US EditionJudge rejects request by Bloc Québécois candidate for new vote in Terrebonne
Justice Éric Dufour ruled the postal code mistake was an inadvertent administrative error and did not affect the election outcome decided by a single vote, preserving the minority Liberal win.
- On Oct. 27, 2025, Justice Éric Dufour rejected the Bloc Québécois's request for a new election in the Montreal-area Terrebonne riding, The Canadian Press reported.
- After a voter reported a returned special ballot due to an envelope address error, Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné, Bloc Québécois candidate, challenged the Terrebonne result.
- Explaining his ruling, the judge described the postal-code error as a human administrative mistake committed inadvertently without malicious intent and said it does not qualify as an irregularity under federal electoral law.
- Liberal Tatiana Auguste's one-ballot victory in Terrebonne stands, preserving the Liberals' minority government from the April general election.
- In his ruling the court cautioned against broadening grounds for contesting elections, warning that expanding the election irregularity definition to include administrative errors would invite numerous challenges, and Dufour said annulling an election should be reserved for the most serious cases.
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Bloc Québécois candidate who lost by one vote loses bid to have election cancelled
MONTREAL — A Superior Court judge has rejected a Bloc Québécois candidate's request for a new election in the Montreal-area riding of Terrebonne, won by the federal Liberals in April with a margin of a single vote.
Judge Rejects Request by Bloc Québécois Candidate for New Vote in Terrebonne
A Superior Court judge has rejected the Bloc Québécois’s request for a new election in the Montreal-area riding won by the Liberals in April by a single vote. Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné, the Bloc candidate, had challenged the result in the Terrebonne riding after a Bloc voter revealed that her special ballot was returned to her because of an error in the address on the envelope provided by Elections Canada. In a ruling today, Justice Éric Dufour…
She rejected the Bloc Québécois' request. The Liberal candidate had won this vote by one vote.
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