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Déjà blue Conservative Chong cruises to easy victory in Wellington-Halton Hills Conservative candidate Michael Chong took a substantial lead early and by the time election night was over he walked away with more than 50 per cent of the votes and a second term as MP for Wellington-Halton Hills. Final unofficial riding results for Monday's federal election showed Chong collected 27,807 votes, Liberal Rod Finnie earned 16,065, NDP candidate Noel Duignan had 6,795, Green Party candidate Brent Bouteiller finished fourth with 3,362, Carolann Krusky of the Christian Heritage Party was fifth with 606 votes and Independent candidate Mike Wizniewski was last with 352. Chong collected 50.6 per cent of the riding's votes compared to 29.2 per cent for Finnie. An impressive 71 per cent (54,987) of the riding's 77,441 registered voters cast their ballot. Voter turnout was 67 per cent in the riding in the 2004 federal election. A jubilant Chong celebrated his victory with a throng of happy supporters at the Mill St. Crossing pub in Acton. "I didn't know what to expect," said Chong late Monday night. "You work as hard as you can. Today I felt at peace with myself because I had done everything I could." See CHONG, pg. 3 To the victor goes the spoils. Conservative candidate Michael Chong gets a congratulatory kiss from his wife Carrie at the Mill St. Crossing pub in Acton Monday following his easy victory in the 39th federal election. Chong garnered 50 per cent of the local vote. Photo by Ted Brown