Canada’s Liberal Party Close To Having Majority Rule

The Guardian reports:

Canada’s Liberal party has inched closer to a majority government after a judicial recount found the party had won an electoral district by just a single vote. But a voter has also claimed her ballot wasn’t counted, throwing the result once more into disarray.

Officials at Elections Canada at the weekend finished a recount for the Quebec district of Terrebonne, where the incumbent Bloc Québécois candidate Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné appeared to have beaten her Liberal challenger Tatiana Auguste.

Elections Canada says it is investigating the issue and “still working to gather all the facts”. If the new ballot is accepted and produces a tie, Elections Canada could force a byelection.

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