Justin Trudeau’s future in doubt as party loses crucial Montreal election

Victory by separatist Quebecois candidate in once-safe Liberal seat puts pressure on Canadian PM to quit

Canada's ruling Liberal party has lost a once-safe seat in Montreal, a result that is likely to put more pressure on the prime minister, Justin Trudeau, to quit.

Elections Canada said that with 100% of the votes counted in the parliamentary constituency of LaSalle-Emard-Verdun, the separatist Bloc Quebecois candidate, Louis-Philippe Sauve, had beaten the Liberal candidate, Laura Palestini, by a whisker: 28% to 27.2%. The New Democratic party (NDP) candidate received 26.1%.