Liberal Bryan May re-elected in Cambridge

Liberal incumbent Bryan May was re-electedin Cambridge with about 39.5per cent of the popular vote, ahead of Conservative Sunny Attwal who has taken 30 per cent of the popular vote.

NDP's Scott Hamilton took 20per cent ofthe popular vote and Green candidate Michele Braniffhad7.5per cent of the vote.

People's Party candidate David Haskell won about threeper cent of the vote, George McMorrow of the Veterans Coalition Party of Canada had0.3per cent and Manuel Couto of the Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada had0.1per cent of the popular vote.

Voter turnout was 63.7 per cent of eligible voters, down 1.2 per cent from 2015.

May believes his win is the result ofstaying above the fray.

"This was a nasty election. This is my third campaign and I lost count how many campaigns I've been involved with as a volunteer and board member, but I've never seen anything like this and we stayed very, very positive," said May.

"We focused onthe two big things we were hearing at the doors which was climate changeand affordability."

Riding

The riding of Cambridge includes the city of Cambridge, North Dumfries Township and part of Brant Township.

There are nearly 90,000 voters in the riding, according to Elections Canada.

The riding has changed boundaries a few times, the last time being 2015 when the riding of Kitchener South-Hespeler was created.

Since its creation in 1979, the riding has mostly been held by Conservatives.

After four terms of the PCs, the Liberals won the seat between 1993 and 2004. The riding swung Conservative again between 2004 and 2015.

In the 2015 election, Liberal Bryan May won the seat by a margin of less than five percentage points.