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Liberals increase voter share despite losses in two federal byelections

Liberals increase voter share despite losses in two federal byelections Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservatives have narrowly retained the late Jim Flaherty’s suburban Toronto seat and easily hung on to another riding in their Alberta stronghold. But it was Justin Trudeau’s Liberals who – once again – showed all the momentum in two byelections Monday. The Liberals were the only party to increase their share of the vote in both ridings and the gains were considerable. Their vote share almost tripled in Whitby-Oshawa, where political neophyte Celina Caesar-Chavannes came within eight points of knocking off the Tories’ Pat Perkins, a… View Article