In the Toronto-area riding of Markham-Thornhill, Liberal candidate and former PMO staffer Mary Ng defeated Ragavan Paranchothy by a margin of nearly 2,500 votes after her Conservative rival made a strong early showing. “The Liberal future is in Ontario,” said political analyst Tim Powers, vice-president of Summa Strategies. 1 priority were really, really disappointed in the way the prime minister went about breaking the promise.”Three other byelections took place Monday, and their results were hardly a surprise. I worked really, really hard; I didn’t stop.”The Alberta ridings of Calgary Heritage and Calgary Midnapore, formerly held by Stephen Harper and Jason Kenney, respectively, were no contest. In Calgary Heritage, Bob Benzen claimed about 71.3 per cent of the vote with 87 per cent of polls reporting, well clear of the Liberals’ Scott Forsyth at 21.8 per cent.

Source: National Post April 04, 2017 03:40 UTC