Overview
- Former Bloc MP Nathalie Sinclair‑Desgagné is asking the court to void the April 28 result after voter Emmanuelle Bossé’s special ballot was returned due to an incorrect postal code on the Elections Canada envelope.
- After an automatic judicial recount on May 10, Liberal Tatiana Auguste was confirmed the winner by 23,352 votes to 23,351, making any single uncounted ballot potentially decisive.
- Sworn statements indicate an election worker printed the wrong postal code on at least 40 special‑ballot envelopes, with 16 other special ballots not returned by the deadline.
- Auguste’s lawyer argues cancelling the result over one uncounted ballot would be unreasonable and would effectively disenfranchise the 61,115 voters who cast ballots in Terrebonne.
- Elections Canada acknowledged the addressing error but took no position, and Justice Éric Dufour referenced the Supreme Court’s Opitz precedent requiring a high threshold to void an election.