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Johnson edges Yellowknife North incumbent by five votes

Craig Gilbert
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Rylund Johnson and supporters sit at the Ratchet Club and watch the results roll in during what turned out to be the closest race in the Northwest Territories Oct. 1 general election. Johnson unseated Yellowknife North MLA Cory Vanthuyne. Simon Whitehouse/NNSL photo
Rylund Johnson and supporters sit at the Raquet Club and watch the results roll in during what turned out to be the closest race in the NWT Oct. 1 general election. Johnson unseated Yellowknife North MLA Cory Vanthuyne.
Simon Whitehouse/NNSL photo

Another incumbent appears to have been vanquished in the election of the 19th Assembly.

Rylund Johnson with 501 votes edged Yellowknife North MLA Cory Vanthuyne, who took 496.

The margin is within the two per cent threshold that leaves a recount within the realm of possibility.

Jan Vallillee was voted for 380 times.