Conservative Dave Epp rolls to victory in Chatham-Kent–Leamington

Conservative Dave Epp trailed Liberal candidate Keith Pickard when the first few polls were reported but steadily pulled ahead to win a third term as MP for Chatham-Kent-Leamington in Monday’s federal election. Epp had extended his lead over Pickard to nearly 10,000 votes with about two thirds of the riding’s polls reported. The other candidates, including the NDP’s Seamus Fleming, Trevor Lee of the People’s Party of Canada and James Plunkett of the Green Party, were not