There were no upsets in the four by-elections held across Canada on June 19. With almost all of the polls reporting, all of the ridings stayed in the hands of the party that held them before.
Perhaps the most watched contest was in the southern Manitoba riding of Portage-Lisgar. That’s where Maxime Bernier, leader of the People’s Party of Canada (PPC), was trying to win his party’s first seat in Parliament.
