Liberal Terry Sheehan wins in Sault Ste. Marie

Terry Sheehan has captured the riding of Sault Ste. Marie for the Liberals.

He snatched the seat from Conservative incumbent Bryan Hayes, who exits after a single term.

Hayes was combating history in Sault Ste. Marie, a riding that’s traditionally leaned left. Before Hayes won in 2011, the riding had only gone blue once before, electing a PC MP for a single term in 1984. Otherwise, the riding has alternated between Liberal and NDP since its creation in 1966.

Hayes’ win in 2011 was a narrow one, unseating three-term NDP incumbent Tony Martin by less than 2,000 votes

Polls considered the riding too close to call.

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