Shelby Kramp-Neuman elected in HastingsLennox and Addington

Conservative Shelby Kramp-Neuman was electedin Hastings-Lennox and Addington.

The seat was left open after Independent MP Derek Sloan announced, onlyfew days into his campaign, he would be leaving the riding to try his hand at one in Alberta.

The riding will return to the Conservatives,CBC projects.

He ran in Banff-Airdriewhere CBC has projected a win for Conservative incumbent Blake Richards.

Liberal Mike Bossio, who held Hastings-Lennox and Addington as a member of Parliamentbefore Sloan, aimed to re-take the seat. He won the ridingin 2015 by fewer than 250 votes.

And while Derekleft the race, replacing him andrunning as an Independent was Jennifer Sloan, Derek's wife and a nurse practitioner. The People's Party of Canada ranJames Babcock, withMatilda DeBues under the NDP banner; and Reg Wilson running for the Greens.

The riding is one of thearea's smallest in terms of population and registered voters, andincludes the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory. It spans 9,217 square kilometres and contains part of Belleville, north of Highway 401.