With a ‘razor-thin’ majority, unusually high number of byelections come with great stakes: politicos

Prime Minister Mark Carney has called the highest number of byelections in a short period since the 1950s—something strategists are putting down to ‘coincidence’ and a rapidly changing political sphere.
Prime Minister Mark Carney has called seven byelections since his election in April 2025, and is expected to call at least another six before the year is out.

Politicos say the high number of byelections being called this Parliament are largely a matter of “coincidence” and a rapidly changing political sphere, but the stakes are high for both the opposition leader and the prime minister with a tight majority government. 

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