While there were more eligible voters in Timmins-James Bay this election compared to 2015, fewer people cast a ballot.
According to Elections Canada, there were 36,068 voters who turned out this election out of a potential 63,282 registered voters in the election. That means the voter turnout is about 57 per cent, not including electors who registered on election day. As of noon Oct. 22, the Elections.ca results page is showing 168 of 169 polls.
In the 2015 election, the voter turnout in the riding was 61.84 per cent, or 37,537 people out of the 60,692 eligible voters.
NDP Charlie Angus was re-elected for his sixth-consecutive term Oct. 21 with 14,357 votes, which is approximately 39.8 per cent of the vote. In the 2015 election, he secured 42.9 per cent of the vote.
So far, there are 327 votes between the local Conservative candidate Kraymr Grenke and Liberal Michelle Boileau.
With 27.1 per cent (9,784 votes) Grenke came in behind Angus. For the local Conservatives, that's an increase from the previous election when they earned 20.4 per cent of the vote.
Boileau has 9,457 votes, which is 26.2 per cent. In the 2015 election the local Liberal candidate had 34.7 per cent of the vote.
The Timmins-James Bay Green Party candidate made gains this election.
Max Kennedy secured 1,226 votes. In the 2015 election, Kennedy had 752 votes, which is about the same amount of support the party had locally in 2011 as well.
In the People's Party of Canada's first election, local candidate Renaud Roy received 1,244 votes.
Nationally, voter turnout fell just below 2015 levels (68.3 per cent) – which were the highest since 1993 – with 65.95 per cent of registered voters casting a ballot during this election. That translates to 17.89 million votes out of a possible 27.12 million. These numbers, reported by Elections Canada, do not include those who registered to vote on election day.
The Conservative Party won 6.15 million votes, and 121 seats in yesterday’s election, meaning the Conservatives won the popular vote, even though the Liberal Party won more seats and will form a minority government.
The Liberal Party won 5.9 million votes and 157 seats.
The Bloc Québécois won 1.4 million votes and 32 seats. The Green Party won 1.16 million votes and three seats. The NDP won 2.84 million votes and 24 seats.
