Liberal Karina Gould wins fourth term in Burlington
Karina Gould is headed to Ottawa for a fourth term.
When the Burlington race was called around 11 p.m., the Liberal incumbent had a healthy lead on Conservative challenger Emily Brown.
Gould, 37, returns to the House of Commons as a seasoned MP. First elected in 2015, she became the youngest woman ever appointed to a cabinet role in 2017 and later served as Liberal house leader.
Despite Monday's win, Gould had her sights set on something bigger just a few months ago: prime minister.
She finished third in the Liberal leadership race in March, garnering 3.8 per cent of the vote behind former finance minister Chrystia Freeland and Mark Carney.
The Burlington race also included the NDP's Michael Beauchemin, Michael Bator of the People's Party of Canada, the Rhinoceros Party's Paul Harper, the Green Party's Kyle Hutton and Libertarian Ocean Marshall.
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