Derek Sloan takes HastingsLennox and Addington from Liberals

CBC News projects voters in HastingsLennox and Addingtonhave elected Conservative Derek Sloan.

At 12:19 a.m. Tuesday with96 per cent of polls counted,Sloan hadcarved out a win with41.3 per cent of the vote or 20,236 votes, just ahead of Liberal Mike Bossio,who took36.9 per cent of the vote or18,105 votes.

This rural Belleville-area riding sawLiberalBossiosqueak in by only 225 votes in 2015.

Sloan, a lawyer and former small business owner; ran against Bossio, Adam Gray of the People's Party;David Tough of the NDP; and Sari Watson of the Greens.

The riding is the area's smallest in terms of population and registered voters, andincludes the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory.

HastingsLennox and Addington in 2015