OTTAWA – The Liberals and Conservatives each won two federal byelections with the Brandon-Souris race coming down to the very last votes.
Conservative candidate Larry Maguire beat out Liberal contender Rolf Dinsdale by just 391 votes in Brandon-Souris and Tory candidate Ted Falk won in the other Manitoba byelection in Provencher.
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The Liberals won in Quebec and Toronto with Emmanuel Dubourg winning in the Bourassa riding of Montreal and in the Toronto-Centre riding Liberal candidate Chrystia Freeland defeated NDP candidate Linda McQuaig.
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Both Liberal leader Justin Trudeau and Prime Minister Stephen Harper have waded into the Brandon race, with Trudeau appearing three times and Harper writing a letter to voters bashing Trudeau’s crime policies and his plan to legalize marijuana.
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