MISSISSAUGA, Ontario — Donald Trump cast a long shadow over Canada’s national election — and many Canadian voters noticed. In his first 100 days back in the White House, the U.S. president has lobbed barbs at America’s northern neighbor, levied tariffs on Canadian goods and talked about making Canada the 51st state .

It had many Canadian voters thinking about Trump and how the parties on the ballot would respond to him. Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberals won over Conservative opposition leader Pierre Poilievre, a dramatic reversal of fortune credited largely to Trump.

Canada's Liberal Party took the early lead as voting comes to a close in the country to elect 343 members to the House of Commons. As per reports, Liberals have won 21 seats so far while the Conservatives have bagged 9 constituencies.