PC Amanda Simard elected in GlengarryPrescottRussell

Russell Township councillor and Progressive Conservative Amanda Simard has been elected in the provincial riding of GlengarryPrescottRussell

As of 1 a.m. Friday, with 98 per cent of polls counted, Simard has 40.7 per cent of the vote, 4,174 more votes than her closest competitor,Russell Township mayor and Liberal candidate PierreLeroux.

PC Amanda Simard wins election

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Progressive Conservative Amanda Simard wins in Glengarry-Prescott-Russell

• Ontario Votes 2018|Complete coverage

Simardreplaces Liberalincumbent Grant Crack, who announced earlier this year hewould not seek re-election.

GlengarryPrescottRussellincludes a portion of Ottawa's mosteastern populationwith the communities of Navan, Cumberland and Vars. Another segment of the riding's populationlives outside Ottawabut commutes to the capital for work.

There's also asignificant francophone population,with the most recent census indicating 66 per cent of the population isable to conduct a conversation in both official languages.

Also running in the riding were:

• New Democratic Party's Bonnie Jean-Louis.
• Daniel Reid for the Green Party.
• Jol Charbonneau, an independent candidate.
• Darcy Neal Donnelly, running for theLibertarian Party.