French school board trustee Lucille Collard is taking over as the Liberal MPP for Ottawa-Vanier. "I feel very proud," Collard said Thursday night at the pizza pub on Ogilvie Road where she and fellow winner Stephen Blais celebrated their victories. 5 decades of Liberal victoriesHer byelection victory is yet another in a long string of wins for the Liberals in the heavily French-speaking riding. Collard says the party's convention next week is the first step in the reconstruction of the party. Just 19.89 per cent of eligible voters cast their votes in Ottawa-Vanier.

Source: CBC News February 28, 2020 02:42 UTC