A rural Newfoundland riding flipped to the Conservatives on Friday, further reducing the likelihood of a Liberal majority in the House of Commons.

Following a recount lasting almost two weeks, Elections Canada declared Conservative Jonathan Rowe the winner in the Terra Nova-The Peninsulas riding by a narrow margin of 12 votes, reported the Canadian Press.

This outcome reverses the initial count from the April 28 election, which had shown Liberal Anthony Germain leading by the same 12-vote difference.

Rowe's victory grants the Conservatives 144 seats, reducing the Liberals to 169, three short of a majority. The Bloc Quebecois holds 22 seats, the NDP seven, and the Green Party one.

Poilievre addresses the Conservative caucus, criticizing the Liberals for their delayed budget. "Maybe they think that budgets will balance themselves," he said. pic.twitter.com/tGdV8SwlxD

— Rebel News (@RebelNewsOnline) May 25, 2025

Following his narrow victory, Rowe posted a Facebook video thanking his supporters and campaign team and acknowledging Germain for a "clean race." He assured Liberal voters that he would represent them to the best of his ability.

Rowe's victory signals a significant increase in the party's popularity in the province. Having previously held only one seat, the Opposition Tories now control three of Newfoundland and Labrador's seven federal seats.

He stood alongside Pierre Poilievre on Sunday, who addressed caucus and criticized the Liberals for their delayed budget. “Maybe they think that budgets will balance themselves.”

“For too long, workers and small businesses have carried this morbidly obese government on their backs,” Poilievre said. “Lowering the cost of government will lower the cost of living.”

🚨Breaking: Conservatives flip the Newfoundland riding of Terra Nova - The Peninsulas by 12 voted.

After the recount the Liberals lost 111 votes, Conservatives lost 87 votes, nothing changed for the NDP and total lost valid ballots 198 votes.

There are 819 rejected ballots.… pic.twitter.com/NTDsvTssDx

— Kirk Lubimov (@KirkLubimov) May 23, 2025

Elections Canada's recount of roughly 1,000 disputed ballots required lawyers' debate and Justice Garrett Handrigan's review, ultimately resulting in 819 rejected ballots.

Rowe, with experience in oil and gas and mining, is a first-time federal politician. 

The eastern riding encompasses significant fishing, tourism, and oil-industry-dependent communities and small towns, with residents working both locally and in Alberta.

The riding has over 76,000 residents, with 41,670 votes cast in the April 28 election. Officials confirmed a full recount of all ballots.

Recounts prompt concerns of a Liberal majority gov't

Liberal Kristina Tesser Derksen won the Milton riding by 21 votes after a judicial recount, overturning a Conservative win.https://t.co/syH81Fes8p

— Rebel News (@RebelNewsOnline) May 18, 2025

The Newfoundland recount was one of four recounts called after last month's election and the last to conclude.

A recount in Quebec's Terrebonne riding resulted in a one-vote victory for Liberal Tatiana Auguste over the Bloc Québécois incumbent.

Initially projected to win by 35 votes, then trailing by 44 after post-election validation, Auguste ultimately won by 23,352 to 23,351 votes.

Meanwhile, Conservative candidate Kathy Borrelli held Windsor-Tecumseh-Lakeshore following a court-ordered recount last week.

The Opposition Tories lost Milton East-Halton Hills South by 21 votes.

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