Liberal Wayne Long projected to win a 4th time in Saint John-Kennebecasis

Saint John-Kennebecasis Liberal campaigner Wayne Long has won a 4th mandate, according to the CBC's determination desk, after changing his caput astir moving again.

As of astir 11 p.m. Monday, Long had astir 60 per cent of the vote, trailed by Conservative campaigner Melissa Young with astir 36 per cent. But he was reluctant to state triumph until much of the 159 canvass results in.

"It's a large nighttime truthful far," helium told CBC News, surrounded by supporters at O'Leary's Pub successful the city's uptown. "Lots of votes to beryllium carried yet though, truthful we're not putting thing successful the slope yet."

Long was the archetypal Liberal MP to telephone for an progressively unpopular Justin Trudeau to resign arsenic Liberal person successful June 2024.

"For the aboriginal of our enactment and for the bully of our country, we request caller enactment and a caller direction," Long wrote successful an email to caucus, obtained by CBC News.

That changed the trajectory of the election, Long said Monday night. Liberal Leader Mark Carney "was the difference-maker. I heard it doorway aft door."

Long wasn't readying to tally for re-election successful the Saint John country but changed his caput erstwhile Carney became enactment leader in March, amid U.S. President Donald Trump's ongoing tariff and annexation threats.

The Canadian Chamber of Commerce ranked Saint John the astir tariff-vulnerable metropolis successful Canada due to the fact that of its immense economical dependence connected exports. More than 96 per cent of Saint John's full exports spell southbound of the border, mostly focused connected energy, forestry and aquaculture products, according to the chamber.

"Whether it's Moosehead Breweries or Cooke Aquaculture or the Irving conglomerate oregon Crosby Molasses — each concern that employs thousands of radical successful this riding were impacted," said Long.

"So they were looking for leadership. They looked astatine Mark Carney. I deliberation Mark was somewhat of a humor pressure-lowerer for the country. When helium spoke, radical listened. People wanted to perceive what helium had to say. And again, I heard it doorway aft door."

Young, the former CEO of Skilled Trades Ontario, did not respond to requests for comment. She was appointed by the Conservatives arsenic the riding candidate, shutting down a competitory race.

Three candidates were seeking the nomination — Young, Lisa Keenan and James Robertson, while a fourth, Dr. Jeff Steeves, quit the contention past summer, alleging the party's nationalist bureau favoured 1 of them.

Long besides beat Green candidate David Macfarquhar, who ran arsenic a Green Party candidate in the 2022 Quebec election, Libertarian Party of Canada candidate Austin Venedam, who was the Libertarian campaigner for the riding of Rothesay successful the 2024 provincial election, NDP candidate Armand Cormier, who was the NDP campaigner for the riding of Saint John-Rothesay successful the 2019 national predetermination and besides ran provincially in 2020 arsenic the NDP campaigner for the riding of Fredericton West-Silverwood.

Long was elected arsenic the MP for the erstwhile riding of Saint John-Rothesay in 2015, 2019 and 2021.

He was besides the president of the Saint John Sea Dogs Hockey Club for much than a decade.