing both a new MP for Souris–Moose Mountain and another Liberal minority government in Ottawa, the Estevan Chamber of Commerce is calling for stronger collaboration, attention to Western priorities, and a renewed focus on trade and economic resilience.

Stephen Bonk was elected as the new Member of Parliament for the riding following Monday night’s vote. Chamber executive director Merissa Scarlett said she is optimistic about working with Bonk and believes his experience in trade will benefit the region.

The country has spoken. 

“Canadians have spoken, and I would take this opportunity to congratulate Prime Minister Mark Carney on his election win. Canadians have provided him and your party and your government a new mandate,” Premier Scott Moe said during his post-election press conference yesterday. 

The Liberals rose from the ashes under Prime Minister Mark Carney in a stunning reversal of fortunes this year, but the party's failure to sweep many of the ridings it sought Monday night denied it a resounding majority mandate.

A big part of that failure happened in Ontario, where the party lost many incumbents — even as Carney called for a strong mandate to deal with the threat posed by U.S. President Donald Trump.

Elections Canada has released the preliminary election results from all 269 polls in the Foothills riding.

Of the 95,225 registered voters (not including those who registered on election day), 71,903 cast their ballots in the 2025 federal election.

That equates to a voter turnout of 75.51 percent.

By comparison, turnout was 64,467 in 2021, with 65,881 votes cast in 2019.

Elections Canada says more than 68 per cent of eligible voters cast a ballot in the federal election — more than 19.5 million people.

While this election was widely expected to see increased turnout, it did not surpass the record set in March 1958, when 79.4 per cent of eligible Canadians voted.

But the nearly 68.7 per cent turnout was the best since the 1993 federal election, which saw 69.6 per cent of eligible voters cast a ballot.

Conservative Ted Falk will serve another term as Member of Parliament for Provencher. 

Falk first became the Member of Parliament for Provencher back in 2013, when he won a by-election, taking 58 per cent of the votes. He then served in government for two years until the Conservatives were defeated by the Liberals in 2015. Though the Conservatives lost that election, Falk was victorious. He would go on to win subsequent elections in 2019 and 2021. With what appears to be another victory in 2025, this will be Falk's 5th term in office. 

Airdrie-Cochrane Liberal candidate Sean Secord says he intends to stay politically active and is willing to put his name forward in a future election.

In his first foray into politics, Secord, of Cochrane, saw Liberal support double in the riding to 24 per cent from the 2021 election within its new boundaries. While he finished a distant second, Secord was the only candidate to offer any real challenge to incumbent Conservative MP Blake Richards.