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O’Toole’s Conservatives missed winning government by 98,740 votes in 42 ridings, Hill Times analysis

Half of the 42 ridings the Conservatives lost in the last election are suburban ridings, which public opinion analysts say proves yet again that any party that wants to form government needs to win the suburbs of major urban centres.

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BY ABBAS RANA
October 18, 2021

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