By LISA RAINFORD
Despite media reports and speculation to the contrary, Liberal Leader Stephane Dion wasn’t prepared to relinquish the helm of his party Thursday, confirmed newly elected MP Gerard Kennedy.
“He’s not stepping down today,” Kennedy said Thursday morning, adding that a message had been sent from Ottawa.
Dion is taking this time to reflect, Kennedy said.
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CLARK KIM
Liberal MP Alan Tonks is going back to work for the residents of York South-Weston after being re-elected for a fourth consecutive term Tuesday night.
“At the doors, you realize people are concerned about a lot of things,” said Tonks, noting one local priority is to build an Eglinton rapid transit line to the airport terminal. “I will work with the community and I will work with the other members provincially and federally.”
The air-rail link connecting Pearson airport to Union Station, known as Blue-22, was a major issue during the campaign with many residents upset about the prospect of having high-speed diesel trains cut through Weston.
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By DAVID NICKLE
At least one Toronto Liberal MP won’t be throwing their hat into the ring for the next Liberal leadership contest.
“One can engage in some of these things only so often without reading the writing on the wall,” said re-elected Eglinton-Lawrence MP Joe Volpe, who unsuccessfully sought the party leadership in 2006. He is one of four Toronto Liberal MPs who did so, the others being Bob Rae (Toronto Centre-Danforth) Michael Ignatieff (Etobicoke Lakeshore) and Gerard Kennedy (just elected in Parkdale-High Park).
Volpe was eliminated earlier than the others from the race, eventually won by Stephane Dion; his campaign beset by controversy and accusations of improprieties from nearly the beginning.
“I was delighted to be a candidate,” Volpe said. “It did not turn out well in part because people tried to frame me into a discussion regarding me that had nothing to do with policy issues. I’m not sure I want to go through that experience again.” Read more »
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Considered one of the tightest races in the federal election, political heavyweights Peggy Nash and Gerard Kennedy square off on election night.
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Federal NDP Leader Jack Layton celebrates his riding victory and his party’s success in the Oct. 14 federal election.
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Peggy Nash hugs a supporter after being unseated by Liberal candidate Gerard Kennedy. Photo/ERIN HATFIELD
By ERIN HATFIELD
Just before 8 p.m. on the eve of the federal election Peggy Nash strolled down Seaforth Avenue in Parkdale with provincial NDP MPP Cheri DiNovo, by her side.
The moon full in a clear fall sky, it may have been a pleasurable night for a walk, but it was one with purpose.
Nash, the federal NDP candidate in the riding of Parkdale-High Park said they were out polling the vote.
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By DAVID NICKLE
Joe Volpe, a former immigration minister and unsuccessful challenger for the leadership of the Liberal Party, retained his seat for the federal Liberal Party here in Eglinton-Lawrence Tuesday night.
The victory marked Volpe’s seventh since 1988, when he began his career in the strongly Liberal riding, and the first time he faced voters since his failed bid to lead the Liberal Party.
Joe Oliver fought a hard fight for the Conservatives, he and his team buoyed by the strong showing that the Progressive Conservative candidate made in the 2007 provincial election against Mike Colle.
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By LISA QUEEN
Surrounded by dozens of jubilant supporters at his victory party Tuesday night, Don Valley West’s new MP turned his attention to the priorities he’ll focus on during his early days in office.
“Making sure new Canadians have a chance in this country,” said Liberal MP Rob Oliphant, a United Church minister, at the Fox and Fiddle pub on Laird Drive.
“Making sure we fight for human rights here, that we fight for human rights around the world. We have to make sure we have a safe city with a safe environment.”
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Toronto-Danforth incumbent and NDP party leader Jack Layton thanks supporters at the Koolhaus after being returned to his seat in Tuesday's election. Photo/DAN PEARCE
By JOANNA LAVOIE
Liberal candidate Andrew Lang put up a respectable fight to try and unseat Toronto-Danforth’s incumbent MP Jack Layton.
In the end, Layton won.
“My name is Jack Layton, and to put ordinary families first I ran for Prime Minister,” he said during his election party at Toronto’s KoolHaus.
“We didn’t quite get the gold medal this election, but we did give it our best shot and it was a very good shot.
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By JUSTIN SKINNER
Liberal Carolyn Bennett has earned a fifth consecutive term in office, easily outdistancing her competition in Tuesday’s federal election.
Bennett has represented the St. Paul’s riding since 1997, when she took over from fellow Liberal Barry Campbell. In this election, she defeated Conservative Heather Jewell, New Democrat Anita Agrawal and Green Party candidate Justin Erdman to once again claim a seat in Parliament.
She routed her competition yet again, taking 50.5 per cent of the vote and outpacing her closest pursuer, Jewell, by more than 12,000 votes. Bennett was chosen on 26,236 ballots to Jewell’s 13,800. Agrawal placed third with 6,880 votes and Erdman finished fourth with 4,713. Read more »
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