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

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.