Montrealers react to Trudeau Liberal triumph

Montrealersawoke to sweepingchanges to the electoral landscape that came with the Liberal triumph in the 2015 federal electionMonday.

Many breakfast diners at the Green Spot restaurant in St-Henri Tuesdaymorning expressed satisfactionwith theLiberal majority result, asthe CBC chatted with them over morning coffee.

Reinhard Luthiwelcomed the result, saying that he is, "happy that Harper is gone."Luthicast his ballot for the NDP but blames the party's dip onleader Thomas Mulcair who he believes,"madetoo many mistakes."

Sasha Kleinplatz, a local dance teacher, said that she is hopeful but also wonderswhether the Liberals will fulfilltheir campaign promises. "Will they keep promises to left?" she asked.

Meanwhile in the Mount Royal riding, voters expressed little surprise that a concerted attempted by the Conservatives andcandidate Robert Libman failed to end a trend which has seen the riding elect aLiberal, as it has in everyelection since 1940.

But those interviewed by CBC Tuesday were not surprisedto see Liberal candidate Anthony Housefathercruise to victorywith a comfortable 4,000 vote margin.

The Conservatives wooed the large Jewish population in the riding by stressing their positive views on Israel but many voters told CBC that they considered domestic matters to be of paramount importance when casting their votes.

Mount Royal voter Mohamed Nait Cheriftold the CBC that he is happy withJustinTrudeau'smajority victory."For us, the young, he gives us hope for something great," he said.