While the Bloc fought to take back the riding, the federal Liberals were hoping to add an extra MP to their government, which in recent months had teetered toward majority status. Since November, four Conservative MPs and one NDP MP have left their parties to join Carney\u2019s Liberals.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe really worked the ground\u201d in Terrebonne, Health Minister Marjorie Michel told The Gazette. The Liberal MP said she\u2019d spent recent evenings and weekends in the riding, calling herself \u201cthe godmother of the campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n
Liberal campaigners logged more than 28,000 conversations with Terrebonne voters throughout the race, she said.<\/p>\n
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Liberal supporters cheer as results are reported on byelection night in Terrebonne on Monday, April 13, 2026. Evan Buhler \/ Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n
Supporters had spent the night huddled in a Terrebonne restaurant, eyes glued to TV screens showing a razor-thin gap between Auguste and Sinclair-Desgagn\u00e9.<\/p>\n
The Bloc MP had led in early results, but Auguste pulled ahead around 10 p.m.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re in a bit of a yo-yo,\u201d Michel told an anxious crowd shortly after Auguste took the lead, predicting a long night.<\/p>\n
Supporters grew louder as results appeared to cement Auguste\u2019s lead over Sinclair-Desgagn\u00e9. \u201cTatiana, Tatiana, Tatiana,\u201d they cheered, dancing, singing and clapping.<\/p>\n
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Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois supporters cheer as early results are reported in the federal byelection in Terrebonne on Monday, April 13, 2026. Evan Buhler \/ Montreal Gazette<\/p>\n
Bloc candidate concedes<\/p>\n
Bloc supporters had started the night energetic as they gathered to watch results, with MP Christine Normandin, the party\u2019s House leader, telling The Gazette she was \u201cconfident and optimistic\u201d that Sinclair-Desgagn\u00e9 would come out on top.<\/p>\n
By the end of the evening, Sinclair-Desgagn\u00e9\u00a0was conceding the race.<\/p>\n
\u201cI congratulate my adversaries and especially the abundance of resources deployed by my adversaries in this campaign,\u201d she said, referencing the ministers and party activists who swung by the riding while in town for a Liberal Party convention in Montreal last week<\/a>. To other Bloc MPs, Sinclair-Desgagn\u00e9 said she was \u201cpassing them the torch.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThey will represent Terrebonne the best that they can,\u201d she said. \u201cThey\u2019ll do it well.\u201d<\/p>\n In last year\u2019s general election, Auguste, 24, had unseated incumbent MP Sinclair-Desgagn\u00e9 by just one vote, winning the traditional Bloc stronghold after a judicial recount.<\/p>\n But after a Bloc voter reported that an Elections Canada error had seen her ballot returned to her instead of being counted, Sinclair-Desgagn\u00e9 launched a legal challenge that in February resulted in the Supreme Court annulling Auguste\u2019s victory<\/a>, ending her brief tenure in Ottawa and requiring a repeat of the 2025 electoral contest.<\/p>\n With the court challenge, \u201cit was a sovereignist who gave a lesson in democracy to the rest of Canada,\u201d Sinclair-Desgagn\u00e9 said in her concession speech.<\/p>\n Coming into Monday\u2019s byelections, Carney\u2019s government was just one MP shy of the 172 needed to form a majority. It ends the night with 174 MPs in the 343-seat House of Commons.<\/p>\n Easy Liberal wins in Toronto<\/p>\n The Terrebonne byelection was one of three federal byelections taking place Monday, with voters also casting ballots in the Toronto ridings of Scarborough Southwest and University-Rosedale to replace former Liberal MPs Bill Blair and Chrystia Freeland, respectively.<\/p>\n Those two ridings were never in real doubt, with news networks calling both of them about an hour after polls closed. Danielle Martin, a doctor and McGill University graduate, won University-Rosedale with 64 per cent of the vote, while Doly Begum won Scarborough Southwest with 70 per cent.<\/p>\n Long ballot<\/p>\n![\"Danielle](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/cp176137690_302572486.jpg\")
Liberal Party candidate Danielle Martin celebrates winning the byelection for the riding of University\u2013Rosedale, in Toronto, Monday, April 13, 2026. Chris Young \/ The Canadian Press<\/p>\n
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