Recount called for Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill River
There will be a recount in the riding of Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill River.
Elections Canada confirming the news on their website on Friday.
NDP’s Georgina Jolibois was elected MP with a margin of only 70 votes between her and Liberal candidate Lawrence Joseph. Conservative candidate Rob Clarke was only 1,000 votes behind Joseph making it a three-way fight to the finish.
With such a small margin between first and second place, talks of a recount emerged, however under Elections Canada principle, an automatic recount would not be called.