A judge is set to rule this afternoon on whether Manitoba’s Progressive Conservative party must throw out the results of the vote that named Heather Stefanson its leader, making her the province’s premier.

Stefanson’s only rival in the leadership race, former member of Parliament Shelly Glover, launched a court challenge against that result, arguing that there were irregularities in voting that affected the outcome of the race.

In a hearing last week, her lawyers asked the court to declare the result invalid and order a new vote. 

Court of Queen’s Bench Justice James Edmond reserved his decision.

Lawyers for everyone involved in the case — Glover,