After 78 days of campaigning, John Barlow came out on top in the Foothills riding, keeping his seat in the House of Commons.

Barlow beat out the second place Tanya MacPherson of the Liberal Party.

Barlow says he's thrilled to have held onto his seat.

"I think this says a lot about the Foothills riding. The entire campaign we were talking about strong, local representation and I think that resignated quite loudly in this campaign. The people wanted somebody who was from here, somebody who knew the issues, knew the community, and knew the people of Foothills."

Barlow says despite the PC's role in government changing to the Official Opposition, his priorities are staying the same.

"The people of Foothills are my top priority and that's always the case," he says. "Obviously the job becomes a little bit different in terms of trying to get things done and it's going to be a different perspective that way, but it doesn't change how I do my job. My job is to be here as often as I can and be as accessible as I possibly can and work for the priorities of the Foothills."

As of 12 p.m. MST.

John Barlow, Conservative: 46,107

Tanya MacPherson, Liberal: 8,149

Alison Thompson, NDP: 3,918

Romy Tittel, Green: 1,982

Cory Morgan, Libertarian: 426

Marc Slingerland, Christian Heritage: 345

Federally, the Liberals have formed a majority government with  184 seats.