Official recount results still to come in northern Ontario riding, but Conservatives say the NDP won
Elections Ontario has completed its vote recount in Mushkegowuk-James Bay and the local PC campaign says they lost to the NDP and don't plan on appealing.
NDP incumbent was ahead by only 8 votes after election day Feb. 28
Elections Ontario says it has completed its recount in the riding of Mushkegowuk-James Bay.
But the agency says it won't be releasing the official results for a few days, in case there is an appeal.
However, the campaign team for Progressive Conservative candidate Dave Plourde says the recount confirmed they lost to New Democrat Guy Bourgouin, and don't plan on filing an appeal.
After the Feb. 28 vote in the far north riding, Bourgouin— who has held the seat since it was created in 2017— was ahead by eight votes.
The riding, which includes the towns of Kapuskasing and Hearst, is the smallest in Ontario with just 18,755 voters, only 42 per cent of whom cast a ballot in this recent provincial election.