Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal Party swept three byelections, pushing the ruling party over the threshold to secure a parliamentary majority, CBC reported on April 13. The Liberals now hold 174 of the 343 seats in Parliament.
The Liberals formed a minority government after elections in April 2025 left them a few seats short of a majority, but over the past year, five defections from other parties brought them within reach of a majority. The byelections on April 13 were for two seats vacated by past Liberal ministers, while the third was triggered after the Supreme Court annulled an election due to a dispute over a mail-in ballot.