Following a validation of votes, the Liberals now hold control of the Milton East–Halton Hills South riding in Ontario. According to validated Elections Canada results, Liberal candidate Kristina Tesser Derksen received 32,130 votes, while Conservative candidate Parm Gill received 32,101 votes, a 29-vote difference. The Conservatives have 143 seats, while the Liberals’ minority government now has 169 seats. After a post-election vote-validation process, on Thursday, the federal riding of Terrebonne in Quebec returned to the Bloc Québécois from the Liberals. As part of the redistribution process, a new federal riding was created called Milton East–Halton Hills South. It includes parts of the previous ridings of Milton, which was held by the Liberals, and Wellington–Halton Hills, which was held by the Conservatives. The preliminary results showed that Gill had won the riding with 32,186 votes, and Tesser Derksen came in second with 31,888 votes, a difference of 298 votes. The validated results show that there were 412 Matthew McKenna, a spokesperson for Elections Canada, says that as part of the validation process, a returning officer looks at the record of votes counted at polling stations to find and fix any data entry or calculation errors in a riding. According to McKenna, if the difference in votes between the first- and second-place candidates is less than one thousandth of the total number of votes cast, a recount will automatically take place.
Canada election: Ontario riding flips to Liberals after validation process
