Canada polls: 17 Indo-Canadians win as Justin Trudeau romps home

Seventeen Indo-Canadians, including NDP leader Jagmeet Singh and Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan, won Canada’s parliamentary elections on Tuesday with Liberal Party leader and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau returning to power in the snap polls.

All three Indo-Canadian ministers in the dissolved Cabinet – Harjit Sajjan, Anita Anand and Bardish Chagger – emerged victorious as did 42-year-old NDP leader Jagmeet Singh from Burnaby South.

Canadians gave 49-year-old Trudeau’s Liberal Party a victory in Monday’s parliamentary elections, but his gamble to win a majority of seats failed and nearly mirrored the result of two years ago.

The Liberals won the most seats of any party. Trudeau’s Liberals were leading or elected in 156 seats one less than they won in 2019, and 14 short of the 170 needed for a majority in the House of Commons, according to Canadian media reports.

This is Trudeau’s third federal election win, but his critics say the poll was a waste of time.

The Conservatives have held onto their main opposition status.