Federal vote recount in N.L. district delayed following water issues

Alex Kennedy · CBC News

· Posted: May 21, 2025 4:44 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago

The 2 candidates warring for the national spot of Terra Nova-The Peninsulas volition person to hold astatine slightest 2 much days pursuing the closure of nationalist buildings successful Marystown connected Wednesday.

The Town of Marystown turned disconnected its h2o proviso in a scheduled shutdown arsenic portion of the process of gathering a caller chlorination plant. As a result, each nationalist buildings successful the municipality were forced to close.

According to Elections Canada Spokesperson Matthew McKenna, that enactment a halt to the counting of votes connected Wednesday. Justice Garrett Handrigan, overseeing the process, present expects to decorativeness connected Friday, McKenna said.

The recount to determine a victor betwixt Liberal campaigner Anthony Germain and Conservative campaigner Jonathan Rowe was expected to instrumentality nary much than 3 days, but stretched into its ninth time connected Wednesday. Germain defeated Rowe successful the initial count by conscionable 12 votes, automatically triggering a recount.

That process involves the recounting of much than 41,000 votes crossed 279 ballot boxes. Ballots tin lone beryllium recounted successful a unafraid location by a designated recount team.

Once Justice Handrigan's determination has been made, a victor volition beryllium declared by Elections Canada.

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