Tradition ruled in the North Okanagan-Shuswap on election night, with a Conservative returned to power.
Preliminary election results showed incumbent Mel Arnold capturing the riding handily, winning close to 49 per cent of the vote.
Arnold is pleased with the strong victory.
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Nationally, Arnold said he will wait and see how the final numbers pan out but, in North Okanagan-Shuswap, a win wasn含羞草研究社檛 unexpected.
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With the Conservatives in Opposition nationally, Arnold, who was first elected in 2015, will remain a back bencher.
The riding has been Conservative, Alliance or Reform since 1993; prior to that election NDP Lyle MacWilliam was MP.
Liberal Cindy Derkaz, running in her second consecutive federal election in the riding and again polling second, was excited about the national outcome. As for the riding, she said the Conservatives won it 含羞草研究社渇air and square.含羞草研究社�
含羞草研究社淚 wanted to say this whole effort has been all about our community and about our team that has come together.
We have had tremendous support and tremendous effort from volunteers from all over this riding who carried this vision and wanted to see a Liberal MP sitting at this table. But, that is not to be. Fair and square, the Conservatives have once again taken this riding and I acknowledge that. I am going to congratulate Mr. Arnold the second I can get him on the phone.含羞草研究社�
Stay tuned for live updates on the 2019 federal election in the North Okanagan-Shuswap riding! First we hear from Liberal candidate Cindy Derkaz含羞草研究社� campaign team in Salmon Arm.
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To exuberant cheers, Derkaz said the campaign and the volunteers impressed Justin Trudeau.
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NDP candidate Harwinder Sandhu, a newcomer to politics and in third place, said the people have sent a clear message by electing a minority government.
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North Okanagan-Shuswap NDP candidate Harwinder Sandhu's daughter Jasreen, 12, has the job of posting election night poll results at mom's Vernon campaign office.
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Marc Reinarz said the Green Party makes inroads with every election, and he含羞草研究社檚 pleased with the Liberal minority.
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Marc Reinarz thanks his supporters while announcing his intentions to run as the Green candidate next time around. During his campaign he says he含羞草研究社檚 learned what to do, and what not to do, for next time.
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People含羞草研究社檚 Party candidate Kyle Delfing was happy his party had a chance to share its views.
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He added that his party is in its infancy and 含羞草研究社渧oters will need time to get to know them.含羞草研究社� He also noted that, 含羞草研究社渋f you look at the Conservative platform that came out nine days ago, they have a lot of PPC-like policies.含羞草研究社�
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The vote was a little different in the North Okanagan-Shuswap School District. Student voters at Salmon Arm Secondary put narrow support behind Conservative Mel Arnold who was first past the post with 94 votes. He was followed closely by Green Marc Reinarz and NDP Harwinder Sandhu who were neck and neck with 85. Coming in fourth was Liberal Cindy Derkaz with 58 votes followed by Kyle Delfing of the People含羞草研究社檚 Party with five.
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