Ottawa·CANADA VOTES 2025The Gatineau, Que., riding is projected to bring back Liberal Greg Fergus, who’s been serving as Speaker of the House of Commons since 2023.With one exception, the riding has been Liberal since First World WarCBC News · Posted: Apr 28, 2025 10:47 PM EDT | Last Updated: 6 hours agoLiberal Hull-Aylmer MP Greg Fergus stands in the House of Commons in December 2022. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)The riding of Hull-Aylmer, which includes those two districts of Gatineau and makes up a good part of the city west of the Gatineau River, is projected to bring back Liberal Greg Fergus.Aside from Nycole Turmel winning it for the NDP in 2011, Hull-Aylmer has been Liberal since 1917.Fergus, a former national director for the Liberal party, won the riding back from the New Democrats in 2015 and repeated again in 2019 and 2021.In 2023, he became the first Black Canadian to be chosen Speaker of the House of Commons, a position he’s held ever since.Seven candidates ran for the seat. Conservative Jill Declare came second, passing the Bloc and NDP to improve on her party’s fourth-place finish in 2021.Hull-Aylmer does not change too much in the riding redistribution. (Elections Canada)CorrectionsA previous version of this story said Garnett Genuis was a Saskatchewan MP. Genuis has been MP for Sherwood Park-Fort Saskatchewan in Alberta.Mar 25, 2025 9:48 AM EDT
Hull-Aylmer to send Greg Fergus back to the Hill
