Thank you very much.
Welcome, Mr. Kingsley and Ms. Davidson.
I'm sure the question I have falls within the purview of the commissioner of elections. I'd like your opinion concerning an allegation of voter fraud in a northern riding of Saskatchewan. I believe the correct name is Desnethe--Missinipi--Churchill River. It involves a colleague of mine. I'm sure you're aware that throughout the election there was a very close race between the Conservative candidate, who was the incumbent, and his Liberal challenger. The Conservative candidate, however, led throughout the evening--and of course there were updates throughout the evening in all of the major electronic media--by about a couple of hundred votes. However, the last poll to be reported was three and a half hours late coming in--this can be verified by the returning officer on site--and when the ballots were tallied, they were 100% in favour of the Liberal candidate. I think it also showed that there was over 100% voter turnout.
One could obviously make the allegation that there is some basis for an investigation. I recognize the fact that this does not fall within your ambit; however, my question is whether, in circumstances like this, the commissioner of elections still requires a formal complaint to be lodged, or whether he could take a look at this and say, you know something, I think we should call for an electoral review.