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(Update at 11:50 p.m.)

Liberal incumbent Carla Qualtrough will serve another term as Delta鈥檚 MP.

With 175 of 181 polls reporting in, Qualtrough has 19,795 votes (42.1 per cent), putting her ahead of Conservative challenger Garry Shearer鈥檚 15,774 votes (33.6 per cent). NDP hopeful Monika Dean, meanwhile, has 8,708 votes (18.5 per cent), followed by People鈥檚 Party of Canada candidate Paul Tarasenko with 1,197 (2.5 per cent), Green Jeremy Smith with 1,149 (2.4 per cent) and independent Hong Yan Pan with 355 (o.8 per cent).

The win secures Qualtrough a third term as Delta鈥檚 representative in Parliament, a position she has held since 2015.

鈥淚鈥檓 actually kind of emotional,鈥� Qualtrough told the Reporter Monday night, shortly after delivering her acceptance speech. 鈥淚t鈥檚 been such a tough two years for Delta and for our country, and I鈥檓 just so happy to get to keep doing this because there鈥檚 so much work to do.鈥�

Election night projections suggest Qualtrough will once again be part of a minority government, with the Liberals coming away with more or less with the same number seats they did in 2019.

Qualtrough, who served as minister of employment, workforce development and disability inclusion before the election was called last month, said that while the number of seats may not have changed much, the election has given her and the party a renewed mandate and focus as they move forward with Canada鈥檚 pandemic recovery.

鈥淚t鈥檚 become quite clear to me over the past five weeks how important it was to have a conversation with Canadians about how we鈥檙e going to move forward post-pandemic,鈥� Qualtrough said.

鈥淲hen we went to the polls two years ago we had a very different agenda, differently priorities. We hadn鈥檛 been through this global crisis, and so now it came out how different the parties鈥� visions were for how to move forward. So as much as feels like the results might be the same, I think the path forward that people have endorsed is very different. The priorities have shifted.

鈥淲e still have to get out of this crisis, we still have to recover completely economically, $10-a-day childcare is on the table 鈥� it feels different, and it has felt really important to get the support of the country about how we鈥檙e going to move forward.鈥�

The election coincided with rising case totals amid the fourth wave of COVID-19, and the pandemic a top-of-mind issue for many voters Qualtrough met on the campaign trail.

鈥淧eople are still very concerned about the pandemic. They鈥檙e concerned about everybody getting vaccinated, they want a government that shows leadership in vaccines and shows some certainty, whether it鈥檚 for businesses or for families.

鈥淎nd I think the conversations I had around supporting provinces in their vaccine certification efforts were really important to Delta and to Delta businesses 鈥� you know, 鈥楬ow do I manage my staff if they don鈥檛 want to get vaccinated?鈥� There鈥檚 a lot of questions looming around vaccination, and those questions weren鈥檛 on the table two years ago.鈥�

Asked what her top priorities will be once she resumes her work in Ottawa, Qualtrough highlighted the need to address affordability, 鈥渨hether it鈥檚 housing or childcare or transit.鈥�

鈥淲e really need to crack the nut in Delta on how people can afford to live here and raise their families here. Because we have labour shortages, but I think one of the underlying causes of that is that people can鈥檛 afford to live here, and so they鈥檙e not taking jobs here. So we really need to connect these dots, both for the social benefits of everybody having a home, but also for the economic benefits of having access to a workforce that lives in your community and everything.鈥�

(Update at 9:45 p.m.)

Liberal incumbent Carla Qualtrough looks set to serve another term as Delta鈥檚 MP, though roughly a third of polls in Delta 鈥� plus mail-in and other special ballots 鈥� are still to be counted.

With 125 of 181 polls reporting in, Qualtrough has 10,217 votes (42.6 per cent), putting her ahead of Conservative challenger Garry Shearer鈥檚 7,727 votes(32.2 per cent). NDP hopeful Monika Dean, meanwhile, has 4,613 votes (19.2 per cent), followed by Green Jeremy Smith with 637 (2.7 per cent), People鈥檚 Party of Canada candidate Paul Tarasenko with 580 (2.4 per cent) and independent Hong Yan Pan with 213 (o.9 per cent).

(Update at 9:08 p.m.)

Half of Delta鈥檚 181 polls have reported in, and Liberal incumbent Carla Qualtrough is maintaining her lead over Conservative challenger Garry Shearer.

With 90 of 181 polls reporting in, Qualtrough has 6,706 votes (42.4 per cent) over Shearer鈥檚 5,052 (32.0 per cent). NDP hopeful Monika Dean, meanwhile, has 3,112 votes (19.7 per cent), followed by Green Jeremy Smith with 417 (2.6 per cent), People鈥檚 Party of Canada candidate Paul Tarasenko with 382 (2.5 per cent) and independent Hong Yan Pan with 142 (o.9 per cent).

(Update at 8:58 p.m.)

Liberal incumbent Carla Qualtrough鈥檚 lead over Conservative challenger Garry Shearer is holding steady as more Delta polls report in.

With 75 of 181 polls reporting in, Qualtrough has 5,602 votes (42.6 per cent) over Shearer鈥檚 4,169 (31.7 per cent). NDP hopeful Monika Dean, meanwhile, has 2,629 votes (20.0 per cent), followed by Green Jeremy Smith with 338 (2.6 per cent), People鈥檚 Party of Canada candidate Paul Tarasenko with 323 (2.5 per cent) and independent Hong Yan Pan with 100 (o.8 per cent).

(Update at 8:30 p.m.)

With 25 of 181 polls reporting in, Liberal incumbent Carla Qualtrough is still leading with 1,511 votes (43.0 per cent), followed by Conservative challenger Garry Shearer with 1,167 (33.1 per cent). NDP hopeful Monika Dean, has 648 (18.4 per cent), followed by Green Jeremy Smith with 106 (3.0 per cent), People鈥檚 Party of Canada candidate Paul Tarasenko with 72 (2.0 per cent) and independent Hong Yan Pan with 17 (o.5 per cent).

(Update at 8:01 p.m.)

The race between Liberal incumbent Carla Qualtrough and Conservative challenger Garry Shearer is tightening up as more polls report in.

With nine of 181 polls reporting in, Qualtrough is still leading with 475 votes (43.7 per cent), followed by Shearer with 360 (33.1 per cent). NDP hopeful Monika Dean, has 182 (16.7 per cent), followed by Green Jeremy Smith with 40 (3.7 per cent), People鈥檚 Party of Canada candidate Paul Tarasenko with 26 (2.4 per cent) and independent Hong Yan Pan with five (o.5 per cent).

(Update at 7:36 p.m.)

Federal election results in Delta are beginning to trickle in.

With three of the 181 polls reporting in, Liberal incumbent Carla Qualtrough is leading with 108 votes (54.8 per cent), followed by Conservative Garry Shearer with 65 (33 per cent). NDP hopeful Monika Dean, has 15 votes (7.6 per cent), followed by Green Jeremy Smith with five (2.5 per cent), People鈥檚 Party of Canada candidate Paul Tarasenko with three (1.5 per cent) and independent Hong Yan Pan with one (o.5 per cent).

Original story below鈥�

Six candidates are running to be Delta鈥檚 next member of Parliament.

Liberal incumbent Carla Qualtrough is seeking a third term as Delta鈥檚 MP, a position she has held since 2015.

Challenging Qualtrough for Delta鈥檚 seat in Parliament are Conservative Garry Shearer, NDP hopeful Monika Dean, Green Jeremy Smith, People鈥檚 Party of Canada candidate Paul Tarasenko and independent Hong Yan Pan.

While it remains to be seen how many voters cast their ballot this election, three-quarters of the riding鈥檚 population 鈥� 77,372 of Delta鈥檚 103,064 residents 鈥� registered to vote this time around, up from 76,871 in 2019. Elections Canada estimates 18,148 Deltans voted at advanced polls this election, up from 15,063 in 2019.

Voter turnout in Delta last election was 70.4 per cent, as Liberal incumbent Carla Qualtrough won a second term as Delta鈥檚 MP. Qulatrough captured 41.2 per cent of the vote that year, defeating Conservative challenger Tanya Corbet (33 per cent), NDP candidate Randy Anderson-Fennell (16.3 per cent), Green Craig DeCraene (6.3 per cent), People鈥檚 Party hopeful Angelina Ireland (1.8 per cent) and independents Amarit Bains and Tony Bennett (0.7 per cent each).

Voter turnout was a bit higher in 2015, when Qualtrough defeated Conservative incumbent Kerry-Lynne Findlay. Qualtrough captured 49.1 per cent of the vote to Findlay鈥檚 32.8 per cent. The NDP鈥檚 Jeremy Leveque came in third with 14.9 per cent of the vote, while the Green Party鈥檚 Anthony Edward Devellano came in fourth with 3.2 per cent.

editor@northdeltareporter.com
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