Alistair MacGregor is looking forward to another term as Member of Parliament for Cowichan-Malahat-Langford.
The New Democrat MP was elected to his third term on Monday night, holding 43 per cent of the vote with 189 of 250 polls reporting. Conservative Alana DeLong sat second at 28 per cent, followed by Liberal Blair Herbert at 16 per cent, Green candidate Lia Versaevel at seven per cent, and PeopleB次元官网网址檚 Party representative Mark Hecht at six per cent.
If those numbers hold up, this will be MacGregorB次元官网网址檚 most convincing victory. He won with 35.94 per cent of the vote in 2015, and 36.06 per cent in 2019.
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The federal NDP under Jagmeet Singh were poised to claim 27 seats in MondayB次元官网网址檚 election, up from 24 when Parliament was dissolved, while the federal Liberals were once again preparing to form a minority government, with a projected increase for 156 seats, 14 shy of the 170 needed for a majority.
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MacGregor said his the first task of his third term would be to thank the people who donated to and volunteered for his campaign.
Based on feedback from knocking on doors during his campaign, his main focus this term will be on housing. He wants to get his staff in the constituency and in Ottawa working on that issue immediately and fighting for federal housing dollars.
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