2008 By-election
A by-election, held on March 17, 2008 to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of Bill Graham was won by Liberal Bob Rae, a former Ontario NDP Premier .
The nominated Conservative candidate in the by-election, Mark Warner, was dropped by the party's national council on October 31, 2007. Don Meredith was nominated as the Conservative candidate in December 2007.
Activist El-Farouk Khaki ran for the NDP and Chris Tindal was the Green Party of Canada candidate. Liz White was the Animal Alliance Environmental Voters Party of Canada candidate, and Doug Plumb represented the Canadian Action Party.
| By-election on March 17, 2008
On Bill Graham's resignation, July 2, 2007 |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Bob Rae | 14,187 | 59.47 | +7.24 | ||
| New Democratic | El-Farouk Khaki | 3,312 | 13.88 | -9.86 | ||
| Green | Chris Tindal | 3,199 | 13.41 | +8.20 | ||
| Conservative | Donald Meredith | 2,939 | 12.32 | -5.89 | ||
| Animal Alliance | Liz White | 123 | 0.52 | +0.40 | ||
| Canadian Action | Doug Plumb | 97 | 0.41 | |||
| Total valid votes | 23,857 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 96 | 0.40 | ||||
| Turnout | 23,953 | 27.86 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +8.5 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 2006 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | ||
| Liberal | Bill Graham | 30,874 | 52.23 | -4.30 | ||
| New Democratic | Michael Shapcott | 14,036 | 23.74 | -0.01 | ||
| Conservative | Lewis Reford | 10,763 | 18.21 | +3.42 | ||
| Green | Chris Tindal | 3,080 | 5.21 | +1.30 | ||
| Communist | Johan Boyden | 120 | 0.2 | 0.00 | ||
| Independent | Michel Prairie | 101 | 0.2 | 0.00 | ||
| Animal Alliance | Liz White | 72 | 0.12 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Philip Fernandez | 66 | 0.11 | -0.01 | ||
| Total valid votes | 59,112 | 100.00 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -2.1 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 2004: Toronto Centre | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||
| Liberal | Bill Graham | 30,336 | 56.53 | +1.26 | ||
| New Democratic | Michael Shapcott | 12,747 | 23.75 | +12.39 | ||
| Conservative | Megan Harris | 7,936 | 14.79 | -13.00 | ||
| Green | Gabriel Draven | 2,097 | 3.91 | – | ||
| Marijuana | Jay Wagner | 313 | 0.58 | -0.94 | ||
| Communist | Dan Goldstick | 106 | 0.20 | -0.05 | ||
| Marxist–Leninist | Philip Fernandez | 65 | 0.12 | -0.12 | ||
| Canadian Action | Kevin Peck | 63 | 0.12 | -2.97 | ||
| Total valid votes | 53,663 | 100.00 | ||||
| Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election. | ||||||
Read more about this topic: Toronto Centre, Election Results, Toronto Centre, 2003, Present