‘There’s no such thing as a safe seat anymore,’ says UPEI prof

There are 23 MPs in this new 42nd Parliament who won their riding with 50 per cent or more of the vote.

Public Services and Procurement Minister Judy Foote was elected in her Bonavista-Burin-Trinity, Nfld., seat with 81.8 per cent of the vote on election night as part of the Liberal sweep in Atlantic Canada, but there no truly safe seats, says a University of Prince Edward Island professor.

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