The Liberal Occasion of Canada mentioned it gained the using of Châteauguay-Lacolle after a really shut judicial recount.
MP Brenda Shanahan will proceed to symbolize the using within the Home of Commons.
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The nationwide co-chair of the Liberal marketing campaign, Mélanie Joly, instantly welcomed the information on Twitter.
“It was a detailed race that collectively reminds us that each vote counts,” Joly mentioned.
“So it’s official, the Liberals maintained all its 35 seats in Quebec and gained 160 in Canada,” she mentioned.
The primary election outcomes indicated that Shanahan had obtained 286 fewer votes than her rival, Patrick O’Hara of the Bloc Québécois.
She lastly gained the seat by solely 12 votes.
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The Liberals requested a judicial recount within the constituency after discovering a “potential anomaly” with a poll field.
Elections Canada had confirmed {that a} returning officer had noticed a typing error within the variety of ballots recorded on the constituency polling station, the place 40 votes in favour of a candidate have been recorded as 410.
This outcome leaves the electoral image unchanged in Quebec between 2019 and 2021, not less than by way of the variety of seats.
The Liberal Occasion has 35 members in Parliament, whereas the Bloc Québécois has 32, the Conservatives 10, and the New Democrats just one.
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