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832:Libertarian
713:Craig Scott
677:Jack Layton
415:Craig Scott
308:before the
278:art gallery
215:Jack Layton
79:Jack Layton
74:Preceded by
25:Craig Scott
1574:Categories
1310:January 9,
1104:References
798:57,955.38
774:73,735.56
750:86,016.54
686:Candidate
365:Candidate
329:Maher Arar
221:Background
181:Occupation
149:Alma mater
113:1962-03-14
1247:March 20,
1062:Source(s)
898:3,163.57
848:2,433.05
824:1,473.73
675:Death of
298:Apartheid
64:In office
1535:Archived
1500:CBC News
1480:June 24,
1452:June 30,
1426:June 30,
1336:June 30,
1330:CBC News
1141:The Star
1120:Archived
1020:Turnout
628:Source:
574:Turnout
524:–
500:–
477:–
453:–
427:–
403:–
340:Liberal
125:, Canada
989:
970:622.86
946:130.18
872:898.69
734:Liberal
623:+22.73
607:Liberal
588:–
568:–
521:–
387:Liberal
288:Advisor
1034:−21.32
1024:32,469
979:32,319
931:United
747:+10.89
717:19,210
683:Party
598:77,158
578:55,850
543:
538:100.00
533:55,581
424:-20.70
418:22,325
400:+24.75
394:23,531
362:Party
140:Spouse
81:(2011)
1055:−6.1
1051:Swing
1029:43.58
1014:−0.13
795:−1.77
789:1,517
782:Green
771:−8.95
765:1,736
744:28.51
741:9,215
723:−1.36
720:59.44
689:Votes
619:Swing
612:from
583:72.38
492:1,275
474:-1.74
468:2,618
461:Green
450:-4.44
444:5,478
421:40.17
397:42.34
368:Votes
1508:2016
1482:2013
1454:2023
1428:2023
1402:2012
1338:2023
1312:2012
1275:2011
1249:2012
1223:2012
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1148:2012
1092:2014
1078:2014
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940:0.17
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892:0.23
866:0.24
842:0.41
818:0.64
792:4.69
768:5.37
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563:0.48
518:0.64
495:2.29
471:4.71
447:9.86
107:Born
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