OTTAWA, April 13 (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney secured a parliamentary majority for his Liberal government on Monday, a win that he has said will help him deal more effectively with the trade war started by U.S. President Donald Trump.
It will also likely mean Carney, who took office with no political experience and has earned global praise for his efforts to band middle-power nations together, won’t have to worry about an election for years.
Capping off an extraordinary few months in Canada when several opposition members joined Carney’s Liberals, his party said on X that it had secured two districts - known as ridings - in Ontario in special elections.
Those were the ridings of University-Rosedale and Scarborough Southwest which have long voted Liberal. The results of a third election are still being counted.
The win takes Carney’s Liberals to 173 seats in the 343-seat House of Commons.
