Resumen de Judicial recounts: an inside view

James R. K. Duggan, Jacques Carl Morin

• Canada�s 41st general election was held on May 2, 2011. There were bitter disputes over the results in some ridings after certain candidates won their seats with razor­thin margins. To determine once and for all who won and who lost, judicial recounts were ordered in four ridings: Montmagny�L�Islet�Kamouraska�Rivière-du-Loup, Etobicoke Centre, Nipissing�Timiskaming, and Winnipeg Centre. This article looks at the history of judicial recounts, the process that was used to examine the ballots in Montmagny�L�Islet�Kamouraska�Rivière-du-Loup, and Mr. Justice Gilles Blanchet�s rulings on the disputed ballots.