Official Opposition Dept: The Tories won two out of three ridings on Monday night, including southern Ontario's Vaughan, where former Ontario Provincial Police commissioner Julian Fantino ended the Liberals' 22-year hold on the riding, according to CBC. In a statement Tuesday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said his party's victories amount to an "endorsement" by voters of his government's actions to protect and create jobs and continue to strengthen the Canadian economy and the Conservatives and Liberals are both claiming victory after three federal byelections that saw the Tories gain a Toronto-area riding and the Official Opposition another seat west of Ontario. Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff speaks to reporters on Tuesday in Ottawa following Monday night's byelections in Ontario and Manitoba. Fantino beat Liberal Tony Genco with 49.1 per cent of the votes cast to Genco's 46.6 per cent, in a contest the Conservatives hope signifies a crack in the Liberal stronghold in Canada's largest city. As
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