Liberal Carla Qualtrough has been re-elected in Delta in the 2021 federal election, Global News projects.
With 160 of 181 polls reporting as of 10:40 p.m., Quatrough held 42.7 per cent of the vote, ahead of Conservative Garry Shearer’s 32.2 per cent.
The NDP’s Dean Monika was in third.
Qualtrough turned what had been mostly a Conservative riding to a Liberal one in 2015, and has held on ever since.
The three-time Paralympic medalist and current Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion won in Delta in 2019 with 41.2 per cent of the vote.
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In that contest, Conservatives’ Tanya Corbet came in second, collecting 33 per cent of ballots. NDP candidate Randy Anderson-Fennell finished a distant third.
The riding comprises the City of Delta, along with the Tsawwassen Indian Reserve and Musqueam Indian Reserve No. 4.
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Candidates
Liberal Party: Carla Qualtrough (incumbent)
Conservative Party: Garry Shearer
NDP: Monika Dean
Green Party: Jeremy Smith
People’s Party of Canada: Paul Tarasenko
Independent: Hong Yan Pan
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