Liberal candidate says judicial recount ordered in Ontario riding he narrowly lost

A Liberal candidate who misplaced to his Conservative rival by simply 77 votes within the federal election says his request for a judicial recount has been granted.

Irek Kusmierczyk, the Liberal incumbent in Windsor—Tecumseh—Lakeshore, argues in a social media put up at the moment that a number of ballots have been “wrongly rejected.”

He says that the Ontario Superior Court docket of Justice ordered a judicial recount to offer the group “confidence” within the election end result.

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Kusmierczyk says he’ll “completely and unequivocally” settle for the outcomes of the recount.

Elections Canada says that Conservative candidate Kathy Borrelli took the driving with 32,062 votes, or 45.8 per cent of the vote.

Kusmierczyk, who received the seat in 2019 and 2021, bought 31,985 votes, or 45.7 per cent of the vote.

The Liberal candidate stated in a social media put up earlier this week that the “razor skinny” margin of victory for the Conservative candidate was simply seven votes wanting Elections Canada’s threshold for triggering an computerized recount.

Elections Canada says the judicial recount will start on Might 20.

The company says judicial recounts are additionally being held within the electoral districts of Milton East–Halton Hills South, Terra Nova—The Peninsulas and Terrebonne.