Liberal Party, led by Mark Carney, expected to win in Canada election as Pierre Poilievre lags in polls

After the federal elections in Canada, Mark Carney is predicted to continue as the Canadian Prime Minister as his Liberal Party is expected to secure a majority in parliament. 

According to projections from CTV News and CBC News, the ruling Liberals in Canada have won in Monday’s election. However, it is still uncertain whether they will form a majority government. 

This outcome means that Carney will remain responsible for managing relations with the American President, Donald Trump, who has openly expressed a desire to integrate Canada as the ’51st state’ and has referred to Carney’s predecessor as ‘Governor [Justin] Trudeau.’

The U.S. president trolled Canadians on election day by suggesting on social media that he was in fact on the ballot and repeating that Canada should become the 51st state, incorrectly claiming the U.S. subsidizes Canada. 

‘It makes no sense unless Canada is a State!’ Trump wrote. 

Until Trump won a second term and began threatening Canada’s economy and sovereignty, the Liberals looked headed for defeat. 

But Trump´s truculence has infuriated many Canadians, leading many to cancel U.S. vacations, refuse to buy American goods and possibly even vote early. 

A record 7.3 million Canadians cast ballots before election day.

Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney (pictured left) and his wife Diana Fox Carney (pictured right) watch the coverage of the election results at a hotel in downtown Ottawa

Mark Carney (pictured) will retain his title of Canadian Prime Minister after the country’s federal elections projected his Liberal Party to have a majority in parliament

Canada ‘s ruling Liberals retained power in Monday’s election but it is too soon to say whether they will form a majority government over Pierre Poilievre’s (pictured) Conservatives

Trump’s attacks also put Poilievre and the opposition Conservative Party on the defensive and led to a surge in nationalism that helped the Liberals flip the election narrative.

The president bragged about his effect on the Canadian election and how he’d hurt Poilievre in an interview with The Atlantic published Monday.  

‘You know, until I came along, remember that the conservative was leading by 25 points,’ Trump said.

‘Then I was disliked by enough of the Canadians that I’ve thrown the election into a close call, right? I don’t even know if it’s a close call,’ he added.

DailyMail.com has reached out to the White House for comment.  

Prime Minister Mark Carney had asked for a strong mandate to help him handle U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs and annexation threat but CBC said the Liberals had not yet secured the 172 electoral districts, known as seats, they needed for a majority.

The result might not be known for some time and could depend on the westernmost province of British Columbia, where polls closed last.

Carney had promised a tough approach with Washington over its tariffs and said Canada would need to spend billions to reduce its reliance on the United States. 

Supporters for Canada’s Prime Minister and Liberal Party leader Mark Carney celebrates as results are announced

Carney will remain in charge of dealing with an American president in Donald Trump (pictured right) who has openly gloated about making the neighbors to the north the ’51st state’ and calling his predecessor ‘Governor [Justin] Trudeau’ (pictured left) 

But the right-of-center Conservatives, who called for change after more than nine years of Liberal rule, showed unexpected strength.

The House has 343 seats and if Carney only captures a minority, he will have to negotiate with other parties to stay in power. Minority governments in Canada rarely last longer than 2-1/2 years.

The last party to win four consecutive elections in Canada was the Liberals, in 2004.

The result was a huge defeat for Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, who focused his campaign on domestic issues and the need to fix a country the Liberals had ‘broken.’

Trump reinserted himself into Canada´s election during a signing ceremony inside the Oval Office, saying Canada ‘would cease to exist as a country’ if the U.S. stopped buying its goods.

‘I have to be honest, as a state, it works great,’ said Trump, who previously threatened to make the country the 51st state through economic coercion.

Trump reiterated his claim that the U.S. doesn´t need anything from Canada – including autos and oil.