Winnipeg North: Immigration

Liberal Candidate Dept: The answer is simple. The Conservatives won two seats, easily holding Dauphin in rural Manitoba, and gaining Vaughan in suburban Toronto from the Liberals, a major breakthrough in the suburban belt around Toronto, according to Montreal Gazette. The losers were Jack Layton and the NDP, who failed, and failed miserably, to get out their vote in an inner city riding that has voted NDP since it was the CCF. A party whose candidate won 62 per cent of the vote in the 2008 election swooned to 41 per cent in a by-election, losing by five points to a party that won only nine per cent in the general election and a furious spin battle broke out in Ottawa yesterday between the Liberals and Conservatives as to who won and who lost in Monday's three federal byelections. But the Liberals won a share of bragging rights for the evening, scoring a huge upset win over the NDP in Winnipeg North. The Liberal candidate, Kevin Lamoureux, might have enjoyed name recognition as a long-serving member of the provincial legislature, but he was also starting from third place, more than 50 points back. You don't see that every day. As reported in the news.
@t liberals and conservatives, suburban toronto