Ridings won by five per cent or less to be ‘battleground’ in next election, includes five cabinet ministers

Liberals won 34 seats by five per cent or less of the vote in 2015, the NDP 16, the Conservatives 15, and the Bloc snagged five within this margin.

Among the 34 Liberals who won these close contests, five are cabinet ministers who were elected for the first time in 2015. They include Infrastructure Minister Amarjeet Sohi (Edmonton Mill Woods, Alta.) 0.2%; Environment Minister Catherine McKenna (Ottawa Centre, Ont.) 4.1%; Veterans Affairs Minister Kent Hehr (Calgary Centre, Alta.) 1.2%; Minister of Families, Children and Social Development Jean-Yves Duclos (Québec, Que.) 1.9%; and Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould (Burlington, Ont.) 3.5%. The Hill Times photographs by Jake Wright

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BY ABBAS RANA

July 10, 2017

The 70 federal ridings across the country won in 2015 by a margin of five per cent or less of the votes will be the “battleground ridings” in the 2019 election and all parties will target them in the lead-up to the next federal run, say MPs and a leading pollster. “I do expect that other part...

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