Marc Serré wins reelection in Nickel Belt

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Liberal incumbent Marc Serré retained his seat in Parliament, comfortably winning the race in the Nickel Belt on Monday, September 20.

Serré collected 34.3% of the vote in yesterday’s federal election, with 208 of 209 polls reporting. NDP candidate Andréane Chénier finished second with 27.5% of the vote followed closely by Conservative Charles Humphrey at 27.2%.

The PPC’s David Hobbs finished with 9.3% and the Green’s Craig Gravelle rounded things out with 1.7%.

 

This is the third win in the riding for Serré, who has seen his share of the vote drop in each subsequent election. In 2019, he won with 39% of the vote. In 2015, he held 42.8% of the vote.

Turnout also looked to be down in this pandemic election, with 61.66% of registered voters heading to the polls (that figure does not include electors who registered on the day). In 2019, the region saw 64.17% voter turnout.

Overall, the election resulted in almost no change at the federal level: Justin Trudeau’s Liberals will still hold a minority government.

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