Elections Canada rules overnight-sensation NDP candidate valid

Ruth Ellen Brosseau, a youthful Carleton University tavern manager in Ottawa who reportedly can’t speak French and went to Las Vegas at one point during the campaign, won the election in the riding of Berthier-Maskinongé by more than 5,000 votes.

PARLIAMENT HILL—Elections Canada has ruled the election of an overnight-sensation NDP candidate east of Montreal is valid, and the Conservative candidate who wants it overturned will have to go to court if she wants to challenge it.

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