Thread by @globeandmail

A snap election called during a pandemic was bound to deliver intrigue. Here is a brief look at 5 of the notable winners and losers from #Elxn44.

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Winner: Jenica Atwin, the Green Party floor-crosser who joined the Liberals just three months before the election, held a small lead with most polls reporting. Atwin made a major breakthrough for the Greens in 2019 as their first MP from Atlantic Canada.
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Winner: In #KitchenerCentre, the Green Party appeared to have made a long-awaited Ontario breakthrough, thanks in part to a Liberal party candidate withdrawing from the race. Mike Morrice looked set to win with roughly 33 per cent of the vote.

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Winner: Leslyn Lewis, who emerged from political obscurity to a third-place finish in the Conservative leadership campaign, won Haldimand-Norfolk, a Conservative stronghold.

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Loser: Liberal fisheries minister Bernadette Jordan lost her Nova Scotia riding Monday night.

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Loser: Maryam Monsef, the first Afghan-Canadian MP who served in cabinet as minister of women and gender equality and rural economic development, lost her seat in Peterborough-Kawartha.

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Annamie Paul was always facing long odds of winning her own riding, Toronto Centre.

As of Tuesday morning, she was sitting at fourth place with just 8 per cent of the vote, compared to 50 per cent for Liberal incumbent Marci Ien.

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