WINNIPEG – Elmwood-Transcona turned out to be the closest race in Canada Monday night.
At one point in the evening a single vote separated Conservative incumbent Lawrence Toet and NDP candidate Daniel Blaikie.
In the end Blaikie was declared the winner with 51 more votes than Toet.
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READ MORE: Federal Election 2015: Elmwood-Transcona riding results
Blaikie was looking to carry on the family name in Ottawa. His dad, Bill, served as MP in the area from 1979 to 2008.
The Elmwood-Transcona riding was also close in 2011 when Toet defeated one-term NDP MP Jim Maloway by 300 votes.
READ MORE: Election results for all 14 Manitoba ridings
This time around the riding will go to a recount.
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