NDP holds onto riding of Sherbrooke

While a tight three-way race was expected in the riding of Sherbrookein Quebec's Eastern Townships, the NDP was able to hold onto the seat by a margin of more than 3,000 votes and 37 per cent support.

Voters chose to keep incumbentPierre-LucDusseault. Hebecame a poster child for the 2011 Orange Wave when theUniversitde Sherbrooke student became the youngest MPin Canadian history.The riding was held by the BlocQubcoisfor a decade beforeDusseaultwas elected.

Since his 2011 victory,Dusseault developed a reputation for being a strong voice for his community.

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The Liberals came in second. The party's candidate,Tom Allen, wasactive in Sherbrooke for decades, most notably as the president of the executive committee for the Canadian summer games in 2013.

Former journalist Caroline Bouchard, theBloc Qubcois' candidate, finished third with 21 per cent support, while Conservative candidate Marc Dauphin, who worked for the Canadian Forces as an emergency doctor before teaching medicine in Quebec universities, came in fourth.

NDP supporters disappointed with news of Liberal government

After early results came in showing the Liberals would form a government,Sherbrooke resident Fabrice Lemieuxsaid he wasdisappointed by the result.

He says he supported the NDP because of their positions on environment and economic issues.

"It seems we're afraid to try a third way.It's all top often one or the other. Not a new way," he said.