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John Barlow wins in Foothills riding

Conservative candidate John Barlow has won the Foothills riding. Barlow has a wide lead with 7,906 votes, and 75.1 per cent of the popular vote. Barlow says the result says a lot about the desire for strong local representation in Ottawa.
Conservative candidate John Barlow has won the Foothills riding.
Conservative candidate John Barlow has won the Foothills riding.

Conservative candidate John Barlow has won the Foothills riding.

Barlow has a wide lead with 7,906 votes, and 75.1 per cent of the popular vote.

Barlow says the result says a lot about the desire for strong local representation in Ottawa.

"The entire campaign, we were talking about strong local representation and I think that resonated quite loudly in this campaign that people wanted someone who is from here, someone who knew the issues, knew the community and knew the people," he said

Liberal candidate Tanya MacPherson is in a distant second place with 1,588 votes, or 15.1 per cent. NDP candidate Alison Thompson is in third place with 561 votes, Green Party candidate Romy Tittel with 335 votes, Libertarian Party candidate Cory Morgan with 79 votes and Christian Heritage Party candidate Marc Slingerland is in sixth place with 63 votes.

On the National level, the Liberal Party has won a majority government as it is elected or leading in 183 ridings. The Conservative Party is in second with 97 seats, the NDP in third with 26 seats and the Bloc Quebecois has nine seats.

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