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1130:Diana Batten
1117:Independent
1103:Jyoti Gondek
1076:Conservative
1050:2021 federal
1043:Conservative
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993:Independent
973:Jason Kenney
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766:2011 federal
745:Wards 11/13
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1336:12 January
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905:251
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