Marcus Powlowski speaks from Ottawa during Rainy River Future Development Corporation annual general meeting. Sept. 29, 2020
It took much of the night, but Marcus Powlowski has successfully retained his seat in the Thunder Bay-Rainy River riding for the Liberals.
Powlowski trailed for much of the night but slowly gained ground and taking over the lead from the NDP’s Yuk-Sem Won at about the halfway point.
Early leader Adelina Pecchia of the Conservative fell back to third.
Powlowski says he’s ready to get back to work.
“If anybody has a problem, they are welcome to get a hold of me regardless of what the status of parliament or ministries are. I will do my best to try to help people,” says Powlowski.
Acadia Broadcasting has reached out to both the Conservative candidate Adelina Pecchia and NDP candidate Yuk-Sem Won for comment.
People’s Party of Canada candidate Alan Aubut finished fourth.
There are still about 1,700 mail-in votes yet to be counted which will happen today.
