Breaking: Local students vote to reelect Conservative Michael Barrett in Student Vote Canada

Conservative Michael Barrett will be heading back to Ottawa according to local students.

Several schools in Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes participated in Student Vote Canada with students getting a chance to cast ballots for the actual candidates running.

In our riding, Barrett came in first with 46.73 % of the vote.

Liberal Lorna Jean Edmonds was second with 501 votes and Paul Lancione of the NDP was third with 232.

Just over 2,000 local students took part in the national parallel election program.

Casey Kenny
Casey Kenny
A graduate of the Broadcast Journalism Program at Loyalist College, Casey has worked in newsrooms across the country for 20 years. Stops along his radio adventure include Ottawa, Calgary, Vancouver, North Bay, Stratford and now Kemptville. Casey is also a veteran play-by-play announcer and is the Voice of the Kemptville 73's Hockey Team. A proud uncle of eight nieces and nephews, Casey is happy to call Kemptville home now.

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