Elections Canada confirms judicial recount going ahead in Quebec riding of Trois-Rivières

Elections Canada says there can be a recount in a Quebec using the place the Bloc Québécois narrowly fought off the Conservatives.

The judicial recount will begin Tuesday in Trois-Rivières, the place the distinction between the Bloc and Tories was 92 votes.

The Conservative candidate, Yves Lévesque, requested that the votes be recounted. The Liberals got here in a detailed third within the using.

The recount can be performed by Justice Jocelyn Geoffroy of the Quebec Superior Courtroom within the Trois-Rivières district.

The NDP is at present requesting a judicial recount within the Toronto using of Davenport the place it misplaced to the Liberals by 76 votes.

A recount is already occurring within the Quebec using of Châteauguay-Lacolle after a “potential anomaly” was found with a poll field.