Sylvie Parent confirmed as Longueuil mayor after judicial recount

Sylvie Parent has been confirmed as mayor of Longueuil after a judge ordered a judicial recount of the Nov. 5 election results.

READ MORE: Longueuil recounting municipal election ballots after tight mayoral race

Ten teams of election staff recounted 200 of the 495 ballot boxes after second-place candidate Josée Latendresse requested it.

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The first time the ballots were counted, Parent beat Latendresse for the mayoralty by 118 votes.

READ MORE: Longueuil election results

Her victory has now been confirmed. The margin of victory now stands at 110 votes.

READ MORE: Your guide to voting in Montreal’s 2017 municipal election

Lawyers for Latendresse say they will go back and ask the court to approve a recount of all 58,326 ballots.

READ MORE: Live results across Greater Montreal

There were 1,200 ballots that were deemed invalid in the original count.