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Outcome to B.C. election still murky HOTLY CONTESTED
Final count on Wednesday, but judicial recount could add delay
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The final count in British Columbia’s tight and inconclusive election will be known on Wednesday, but the possibility of a judicial recount means the actual outcome might not be known for weeks. The race between the Liberals and New Democrats in one key Vancouver Island riding swung back and forth on Tuesday. The latest ballot count in the hotly contested Courtenay-Comox riding showed a 101-vote lead for New Democrat RonnaRae Leonard over Liberal Jim Benninger. Earlier, Benninger was ahead by three votes after starting the day 13 behind. At stake is a one-seat Liberal
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majority if Benninger wins. But if Leonard wins, there could be a Liberal or NDP minority government with the support of the Green party in the 87-seat legislature. After the May 9 election, the Liberals had 43 seats, the NDP 41 and the Greens had three seats. On election night, Leonard was ahead by nine votes in CourtenayComox. “Where they stand now, it’s a possibility there will be a judicial recount,” said Elections BC spokesman Andrew Watson. Elections BC did a recount in Courtenay-Comox before it began counting absentee ballots. Almost 180,000 absentee votes are being tallied provincewide as part of the agency’s final count, which must be completed on Wednesday. An application for a judicial recount must be filed with the Supreme Court of British Columbia within six days of the final result being declared. THE CANADIAN PRESS
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