Progressive Conservative Twila Grosse wins by-election in Nova Scotia
Progressive Conservative Twila Grosse has won a provincial by-election in the Nova Scotia riding of Preston, taking a seat held by the Liberals for most of the past 20 years.
Elections Nova Scotia said Grosse captured 1,950 votes, well ahead of Simmonds of the NDP with 1,145. Liberal Simmons trailed the NDP candidate by more than 100 votes. Health care, affordable housing, gas prices and economic development were among the main issues during the campaign.Heading into the by-election, the governing Progressive Conservatives held 31 seats in the provincial legislature, followed by the Liberals with 16 seats, the New Democrats with six and one Independent.
Rice called in the RCMP to assist with a formal investigation under the provincial Elections Act after the Liberals refused to comply with her order. She had acted on a complaint by the Progressive Conservatives over what they said was misleading material wrongly asserting that Premier Tim Houston was doing nothing to stop plans for the dump.
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