Riding flips from the Liberals back to the Bloc after validation process [Video]

Bloc Québécois member of Parliament Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné joins Bloc Leader Yves-François Blanchet for a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

The federal riding of Terrebonne in Quebec has gone from the Liberals’ win column back to the Bloc Québécois after a postelection vote validation process.

Bloc candidate Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné, who had represented the riding since 2021, said in a social media post that she came out with a lead of 44 votes and that a judicial recount will take place.

“For someone to be officially elected, you have to wait until the end of this process,” Sinclair-Desgagné wrote in French. “I hope to have the honour of representing Terrebonne again in the coming years.”

Elections Canada’s validated results indicate that Sinclair-Desgagné received 23,340 votes, while Liberal candidate Tatiana Auguste received 23,296.

The preliminary results had Auguste up by 35 votes.

Matthew McKenna, spokesperson for Elections Canada, said the returning …