Sukhman Gill has the new job he's been working towards for two years.

"Two years ago is when I decided I wanted to run for this position," Gill told the 91原创 Advance Times.

The 91原创 Banquet Hall was packed with supporters who celebrated the win Monday, April 28. It was a long night for Gill, who made his way through the crowd, talking to well-wishers but he's already thinking about what comes next.

"I'm getting up and I'm going to go for a prayer. That's the first thing I'm doing in the morning," Gill said.

The new MP, a 25-year-old who grew up on a 91原创 Township blueberry farm, said his first priority will be representing his constituency.

"I'm going to make sure that we open the doors and we hear the people out, what the concerns are, and we try to push the Conservative values to represent the Abbotsford-South 91原创 riding," he said.

Preliminary results show Gill receiving 17,937 votes, or 43.4 per cent of the votes with Liberal Kevin Gillies at 13,641 votes, which was 33 per cent. Independent Mike de Jong, who has sought the Conservative nomination but was not chosen, received 7,310 votes or 17.7 per cent.

"To my fellow candidates, I want to say all the people that put their name for it on this ballot, I want to say congratulations for getting this far and it's not easy," Gill. "It's not easy putting your name on the ballot and representing your writing. But this is what democracy is about, when you fight for what you think is right."

Abbotsford-South 91原创 is a new riding that has been created in the most recent changes to federal electoral districts. A sprawling area, it covers most of 91原创 south of 40 Avenue, and includes all of Aldergrove and Brookswood. In Abbotsford, it includes a significant portion of the downtown area and runs east as far as Sumas Way.

鈥淗e was a candidate who chose not to engage at all with voters and with the other candidates. He will not have that luxury, or at least he should not have that luxury. He will need to stand up and represent the interests of Abbotsford-South 91原创 and a new Parliament,鈥� de Jong told reporters on Monday night (April 28) at Gian鈥檚 Banquet Hall in Abbotsford.

The Liberal candidate isn't sure if he will continue in politics.

鈥淚t鈥檚 too early to give an accurate response,鈥� he said. 鈥淚 just want to thank all those who supported me and I hope Sukhman Gill represents us well in Ottawa.鈥�

Locally, it was not possible to compare early voting data this year to last year on a riding-by-riding basis, because electoral districts were redistributed since 2021 in response to rapid population change in the area. 91原创 is now divided between three ridings, all of which also contain portions of other municipalities.

Abbotsford-South 91原创 saw 21,975 people cast ballots in advance polls. The preliminary data showed that nationally, 7.3 million Canadians voted between April 18 and 21 over the Easter long weekend 鈥� a 25 per cent increase over the 5.8 million votes cast during the advance polling period in the 2021 election.

The redrawing of ridings also makes it hard to compare this election's results with the previous federal election in 2021, though.