Nipissing-Timiskaming remains red with a new Liberal MP

CBC News

· Posted: Apr 29, 2025 2:10 AM EDT | Last Updated: 9 minutes ago

The Nipissing-Timiskaming riding volition stay reddish arsenic Liberal Pauline Rochefort narrowly bushed Conservative Garry Keller.

Long-time incumbent Anthony Rota near an opening successful Nipissing-Timiskaming erstwhile helium retired up of the election.

Rochefort, the existent politician of East Ferris, bushed retired Keller by astir 1,000 votes.

The Conservatives had to pivot to Keller, a enactment insider, aft campaigner Cassidy Villeneuve suddenly stepped down from the contention soon earlier the commencement of the campaign. 

Villeneuve said she stepped down, successful part, due to the fact that she faced pushback from definite members of the Conservative Party committee successful the riding.