"Until the next time"
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Gosselin takes
H AWKESBURY
comfort in gains
New Democratic Party candidate
Bonnie Jean-Louis was pleased with her
Marilissa Gosselin took some comfort
showing in the provincial election in
in her hard-fought loss to Liberal Grant
Glengarry-Prescott-RusselllastThursday.
Crack in the contest for the Glengarry-
TheHawkesburyenvironmentalactivist
Prescott-Russell M.P.P.’s seat October 6.
received 5,711 votes, or 14.2 per cent of the
The Tories had been invited to a “victory
votes cast. “We are certainly pleased to
party” inRocklandlastThursday.However,
have realized such a gain in the riding,”
the win for the Conservatives never
said Jean-Louis. In the 2007 election, the
materialized. Although she was obviously
NDP got 2,281 votes. The New Democrats
disheartened by the verdict, Gosselin tried
obviously made gains at the expense of the
to be up-beat. “I am disappointed but we
Green Party, which saw its vote total
have to stay positive,” she said. “We have
plummet from2,348 to 770. Jean-Louis was
about 40 per cent of the votes cast; we have
disappointed with the lower voter turn-
considerably reduced the gap from the last
out. “We did not manage to get the people
election.”
who were tired to going to vote.
That sentiment was echoed by
The challenge will be to encourage a
Conservative MP Pierre Lemieux. “She had
higher participation rate in the next
a very good campaign; it is always difficult
election,” observed Jean-Louis. She
to explain the reasoning of voters. In any
congratulated new M.P.P. Grant Crack.
case, we will continue to work hard to beat
“I am pleased that the many years of
the Liberals in the next election.”
experience he has as mayor of North
Glengarrywillbeusedtobenefittheregion,”
she allowed.
The numbers
Province-wide results show that voters
did want change.
Final results from the October 6 election
In the new minority government, the
in Glengarry-Prescott-Russell
New Democrats will have more influence
Grant Crack, Liberal 17,344
than they did under the previous Liberal
Marilissa Gosselin, PC 15,991
majority government.
Bonnie Jean-Louis, NDP 5,711
“We have to keep speaking loudly to
Taylor Howarth, Green 770
ensure that ordinary people are not
Phil Miller, Libertarian 197
forgotten,” she said.
Carl Leduc, Freedom 195
Jean-Louis has become a familiar face in
2007
the political arena. She has run as theGreen
Party candidate at the federal level and has
Jean-Marc Lalonde, Liberal 24, 525
twice sought a seat on Hawkesbury town
Denis Pommainville, PC 11,018
council.
Karolyne Pickett, Green 2,348
Voters can expect to see her name on a
Josée Blanchette, NDP 2,301
ballot again. “Until thenext time,” she says.
Vicki Gunn, Family Coalition 339
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