the results were the second-best in the history of the liberal party. they did very well in the eastern half of canada. they won all of the seats in atlantic canada and toronto and won 40 seats in quebec. in quebec, they won the most seats since pierre trudeau's win in the 1980 election. it was also the first time since 1980 that the liberals won more than half the seats in quebec. the 150 seat gain was the biggest gain for any party in an election since canadian confederation. it was also the first time that a party went from third place in seat count to a majority government.