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Liberal David Orazietti has won a landslide victory tonight, winning a second term of office as Sault MPP. Just after 10 p.m., NDP candidate Jeff Arbus arrived at Orazietti's war room on Queen Street to offer his congratulations.
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Liberal David Orazietti has won a landslide victory tonight, winning a second term of office as Sault MPP.

Just after 10 p.m., NDP candidate Jeff Arbus arrived at Orazietti's war room on Queen Street to offer his congratulations.

Family Coalition candidate Bill Murphy did the same at 10:35 p.m. and Progressive Conservative candidate Josh Pringle showed up around 10:45 p.m.

Unofficial results from the Liberal Party, as of 10:36 p.m., are as follows:

Jeff Arbus - NDP - 7,232 Bill Murphy - FCP - 510 D. Orazietti - Lib - 16,336 Josh Pringle - PC - 1,894 A. Riopel - Green - 1,145

The following are the results as released so far by Elections Ontario:

Jeff Arbus - NDP - 3,185 Bill Murphy - FCP - 205 D. Orazietti - Lib - 6,106 Josh Pringle - PC - 817 A. Riopel - Green - 470

90 of 210 polls reporting.

The Elections Ontario computer system crashed tonight under heavy polling-day traffic.

SooToday.com will provide updated information as early as possible tomorrow.

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David Helwig

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David Helwig's journalism career spans seven decades beginning in the 1960s. His work has been recognized with national and international awards.
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