Bloc Québécois wins tight Trois-Rivières race
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Almost two days after the federal election, the Quebec riding of Trois-Rivières has finally declared a winner.
Bloc Québécois candidate René Villemure finished 93 votes ahead of Conservative Yves Lévesque in Trois-Rivières as the counting ended Wednesday afternoon.
Trois-Rivières has generally voted Bloc since 1993, but got caught up in the so-called NDP "orange wave" of 2011 and continued to support the New Democratic Party in 2015. Louise Charbonneau won the seat back for the Bloc in 2019 but opted out of running again this election.
The Bloc win in Châteauguay—Lacolle has been confirmed, according to Elections Canada. With all the ballots tallied, Patrick O'Hara beat the Liberal incumbent Brenda Shanahan by 606 votes.
In Longueuil-Saint-Hubert, it was announced late Wednesday that the Bloc's Denis Trudel beat Liberal Florence Gagnon.
That gives the Bloc 33 seats in the House of Commons, and the party is leading in one other riding — Brome-Mississquoi in the Eastern Townships — that has yet to be decided.
The outcomes in three other tight races may not be known until Thursday or even Friday, and candidates who are defeated by slim margins will likely call for a recount.
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