‘Hang tight’: Tory candidate in Kildonan-St. Paul

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Conservative MP Raquel Dancho urged supporters to remain patient as they continued waiting for advanced polling results in a standing-room only event late Monday.

Shortly before midnight, the veteran politician finally addressed a crowd of roughly 50 Conservatives packed into a storefront-turned-campaign-office on Henderson Highway. “If the results hold tight for Kildonan-St. Paul, you’re sending a fighter back to Ottawa,” the 35-year-old told the event.

At the time, about 3 1/2 hours after polls closed, she was holding onto 48 per cent of the vote with 78 per cent of polls reporting.

Dancho thanked scrutineers for their hard work and expressed her disappointment that the Conservatives did not win the election. At the same time, she shared words of encouragement.

“Conservatives, we work our butts off to win elections across the country and we’re going to keep doing that… Don’t give up hope,” she said, noting that the Tories built slowly and steadily under former prime minister Stephen Harper in the lead up to his 2011 majority.