Leader of the opposition Honorable Portia Simpson must be smiling after PNP candidate Bernard van Riel won the Cornwall Mountain Division in Westmoreland. Bernard beat JLP candidate Keith Barnes. Normally these little by-elections would go unnoticed but recently there have been battles over MP seats due to Dual Citizenship issues. Both the Prime Minister Bruce Golding and Simpson have been hot on the campaign trails supporting their candidates. The victory is even sweeter for Portia Simpson after some embarrassing loss.

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