After an incredibly close byelection vote Tuesday, Manitoba’s Progressive Conservatives have held on to their seat in Spruce Woods, but one expert says the result can be seen as a victory for the NDP as well — or at least as a sign that no riding in the province is truly “safe.”
Although results have yet to be verified, Tory Colleen Robbins is the presumptive winner, with 2,805 votes to New Democrat Ray Berthelette’s 2,735 — a razor-thin margin of only 70 votes.
Kelly Saunders of Brandon University told 680 CJOB’s The Start that’s about as tight a race as you can get.
“It’s a huge win, really, for the NDP,” Saunders said.
“Yes, the (Progressive) Conservatives won the seat at the end of the day — as (PC Leader) Obby Khan said, a win is a win — but to see the way the NDP were able to