Recount Results Held For 5 Days

Wednesday, December 05, 2007 at 14:22

 

 

The results of a judicial recount in the Saskatchewan riding of Meadow Lake won’t be released just yet.

 

Defeated NDP candidate Maynard Sonntag asked for a judicial recount a few days after election night on Nov. 7.

 

The Saskatchewan Party’s Jeremy Harrison defeated Sonntag by just 37 votes.

 

The judicial recount took place Tuesday, but there is a five-day wait before results of announced to give candidates time to appeal.

 

Currently, the Saskatchewan Party has 38 members to the NDP’s 20.