Cheryl Gallant re-elected in RenfrewNipissingPembroke

Conservative Cheryl Gallant will win her seatfor the seventh time inRenfrewNipissingPembroke.

With 98 per cent of votes cast at 12:05 a.m. Tuesday, Gallant had a majority with 52.5 per cent. Her closest challenger, LiberalRuben Marini, had 19.8 per cent of the vote, whileEileen Jones-Whyte of the NDPplaced third with 15 per cent.

Voters west of Ottawa have seen this 40-year-old seat change hands only once.

RenfrewNipissingPembroke was created in 1979 and remained Liberal until 2000, when Gallant won it for the Canadian Alliance.

She's held it ever since, running as a Conservative since the merger.

Gallanttook on:

• Businessman and hobby farm owner David Ainsworth of the People's Party.
• Robert Cherrin of the Veterans Coalition Party.
• Independent DanCriger, who founded a chain of convenience stores in the area.
• Independent Jonathan Davis.
• Jones-Whyte of the NDP.
• Libertarian Stefan Klietsch.
• Independent Dheerendra Kumar, a physiotherapist who came to Canada from India in 2009.
• Marini of the Liberals, who has worked with Atomic Energy of Canada.
• Ian Pineau of the Greens,a professor in Algonquin College's adventure tourism program in Pembroke, Ont.

RenfrewNipissingPembroke in 2015