Recount confirms narrow Liberal victory in Milton East—Halton Hills South

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Liberal Kristina Tesser Derksen says she recovered retired conscionable earlier midnight connected May 15 that a judicial recount had confirmed her triumph successful the national Ontario riding of Milton East–Halton Hills South.

Recount saw ballot constrictive to 21 votes from 29 arsenic Liberal triumph confirmed by judicial recount

David Baxter · The Canadian Press

· Posted: May 16, 2025 11:10 AM EDT | Last Updated: 19 minutes ago

Kristina Tesser Derksen's look is shown successful illustration against a backdrop of her run motion displaying her sanction successful achromatic penning against a reddish field.

The borderline narrowed from 29 votes to 21 with the recount.

Elections Canada ordered the recount past week aft the ballot validation process showed Tesser Derksen won the riding implicit Conservative Parm Gill by a slim margin.

A judicial recount is ordered automatically erstwhile the apical 2 candidates are separated by little than 0.1 per cent of the valid votes cast.

Gill was declared the victor connected predetermination nighttime but the riding flipped to the Liberals aft the results were validated by Elections Canada.

This recount leaves the Liberals 3 seats shy of a bulk government, with 169 MPs.