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Leyland Cecco in Toronto

Case of a single ballot that decided a vote in Canada sparks uproar

a woman looks out from behind a microphone
The Bloc Québécois candidate Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné speaks in the foyer of the House of Commons in Ottawa, Canada, on 15 May 2025. Photograph: The Canadian Press/Alamy

The case of a single vote which determined the outcome of a federal election in Canada risks sending the “disastrous message” to voters that “some votes count more than others”, says the lawyer of a former MP as a court considers whether to void the controversial election and hold a new vote.

Legal teams in Quebec are midway through a three-day hearing over whether a single vote – and an administrative error – truly swayed a recent election in a suburb north of Montreal.

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