#Elxn42: Pierrefonds-Dollard riding turning out to be a tight race

PIERREFONDS-ROXBORO – When Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe won the Pierrefonds-Dollard riding in 2011, she was only 27 years old.

But this time around, things are a little different.

“A lot of people know me now and they know that they can count on me as a member of Parliament.”

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The NDP candidate said poverty among seniors is one of her main concerns.

“I want to work for increasing pensions to the most poor seniors,” she said.

The Pierrefonds-Dollard riding, comprised of Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Ile-Bizard-Sainte-Geneviève and the Northeastern part of the Pierrefonds-Roxboro borough, was a longtime Liberal riding until 2011.

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Liberal candidate, Frank Baylis, hopes to turn voters red again.

Baylis has been involved in politics for 30 years, but always behind the scenes.

Now, he said he wants to help Montreal become a great city again.

“I want to bring companies back to Montreal,” said Baylis.

“I have a vision which talks about using our languages, our cultural differences as a positive.”

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Valérie Assouline, candidate for the Conservative party said one of her priorities is to help local businesses prosper.

“Whether it is to bring back corporations, companies here, that’s what I’m planning to do,” she said.

“I’m planing to be the voice for our riding in Ottawa.”

Assouline said she is feeling confident and believes she has a good chance of winning.

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Last election, the NDP won the riding by fewer than 2,000 votes.

This year, voters said they’re still struggling to make a decision.

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One Pierrefonds resident told Global News she thinks she knows who she wants to vote for, but she keeps changing her mind.

“I’m still thinking about it,” she said.

In the 2011 federal election, the NDP edged out the Liberals, but the Conservatives weren’t far behind.

The riding is panning out to be a three-way race once again.