Windsor recount filed after razor‐thin Liberal loss
Monday, May 5, 2025, 4:21 pm
In Windsor, a Liberal candidate who fell short by a mere 77 votes is now pursuing a judicial recount to challenge the result. The move intensifies an already heated campaign, as local voters and officials brace for a potentially contentious legal and political showdown.
The margin of victory for the Conservative candidate is seven votes short of Elections Canada's threshold for triggering an automatic recount, Irek Kusmierczyk says
Conservative candidate’s victory is just seven votes short of Elections Canada’s threshold for automatic recount, Irek Kusmierczyk says in social media post
OTTAWA - A failed Liberal candidate in Windsor who lost to his Conservative rival by just 77 votes in last week's federal election says he is filing for a judicial recount.
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