Acadie-Bathurst tilts to Liberal Serge Cormier

The northeastern riding of Acadie-Bathurst has voted Liberal after 18 years of being represented by the NDP's Yvon Godin.

Liberal candidate Serge Cormier was running against NDP candidate Jason Godin,Conservative candidate RibaGirouard-Riordon andGreen candidate Dominique Breau.

Cormiercaptured 49.3 per cent of the vote with 105 of 239 polls reporting.

New DemocratJason Godin no relation to the former MP had 41.3 per cent support.

Conservative Riba Girouard-Riordon was running third with 7.2 per cent support,while Green candidate Dominique Breau had 2.2 per cent.

The Acadie-Bathurstriding includes the northeastern city ofBathurst as well as communities in the Acadian Peninsula.

The riding has been a safe NDP seat since Yvon Godin won the riding in 1997.

The region consistently has the highest unemployment level in the province.