Liberal candidate Stephen Fuhr has been elected in the Kelowna, B.C., riding, according to Elections Canada.
On Tuesday afternoon, Elections Canada said 100 per cent of polls were reporting and Fuhr was ahead of Conservative candidate Tracy Gray by 235 votes.If the margin between two candidates is 0.1 per cent or less, it will trigger an automatic recount. Elections Canada has determined the margin between Fuhr and Gray to be 0.5 per cent.
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