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After nearly 2 weeks, results of Terra Nova-The Peninsulas recount expected Friday [Video]

The judicial recount in Terra Nova-The Peninsulas has been ongoing since May 12, but is expected to wrap up on Friday. Just 12 votes separated Liberal candidate Anthony Germain and Conservative candidate Jonathan Rowe in the initial count. (Patrick Butler/Radio-Canada)

A marathon judicial recount to determine the MP-elect for the Newfoundland riding of Terra Nova-The Peninsulas is expected to finish on Friday.

The recount started in Marystown on May 12, nearly two weeks ago.

Liberal candidate Anthony Germain won the initial count by only 12 votes over Conservative candidate Jonathan Rowe.

A judicial recount will automatically be triggered if the number of votes separating the winner and a runner-up is less than 0.1 per cent of the total votes. More than 41,000 votes were cast in the newly redrawn riding on election night.

The recount, overseen by Supreme Court Justice Garrett Handrigan, was expected to take between two and three …

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