WATCH: Adam Vaughan, flanked by Liberal leader Justin Trudeau, delivers his victory speech after winning the federal byelection in Trinity-Spadina
OTTAWA – The Liberals have wrested the iconic downtown Toronto riding of Trinity-Spadina out of the hands of the New Democrats.
It was a vindication of an all-out Liberal effort to steal the riding, which had been held since 2006 by Olivia Chow, widow of beloved former NDP leader Jack Layton.
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Liberal Adam Vaughan, a star recruit and popular former city councillor, managed to outlast social activist Joe Cressy, opening up a 13-point lead over his NDP rival with 65 per cent of polls reporting.
The seat became vacant after Chow resigned to run for mayor.
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Elsewhere in Monday’s byelections, Liberal Arnold Chan defeated Conservative Trevor Ellis in the east Toronto riding of Scarborough-Agincourt, while Tory John Barlow beat Liberal rival Dustin Fuller in the southern Alberta riding of Macleod.
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In Alberta’s oilsands heartland, meanwhile, Tory front-runner David Yurdiga was declared winner over Liberal Kyle Harrietha in Fort McMurray-Athabasca, with Yurdiga taking nearly 48 per cent of the votes to Harrietha’s 34 per cent.
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