Case of a single vote that decided a federal election in Canada sparks uproar from the Guardian Leyland Cecco in Toronto

Legal teams are midway through a hearing over whether one vote truly swayed an election in a Montreal suburb

The case of a single vote which determined the outcome of a federal election in Canada risks sending the “disastrous message” to voters that “some votes count more than others”, says the lawyer of a former MP as a court considers whether to void the controversial election and hold a new vote.

Legal teams in Quebec are midway through a three-day hearing over whether a single vote – and an administrative error – truly swayed a recent election in a suburb north of Montreal.

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