A recount is expected to be called in the riding of Mushkegowuk-James Bay after New Democrat Incumbent Guy Bourgouin edged Conservative and Kapuskasing Mayor Dave Plourde by just four votes. The two had volleyed the lead throughout much of the night and Bourgouin went ahead in the final two polls of the night.
Meantime. two of the ridings in our region returned their respective incumbents. Conservative and Mines Minister George Pirie is back in the Timmins Riding with nearly a 7,000 vote win over New Democrat candidate Corey Lepage. In Timiskaming Cochrane, John Vanthoff defeated his nearest competitor Conservative and Iroquois Falls Mayor Tory DeLaurier by 1,613 votes.
Here are the complete un-official election results:
MUSHKEGOWUK-JAMES BAY:
Guy Bourgouin – New Democrats – 3,606
Dave Plourde – Conservative – 3,602
Kyle Allen – Liberals – 614
Catherine Jones – Green Party – 121
TIMMINS:
George Pirie – Conservative-Incumbent – 9,431
Corey Lepage – New Democrat – 2,732
Dominic Casto – Liberals – 1,127
Marie-Jose Yelle – Green Party – 248
David Farrell – New Blue Party – 220
TIMISKAMING-COCHRANE:
John Vanthof – New Democrat Incumbent – 11,245
Tory DeLaurier – Conservative – 9,632
Rick Ellsmere – Liberals – 2,472
Kris Rivard – Green Party – 1,370
Stephen McLeod – New Blue Party – 785
