Battle River-Crowfoot Member of Parliament Damien Kurek has been re-elected for another term following the results of the April 28 Federal Election, receiving a dominant near 82 per cent of the local votes in the riding.
Even without all ballots counted at press time, 65,373 voters in Battle River-Crowfoot went to the polls, an increase from the 58,639 total who voted in 2021. While Kurek was elected with 71 per cent of the votes in 2021, he rose to 81.8 per cent in 2025. Liberal candidate Brent Sutton meanwhile received 11.4 per cent of the vote, NDP James MacKay received 4.4 per cent, People’s Party candidate Jonathan Bridges 1.6 per cent, and Green’s Douglas Gook just 0.7 per cent.
Following his victory, Kurek put out a statement late Monday evening, saying; “Thank you to Battle River-Crowfoot once again for the honour to serve. My promise to you is that I will work and fight to ensure you continue to be heard in the House of Commons.”
Kurek stated that while the national result did not go as hoped,”Conservatives made massive gains and will work to restore the Canadian promise.”
New Prime Minister Mark Carney, meanwhile, has officially gained a seat in the house, and his Liberals have maintained their minority government in Canada, falling short of a majority (with 169 elected or leading at press time).
In his victory speech, Prime Minister Carney thanked all those who were willing to put their name in to run as a candidate in the election. “Thank you for standing up to serve our country at this critical time.”
Carney also stated that his goal was to implement a government that would work for all Canadians regardless of party affiliation.
“My message to every Canadian is this: no matter where you live, no matter what language you speak, no matter how you voted, I will always do my best to represent everyone who calls Canada home.”
The 2025 Canadian Federal Election was one for the record books, as the Conservative Party and Liberal Party both made gains, mostly at the expense of the NDP, who have lost official party status, having fallen short of the 12-MP minimum in the house.
Despite being unable to top the Liberals, the Conservatives gained 25 seats in the house from 2021 with 144. The Liberal Party gained nine seats from 2021 with 169. The Bloc Québécois lost 10 seats, the NDP lost 18 seats, and the Green Party lost one seat.
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and NDP leader Jagmeet Singh both lost in their ridings, which is likely to bring about new faces and changes in leadership going forward. Bloc leader Yves-François Blanchet was re-elected in his riding as was Elizabeth May, the sole Green Party candidate in all of Canada to be elected.
As of Tuesday afternoon, without all ballots being as yet counted, the number of votes cast nation-wide was already up well over 2,000,000 from the previous federal election.
With threats of annexation and increased tariffs from US President Donald Trump, voter engagement was expected to be high. Advanced voting in particular saw large increases in most ridings.