NDP candidate has defeated Liberal incumbent David Wilton in Cape Breton Centre.
In 2015, Wilton was elected in a byelection after former NDP MLa Frank Corbett resigned. Wilton originally faced off against Corbett in the 2013 election.
Corbett held the riding for the NDP for almost two decades.
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Prior to Corbett’s election, the riding was held by the Grits for a decade.
The riding includes the communities of New Waterford, the Reserve Mines and part of the town of Dominion.
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