Windsor Liberal Who Lost by 77 Votes Files for Judicial Recount

Windsor Liberal Who Lost by 77 Votes Files for Judicial Recount
Irek Kusmierczyk (L), talks with the parliamentary liaison officer on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Oct. 29, 2019. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
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A failed Liberal candidate in Windsor who lost to his Conservative rival by just 77 votes in last week’s federal election says he is filing for a judicial recount.

Irek Kusmierczyk, a Liberal incumbent who ran in Windsor—Tecumseh—Lakeshore, says in a social media post today that the “razor thin” margin of victory for the Conservative candidate is just seven votes short of Elections Canada’s threshold for triggering an automatic recount.