Hastings County, north of Hwy 401, along with Lennox & Addington, is Conservative blue once again.
On Monday evening, Shelby Kramp-Neuman led the polls from start to finish, garnering about 57 per cent of the vote.
She defeated the Liberals’ Tracey Sweeney Shank who came in second.
At her watch party at Black Bear Ridge in Belleville, Kramp-Neuman spoke to Quinte News about the support of the campaign team, family, friends, and volunteers.
“The engagement of our volunteers from a metric perspective, we’ve never had more volunteers come out, we’ve never had more signs installed. The engagement and awareness that Canadians have, and people in Hastings-Lennox & Addington-Tyendinaga is so impressive and I’m quite humbled by it.
She added it was an emotional night for more than one reason.
“I’ll be quite candid, this is the first election without my dad. This was a hard one. I have his tie that he wore in the last two elections, so he’s definitely with me and guided me. He was always and will continue to be my biggest mentor. A big part of him is here with me tonight.”
Tracy Sweeney Shank says despite the loss in the riding, she was happy with the national turnout, which she said focused on the leaders of the two main parties.
“Pierre Poilievre is not equipped to lead us through a crisis like we are facing. Both sovereignty and economically, he’s just not equipped to do it. I know that there are teams of people behind everybody, but man you just really need a good leader in front of all that.
Coming in third was Ava Duffy of the NDP, followed by the Green’s Michael Holbrook, and the People’s Party representative Zaid Yusufani.
The Conservatives and Liberals combined for 94 per cent of the votes in the riding.
