Liberal candidate wins Ottawa West-Nepean by-election
Posted Mar 9, 2010 By Phil Ambroziak
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Tweet ThisEMC News - The people of Ottawa West-Nepean will continue to be represented by a Liberal at Queen’s Park.
Liberal candidate and former Ottawa mayor Bob Chiarelli was victorious in the Thursday, March 4 provincial by-election, narrowly defeating his closest rival, Progressive Conservative candidate Beth Graham. As results began filtering in throughout the evening, the two remained neck-and-neck. Shortly after 10 p.m., however, with all 285 polls reporting, it was determined that Mr. Chiarelli had indeed come out on top, defeating Ms. Graham 12,344 votes (43.5%) to 11,076 votes (39%). The remaining candidates – Pam FitzGerald of the NDP and the Green Party’s Mark MacKenzie – both scored less than 10% of the vote.
“I am very honoured to have the level of support that my team gave me during my election campaign,” Mr. Chiarelli said. “I want to thank Randi and the many members of my family who are here tonight for supporting me in every election campaign I have been in, but more so when running at this level in my career.”
For the full story, see the March 12 edition of the EMC.
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