By Canadian Press

Elections Canada announces vote recount in Quebec riding of Trois-Rivières

Oct 5, 2021 | 9:03 AM

OTTAWA — Elections Canada says there will be a recount in a Quebec riding where the Bloc Québécois narrowly fought off the Conservatives. 

The judicial recount will start today in Trois-Rivières, where the difference between the Bloc and Tories was 92 votes.

The Conservative candidate, Yves Levesque, requested that the votes be recounted. The Liberals came in a close third in the riding.

The recount will be conducted by Justice Jocelyn Geoffroy of the Quebec Superior Court in the Trois-Rivières district.

The NDP is today requesting a judicial recount in the Toronto riding of Davenport where it lost to the Liberals by 76 votes.  

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A recount is already happening in the Quebec riding of Chateauguay-Lacolle after a “potential anomaly” was discovered with a ballot box. 

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 5, 2021. 

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