The Newfoundland and Labrador riding of Terra Nova—The Peninsulas has flipped to the Conservatives following a judicial recount, giving the party a third seat in the province.
A recount in the riding completed on May 23 found that Conservative Jonathan Rowe defeated Liberal Anthony Germain by 12 votes. The final tally showed Rowe received 19,605 votes, Germain received 19,593 votes, and NDP candidate Liam Ryan received 1,677 votes. A total of 819 ballots were rejected.
The results have brought the Liberal Party’s seat count down to 169, which is three short of a majority, while the Conservatives have 144 seats, the Bloc Québécois has 22, the NDP has seven, and the Green Party has one….