Liberal incumbent Terry Sheehan wins Sault Ste. Marie riding

Liberal Sault candidate Terry Sheehan

Sudbury — Two days after the polling stations closed across Canada, Sault Ste. Marie was finally able to announce its winner.

The CTV News election desk has declared Liberal incumbent Terry Sheehan as the MP elect on Wednesday night.

It was a tight race between Sheehan and Conservative candidate Sonny Spinda.

However, after counting the mail in ballots, which counted as the 184 poll, Sheehan pulled ahead by 247 votes.

At final count Sheehan collected 15,231 votes for 37.9 per cent and Spinda ended up with 14,984 for 37.4 per cent.