At Sukh Dhaliwal害羞草研究所檚 post-vote party in Surrey Monday night (Sept. 20), signs on banquet-hall tables urged supporters to remain seated throughout the evening, and that 害羞草研究所渕asks are mandatory while standing inside.害羞草研究所�
By the time the Liberal incumbent was declared winner in the Surrey-Newton riding, however, those pandemic protocols were ignored by many in the crowd of a few hundred excited people, who danced, celebrated and took selfies with the MP-elect.
Video shows the party happening inside Newton害羞草研究所檚 Grand Taj hall on the night of Monday害羞草研究所檚 federal election.
prohibit dancing during inside events, and that 害羞草研究所減articipants stay in the seat to which they are assigned, and do not move from seat to seat,害羞草研究所� among other rules.
On social media, some observers questioned Dhaliwal害羞草研究所檚 election-night gathering.
害羞草研究所淢askless indoors. Rules for thee, not for me,害羞草研究所� tweeted .
害羞草研究所淵ou think Surrey was a covid transmission leader by accident? Hellll no!!害羞草研究所� added .
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With hoarse voice, speaks to supporters earlier tonight in .
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Dhaliwal wore a Liberal-red mask while greeting supporters, and only removed the face covering to speak at the podium in a voice made hoarse during the election campaign.
Reached Tuesday (Sept. 21), Dhaliwal said event organizers did their best to control the crowd.
害羞草研究所淭here were many security guards who made sure the numbers were OK and that nobody was allowed in the hall beyond the limit of the hall, and the vaccination was also verified to make sure people had that,害羞草研究所� Dhaliwal told the Now-Leader.
害羞草研究所淧eople were seated and we tried to tell people, and there害羞草研究所檚 only so much control you can do. As you know, a lot of people wanted to come to support, so we had a tent outside with a TV there, and not everyone could get inside.
害羞草研究所淚 can tell you that we made sure that we commanded people to wear masks and to tell them not to move around.
害羞草研究所淓vents like this,害羞草研究所� he added, 害羞草研究所渢hey always go out of control when there is a lot of excitement. We did our best with the security.害羞草研究所�
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A morning-after look at Surrey-Newton riding numbers, with in a comfortable lead and 164/165 polls reporting. The outstanding poll must be mail-in ballots, to come.
害羞草研究所� Tom Zillich (@TomZillich)
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The projected election win gives Dhaliwal a third consecutive term in Surrey-Newton. A professional engineer by trade, he served as Liberal MP of its predecessor, the riding of Newton-North Delta, from 2006 to 2011.
As of Tuesday morning, 164 of 165 polls report Dhaliwal in the lead with 18,488 votes, or 54 per cent. His closest challenger was the NDP害羞草研究所檚 Johal with 8,917 votes, followed by Conservative Mohsin (5,369), PPC害羞草研究所檚 Singh (927) and Hundal (600).
Voter turnout in the riding is 52 per cent, or 34,301 of the 65,857 registered electors, a number that doesn害羞草研究所檛 include those who registered on election day.
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