The three judicial recounts requested from the 2017 Nova Scotia election have been scheduled to take place over the next week.
The recount for Guysborough-Eastern Shore-Tracadie, where Liberal incumbent Lloyd Hines was reelected with 71 votes more than Progressive Conservative candidate Rob Wolf, will take place Friday at 9:30 a.m. under supervision of associate chief justice Deborah K. Smith.
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Also on Friday morning Justice Heather M. Robertson will oversee the recount for Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank, where Liberal incumbent Bill Horne won over PC candidate Dan McNaughton by 66 votes.
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The third and final recount, which will be for Chester-St. Margaret’s where two-term NDP incumbent Denise Peterson-Rafuse lose to Liberal Hugh MacKay by 90 votes, will take place on Monday at 9:30. Justice James L. Chipman will oversee the recount.
All three are taking place at the Halifax courthouse.
Once each recount is complete and an elected candidate is declared, Elections Nova Scotia says it will issue a news release.
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