Elections Canada says the count in the Toronto-St. Paul's byelection that saw the Liberals lose a party stronghold went slowly but well, despite the challenges of managing a contest with 84 names on the ballot.A Conservative supporter shows voting results on his phone at a federal byelection election night event for Toronto-St.Paul's candidate Don Stewart in Toronto on Monday, June 24, 2024. Elections Canada says the count in the Toronto-St.
"The counting and reporting process was done by hand, in front of candidates' representatives — the count continued into the night until all results were published online," McKenna said. The candidates who took part in the Longest Ballot Committee protest, said CoRhino, included the candidates for the Rhinocéros, Marxist-Leninist and Marijuana parties and all the independent and unaffiliated candidates except for Cory Deville.
Conservative Don Stewart won the contest with 15,555 votes. Liberal Leslie Church came second with 14,965 votes, a difference of 590 votes.Glen McDonald, who earned 42 votes as an independent candidate in the Toronto-St. Paul's by-election, told CBC news many of the people who voted for him and other independent candidates would have voted Liberal but were upset that Prime Minister Trudeau backed down on his electoral reform promise.
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