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Hindustan Times
18-05-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
Canada: Ruling Liberal Party falls short of majority mark after recounts
Toronto: With just over a week for the new House of Commons to begin its session, the ruling Liberal Party has inched closer towards a majority, just two short of the magic number. The Liberals now have 170 seats in the 343-member House. The latest addition to their tally came on Friday as Elections Canada announced the result of a judicial recount for the riding (as constituencies are called in Canada) of Milton East–Halton Hills South in Ontario. As the results of the April 28 election was declared, it appeared that Indo-Canadian Parm Gill had clinched the seat for the opposition Conservative Party but by a narrow margin. However, after Elections Canada validated the vote count, it flipped for his Liberal opponent Kristina Tesser Derksen by a margin of just 27 votes. With difference less than 0.1%, an automatic judicial recount was triggered and the result of that was announced on Friday, with Derksen winning by just 21 votes over Gill, who had been a provincial Minister before switching to Federal politics for the 2025 election. In a post on Facebook, Kristina said, 'To people across Milton East–Halton Hills South, no matter who you voted for, know that I'll give my all to be the strong voice you deserve in Ottawa.' Her margin, however, was larger than that for the Quebec riding of Terrebonne, which was judicially certified earlier in the week of Liberal candidate Tatiana Auguste, by just a single vote over her Bloc Quebecois rival Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagne. This again was a change in result from that on election night. However, given the slenderest of margins, the Bloc is expected to challenge the count in court. There are two other close recounts in progress. The first is in Terra Nova--The Peninsulas in Newfoundland and Labrador which was won by the Liberals by only 12 votes, and the other in Windsor —Tecumseh — Lakeshore in Ontario, which the Conservatives captured with a margin of 77 votes. As it stands, when parliament starts on March 26, the ruling party and Prime Minister Mark Carney may be better placed than they were when the results were originally declared.
CTV News
16-05-2025
- Politics
- CTV News
Liberal candidate wins Milton East-Halton Hills South riding by 21 votes after official recount
Kristina Tesser Derksen appeared during a remote interview with CTV News Kitchener on May 2, 2025. An official recount has certified the results of the federal election in Milton East-Halton Hills South. The recount concluded on Friday, confirming Liberal candidate Kristina Tesser Derksen as the winner. She will now serve as the riding's MP. Tesser Derksen received 32,178 votes while Conservative candidate Parm Gill, who was named the winner on election night based on preliminary result, received 32,157 votes. Only 21 votes separated the candidates. According to the results of the recount, 66,685 valid votes were cast and 328 ballots were rejected. Why was there a recount? An official recount is automatically triggered when the difference between the first- and second- place candidates are within one one-thousandth of the total number of ballots received. On May 2, validated results from Elections Canada flipped the riding from blue to red and suggested the Liberal candidate had won by only 29 votes. The validated results also indicated there were 412 rejected ballots in the riding. The recount narrowed Tesser Derksen's lead and fewer ballots were rejected. Justice Leonard Ricchetti of the Superior Court of Ontario was in charge of the official recount.
CBC
16-05-2025
- Politics
- CBC
Recount confirms narrow Liberal victory in Milton East—Halton Hills South
Liberal Kristina Tesser Derksen says she found out just before midnight on May 15 that a judicial recount had confirmed her victory in the federal Ontario riding of Milton East–Halton Hills South. The margin narrowed from 29 votes to 21 with the recount. Elections Canada ordered the recount last week after the vote validation process showed Tesser Derksen won the riding over Conservative Parm Gill by a slim margin. A judicial recount is ordered automatically when the top two candidates are separated by less than 0.1 per cent of the valid votes cast. Gill was declared the victor on election night but the riding flipped to the Liberals after the results were validated by Elections Canada.
Globe and Mail
16-05-2025
- Politics
- Globe and Mail
Recount confirms narrow Liberal victory in Ontario riding of Milton East–Halton Hills South
Liberal Kristina Tesser Derksen says she found out just before midnight on May 15 that a judicial recount had confirmed her victory in the federal Ontario riding of Milton East–Halton Hills South. The margin narrowed from 29 votes to 21 with the recount. Elections Canada ordered the recount last week after the vote validation process showed Tesser Derksen won the riding over Conservative Parm Gill a slim margin. A judicial recount is ordered automatically when the top two candidates are separated by less than 0.1 per cent of the valid votes cast. Gill was declared the victor on election night but the riding flipped to the Liberals after the results were validated by Elections Canada. This recount leaves the Liberals three seats shy of a majority government, with 169 MPs.
National Post
16-05-2025
- Politics
- National Post
Recount confirms narrow Liberal victory in Milton East—Halton Hills South
Liberal Kristina Tesser Derksen says she found out just before midnight on May 15 that a judicial recount had confirmed her victory in the federal Ontario riding of Milton East—Halton Hills South. Article content The margin narrowed from 29 votes to 21 with the recount. Article content Elections Canada ordered the recount last week after the vote validation process showed Tesser Derksen won the riding over Conservative Parm Gill a slim margin. Article content Article content Article content
