Here are some of the 2021 federal election’s big winners and losers

Although Canada's 44th federal election ended much the same as its 43rd - with a narrow Liberal minority - there were changes to electoral fortunes across the country.

There were favourites unseated and dramatic finishes. There were results that represent potentially significant changes for the parties involved.

Here are some of the high-profile candidates who have been rebuked at the polls, and some of those who surprisingly emerged victorious.

Significant losses:

Annamie Paul: The leader of the Green party failed to win the race in Toronto Centre for the third time, amidst lower support for her party nationwide. She had placed second behind Marci Ien in the fall 2020 byelection for the riding - but that support deflated Monday night with Paul landing in fourth spot. Internal conflict within the party marred public perception leading up to the vote, Paul conceded during her campaign.

Bernadette Jordan: The Liberals lost Jordan as their cabinet minister for Fisheries and Oceans after she was defeated at the polls last night by Conservative candidate businessman Rick Perkins in the riding of South Shore-St. Margarets in Nova Scotia. Jordan was first elected to the riding in 2015. Leading up to the election, Jordan had faced criticism over how she handled a call for Indigenous treaty rights to be honoured in the lobster fishing industry.

Maryam Monsef: In another cabinet loss for the Liberals, Monsef was the minister for women, gender equality and rural economic development. She lost the riding of Peterborough-Kawartha to Conservative candidate Michelle Ferreri.

Maxime Bernier: The leader of the People's Party of Canada failed for a second consecutive time to gain a seat in the riding of Beauce. He lost to Conservative candidate Richard Lehoux, who defeated Bernier previously in 2019.

Big wins:

Mike Morrice: Morrice, a Green party candidate, won the riding of Kitchener Centre in the early hours of Tuesday with about 34 per cent of the vote. He narrowly lost the 2019 federal election by 3,000 votes to then Liberal incumbent Raj Saini. But Saini dropped out of the race too close to the deadline for the Liberals to replace him, after allegations emerged that he'd harassed a female staffer - leaving Morrice with a major opportunity.

Rick Perkins: Conservative candidate Rick Perkins defeated Liberal incumbent and cabinet minister Bernadette Jordan at the polls in the South Shore-St. Margarets riding in Nova Scotia. Perkins earned 41 per cent of the vote while Jordan captured 37 per cent.

Michelle Ferreri: Ferreri, the Conservative candidate for the Peterborough-Kawartha riding, ousted Liberal candidate and cabinet minister Maryam Monsef. That riding had long been considered a bellwether, as the MP residents have picked has always been with the winning party in every election, excluding two in the past 60 years. Ferreri is a former TV news reporter.

Leah Taylor Roy: Taylor Roy took back the battleground riding Aurora-Oak Ridges-Richmond Hill for the Liberal party in a close race that saw the incumbent Conservative candidate Leona Alleslev ousted. Alleslev had won the seat for the Liberals in 2015, but crossed the floor in 2018 to join the Conservatives. In 2019, Taylor Roy was just 1,000 votes short of beating Alleslev.

George Chahal: Chahal's win for the Liberal party in the Alberta riding of Calgary Skyview is bittersweet as he secured the lone seat for the party amid a sea of Conservative wins. However, the Liberals failed to capture a single seat in 2019, so Chahal's success marks some improvement for party fortunes in the province.

Joanne Thompson: As the Liberal candidate for St. John's East in Newfoundland and Labrador, Thompson's win flips what had been the only seat for the NDP in the province. She defeated New Democrat candidate Mary Shortall, who came in second. Shortall had replaced longtime NDP MP Jack Harris, who represented the riding in the late 80s, then again in 2008-15 and from 2019 until his recent retirement.

Parm Bains: Liberal candidate Bains for the B.C. riding of Steveston-Richmond East beat incumbent Conservative candidate Kenny Chiu in an upset. Chiu was elected as MP in the 2019 federal election. A second Richmond riding, Richmond Centre, may see a Liberal win as well in a close race where all final mail-in ballots may not be counted until the weekend.

Olivia Bowden is a Toronto-based staff reporter for the Star. Reach her via email: obowden@thestar.ca