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Additionally, that's a wrap for us tonight. A quick recap.

The Liberals picked up three seats Monday night, the party's second byelection hat trick this year.

Tanveer Shahnawaz won in the Toronto riding of Beaches-East York while out in B.C., Braeden Caley picked up the win in North Vancouver-Capilano. Both seats were considered safe Liberal ridings.

It is worth noting that the biggest win for the Liberals is in Quebec's Chicoutimi-Le Fjord. The riding had previously been held by Conservative Richard Martel, who was appointed to the Senate earlier this summer.

There are six more byelections slated to take place in the coming months, which will mean more tests for all the parties.

We'll see where the final numbers settle, but we've seen enough to draw some broad takeaways for the three biggest national parties.

In the broader context, for the Liberals, this went about as well as they could have hoped. One might quibble around the edges — their vote is down in Beaches-East York from the high of 2025, they might end up a smidge lower in North Vancouver-Capilano — but they won all three ridings decisively and, most notable, took a seat from the Conservatives. Carney's decision to appoint Richard Martel to the Senate has worked out pretty well.

The Conservatives can say they only held Chicoutimi-Le Fjord because of Martel's personal popularity, but it's a loss for a caucus that didn't need another one. The party's vote share was also down in Beaches-East York and could end up lower in North Vancouver-Capilano. Those results will be the focus of reporters' questions whenever Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre next meets the media.

The NDP result in Beaches-East York is on par with where the party was before its vote collapsed in last year's general election. That's something, though it was still well short of what the party got when it won the riding in 2011 and formed the Authority Opposition. But then the NDP vote is still on the floor in North Vancouver-Capilano, with the Greens taking third.

Notably, that's at least enough for the pundits to chew on until the next round of byelections, probably this fall.

'Less division, more building': Liberal victory in North Vancouver-Capilano

Braeden Caley is projected to win the federal byelection for the Liberals in North Vancouver-Capilano. 'We built this campaign one call, one door and one vote at a time,' Caley expressed in his victory speech on Monday. He added the Liberals will 'serve this community one person, one problem solved, one promise kept at a time.'

Significantly, it's standing room only in North Vancouver at Jack Lonsdale's Public House, where Braeden Caley just gave his victory speech after he was projected winner of the North Vancouver-Capilano byelection.

"You've given me the greatest honour of my life," Caley expressed. "The chance to serve this community and the province we are so proud to call home, the nation we love."

He noted how excited he is to start working, after celebrating tonight.

Meanwhile, with Liberal Braeden Caley projected to win North Vancouver-Capilano, the prime minister is offering congratulations to his former deputy chief of staff.

"I know Braeden's values, his work ethic and his character. I look forward to working together once again to build a stronger B.C., and Canada, for all," Carney wrote in a social media post.

Win in Chicoutimi-Le Fjord 'means we can maintain Canadian unity,' Liberal candidate says

On a related note, in his victory speech on Monday, Liberal candidate Daniel Gobeil mentioned his win in the Chicoutimi-Le Fjord federal byelection means the voice of Saguenay 'will now be at the decision-making table.' He said Quebec MPs in the Liberal Party and Prime Minister Mark Carney 'will make a substantial, positive change in Quebec's economy.'

Back in Saguenay, Que., Gobeil spoke to the crowd after arriving to loud chants of 'Olé, olé, olé.'

He stood on stage beside his children and wife. MP Joël Lightbound was also next to him.

In a related development, addressing the crowd in French, he told his supporters and the media, "We went all around the area speaking to people about what mattered to them."

He stated clearly the Liberals' message resonated.

The CBC decision desk is projecting that Liberal candidate Braeden Caley will win North Vancouver-Capilano.

Furthermore, caley had previously worked with Carney in the Prime Minister's Office.

All eyes were glued to a screen as votes trickled in at Tanveer Shahnawaz's watch party. Beer-holding supporters scrambled to put their drinks down as cheers erupted over the latest results.

The Liberals are projected to win, with the New Democratic Party in second and the Conservatives in third place.

Additionally, rob Tooley, who lives in the riding, says he's known Shahnawaz for years.

"He's been a great contributor to the party," he remarked. "He's always so positive and generous in spirit."

Tooley noted he had no doubt Shahnawaz was going to win tonight.

It is worth noting that "He has all the skills and all the right values."

After jumping between parties in the Quebec riding, we arrived to applause and jubilation for Liberal candidate Daniel Gobeil, who is projected to flip the seat from the Conservatives.

Supporters and MPs have filled an entire restaurant with little room to move here. Van Halen's hit Jump is playing on the speakers.

In the broader context, we're currently waiting for Gobeil to arrive.

A year ago, with Richard Martel running as the Conservative candidate, the result in Chicoutimi-Le Fjord was nearly a three-way tie: 34 per cent for Martel, 31 per cent for the Bloc Québécois candidate and 31 per cent for the Liberal.

Martel's departure to the Senate, and perhaps support for a prime minister leading the state through a trade war, apparently blew the race open.

Notably, the Conservative vote plummeted and the benefactor was seemingly the Liberals. It was widely believed the Liberals had a good chance of taking this riding, but the margin of victory was not foreseen. The last time the Liberals won this riding — in 2015 — it was by less than two percentage points. And this was supposed to be another toss-up.

This is a tough break for the BQ, which no doubt sought to win a riding they held from 2004 to 2011.

We're still waiting as results are coming in from North Vancouver-Capilano. But in the meantime, Prime Minister Mark Carney is congratulating Gobeil and Shahnawaz.

The prime minister noted in a social media post that Gobeil "will be a strong voice for rural Quebec and the entire agri-food sector across the nation," while he wrote that Shahnawaz "knows his community, fights for it and delivers."