Elections Contestations

Elections Canada has decided to review another Conservative won riding. The Northern Ontario riding of Nipissing-Timiskaming was won by Conservative candidate Jay Aspin by only 15 votes. The slim victory has led Elections Canada to decide to review the count.

This is the third Conservative won riding to be reviewed since the votes were tallied on Monday.

In the riding of Etobicoke in Ontario, tory MP-elect Ted Opitz defeated the liberal incumbent by a mere 25 votes.

Meanwhile in Quebec NDP Francois Lapointe lost by 110 votes to Conservative candidate Bernard Genereux, however an initial review showed over 100 votes mistakenly awarded to the Green Party.

According to Elections Canada, a recount is required when the difference in votes between first and second place is less than one one-thousandth of the votes cast.

A loss in Quebec would bring Conservative representation in the province to just five MP’s.

Also in Winnipeg North the Liberal party defeated the NDP by 45 votes. Rebecca Blaikie, the NDP candidate who lost has confirmed she will be asking for a recount.