The CBC reports that NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has claimed victory in the riding of Burnaby South byelection Monday. The win will permit Mr. Singh to lead the party from the House of Commons. Conservative candidate Scot Davidson has claimed victory in the federal byelection in York-Simcoe, while Liberal Rachel Bendayan was projected to take the Montreal riding of Outremont away from the NDP. Results from Burnaby South show Singh leading with 37.7 per cent of the vote to the Liberals’ 26.4 per cent and the Conservatives’ 22.3 per cent, with 120 of 196 polls reporting. The Conservatives were polling over 50 per cent of the vote in York-Simcoe.
