The electoral suspense continues in the district of Terrebonne, where the liberal candidate Tatiana Auguste was declared winner by 35 votes before the blocist Nathalie Sinclair Desgagné. The official result of the vote should be known on Thursday and by then, both remain coits.
Posted at 5:00 a.m.
The constituency of the northern crown of Montreal has been blocist for almost 30 years, with the exception of a mandate from the new Democratic Party (NPD) during the Orange wave in 2011.
Blocker candidate and outgoing deputy Nathalie Sinclair Desgagné preferred not to grant an interview on Wednesday. The Bloc Québécois was notified by Elections Canada that there were mistakes during the counting of the vote and that a verification is underway. It is not a judicial count.
Elections Canada did not respond to our requests on the nature of the errors that would have been made.
If the gap between the liberal candidate and the blocist candidate is below 60 votes, there will be automatically a judicial count, therefore supervised by a judge. The director of the ballot will then have four days to present his request.
This difference must be less than a thousandth of the total votes in the constituency to trigger this new counting. In Terrebonne, a total of 60,130 people voted.
“We are waiting for the final results of the vote tomorrow [jeudi] “Said the press secretary Joanie Riopel.
In the Liberal Party of Canada, it was also indicated on Wednesday that Tatiana Auguste would not speak to the media.
“We will keep a little embarrassment, there was no concession from the block and there is a risk of having a judicial recount,” said Guillaume Bertrand, spokesperson for the Liberal Party of Canada, who adds that several media would like to speak to this candidate.
From Port-au-Prince to Lanaudière
It must be said that Tatiana Auguste is a little known figure. She was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and has lived in Canada since 2008, indicates the biography of the Liberal Party. Holder of a bachelor’s degree in economics from Concordia University, she was political attached to the outgoing deputy of Bourassa, Emmanuel Dubourg. In March, she was elected by acclamation to represent Mark Carney’s party in Terrebonne.
Founder of the network of women in action, which helps immigrant women, Flore Odou Onguetou has met Mme Auguste “three or four times” during his campaign.
“I told him I’m here for everyone,” said Mr.me Onguetou, stating that his organism is “apolitical”.
Photo Hugo-Sébastien Aubert, the press
Flore Odou onguetou
“She needed help. She had no room, I have a business. She needed advice, because she did not live in Terrebonne. She needed benchmarks, a little, “says the one who also owns the beauty trade to the African.
“When I look at the young Tatiana, a racialized woman, who dared, who broke the chains and find herself there, I can only applaud. For me, it’s a model of success, ”she adds.
“For young people”
In an interview on CFNJ radio, established in Lanaudière, the 24 -year -old woman explained ten days ago to have launched in politics so that “young people are included in social debates”.
To the animator who asks her if she “surfs the wave Mark Carney”, Mme Auguste replies: “It is sure that it helps us. »»
“Beyond that, Terrebonne is still an expanding place, in full change, so it may be that people want something different after years of the power block,” added Mr.me Auguste, who believes that “the most pressing issue in the field” is access to housing.
The liberal candidate has “a lot worked,” said Mr.me ONGETOU. “She was on the ground, she went to get the world. »»
In Terrebonne on Wednesday, some residents of the constituency who had not passed voting almost bite their fingers. “It would have been a difference in 33 votes,” said a couple who did not show up in the polls on Monday.
