Office of the Chief
Electoral Officer
October 30, 2009
Official Addition of the Votes
The Straits � White Bay North By-Election
Carl May, Returning
Officer for The Straits - White Bay North, carried out
the official addition of the votes this morning, October
30, 2009, at 9:00 a.m. (section 79 of the Elections
Act, 1991).
The official count did
result in changes to the preliminary results released on
Election Night. They are as follows:
| |
Preliminary
|
Official
|
Variance |
COLBOURNE,
Dale
New Democratic Party |
321 |
337 |
+16 |
DEAN,
Marshall
Liberal Party |
1,925 |
2,016 |
+91 |
PELLEY, Rick
D.
Progressive Conservative Party |
1,799 |
1,928 |
+129 |
The total number of
ballots cast was 4,296 and there were 15 rejected
ballots.
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Media contact:
Adrienne Baird
Communications and Training Officer
Office of the Chief Electoral Officer
709-729-0712
2009 10 30
4:10 p.m.
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