Conservatives win 2 seats in Nova Scotia, lead in 2 more
CBC
The Conservative Party has made inroads into Nova Scotia federally, picking up at least one more seat than last election and leading in a handful of ridings just two hours after polls closed.
Conservative Chris d'Entremont, the only member of his party to have a seat in Nova Scotia before election day, has retained his seat in West Nova. He first won in 2019.
Liberals Sean Fraser (Central Nova) and Mike Kelloway (Cape Breton-Canso) were also the projected winners in their ridings with comfortable leads of roughly 1,000 votes just before 10 p.m. AT.
Both Dartmouth–Cole Harbour and Sackville–Preston–Chezzetcook stayed Liberal red, with incumbents Darren Fisher and Darrell Samson, respectively, declared as winners just after 10 p.m.
But in Cumberland-Colchester, Conservative candidate Stephen Ellis was declared the winner over Liberal incumbent Lenore Zann blue with a lead of more than 2,000 votes.
Other Liberal incumbents appeared to be in trouble.
In South Shore-St.Margarets, former fisheries minister Bernadette Jordan consistently trailed Conservative Rick Perkins through the early results.
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