Liberal Michael McLeod declares victory in tight N.W.T. election
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Liberal incumbent Michael McLeod waited late into the night before deciding he'd won re-election.
"It's close but we feel the difference is big enough for us to be able to call it confidently," he said at a small gathering in Yellowknife.
McLeod lead in the polls throughout Monday's election night, but hesitated to declare a win without a concession from the NDP's Kelvin Kotchilea.
CBC could not immediately reach Kotchilea for comment.
The CBC called the election for McLeod shortly after 1 a.m. Tuesday. By then, McLeod had 38 per cent of the vote followed by Kotchilea with 33 per cent. That left McLeod with a narrow 699-vote lead, though official results won't be confirmed until mail-in ballots are added to the tally.
"We were hoping that we would have a majority," McLeod admitted, speaking to media, and few others, in a Yellowknife hotel. "If we ever needed a new mandate, it's now during a pandemic."
But, he added, "I'm hoping that we will be able to move forward [with] the many issues that are in our platform."
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