Elections Canada says Liberal Wilson Miao would be the new member of Parliament for Richmond Centre, defeating the Conservative incumbent Alice Wong by 772 votes.
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VICTORIA — The Liberals and New Democrats have been declared the winners in two hotly contested British Columbia federal ridings too near name on election evening.
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Elections Canada says Liberal Wilson Miao would be the new member of Parliament for Richmond Centre, defeating the Conservative incumbent Alice Wong by 772 votes.
In Nanaimo-Ladysmith on Vancouver Island, New Democrat challenger Lisa Marie Barron defeated Conservative Tamara Kronis by 1,281 votes. Inexperienced incumbent Paul Manly positioned third.
Kevin Vuong declared on Saturday evening that he would sit within the Home of Commons as an unbiased after controversy clouded his election within the downtown Toronto using of Spadina-Fort York.
The Liberal occasion dropped Vuong as a candidate simply two days earlier than Monday’s election.
The federal occasion made the choice after the Toronto Star reported there had been a sexual assault cost laid towards him in 2019, which was later dropped.
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On Friday, Elections Canada declared Liberal Taleeb Noormohamed the winner in Vancouver Granville, the using previously held by Impartial Jody Wilson-Raybould, a former Liberal cupboard minister.
Liberal Patrick Weiler was additionally declared the winner in West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky, defeating Conservative John Weston, a former cupboard minister.
Whereas mail-in ballots for a number of ridings are nonetheless being counted, the ultimate seat rely stemming from Monday’s election has now been all however finalized with the Liberals claiming 158, the Conservatives 119, 33 for the Bloc Quebecois, 25 for the New Democratic Celebration, two for the Inexperienced Celebration and one unbiased.
Election outcomes 2021: A riding-by-riding map of how B.C. and the remainder of Canada voted
Taleeb Noormohamed wins Vancouver Granville for the Liberals
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