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Toronto Centre

2008 Results

Toronto Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	Vote Share (%)	Status
Updated: Nov. 7, 2008 5:00 PM EST		273/273 polls
LIB	Bob Rae	27,583	53.59	Elected
CON	David Gentili	9,410	18.28
NDP	El-Farouk Khaki	7,749	15.06
GRN	Ellen Michelson	6,090	11.83
AAE	Liz White	197	0.38
COM	Johan Boyden	193	0.37
IND	Gerald Derome	155	0.30
ML	Philip Fernandez	92	0.18

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2006 Results

DISTRICT: Toronto Centre

Candidate

Party

Vote Count

Vote Share

Elected

Bill Graham

LIB

30874

52.23%

Michael Shapcott

NDP

14036

23.74%

Lewis Reford

CON

10763

18.21%

Chris Tindal

GRN

3080

5.21%

Johan Boyden

COM

120

0.2%

Michel Prairie

101

0.17%

Liz White

AAE

0.12%

Philip Fernandez

0.11%

Election Day: Jan. 23, 2006

229 of 229 polls reporting

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2008 Byelection Results

Candidate

Party

Vote Count

Vote Share

Elected

Bob Rae

LIB

14187

59.5%

El-Farouk Khaki

NDP

3312

13.9%

Chris Tindal

GRN

3199

13.4%

Donald Meredith

CON

2939

12.3%

Liz White

AAEV

123

0.5%

Doug Plumb

CAP

0.4%

Byelection Day: March 17, 2008

275 of 275 polls reporting

Overall Results

Overall Election Results
Party	Elected	Leading	Total	Vote Share (%)
Updated: Nov. 7, 2008, 5:00 PM EST
CON	143	0	143	37.63
LIB	77	0	77	26.24
BQ	49	0	49	9.97
NDP	37	0	37	18.20
IND	2	0	2	0.65
GRN	0	0	0	6.80
OTH	0	0	0	0.51

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