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The time for change has come to Parkdale High-Park as the red wave washed over the riding. It was a close race, but constituents chose Liberal Party candidate Arif Virani as their new Member of Parliament. “I’ve always known I wanted to do this and now I’m about to do this and it’s Liberal Arif a bit scary, but Virani praises it’s exciting,” V i ra n i t o l d Peggy Nash’s The Villager record in as supporters Parliament cheered and patted him on during speech the back. “This win, it’s surreal, it’s humbling and it’s flattering.” It was a close race with just 1,123 deciding the riding’s winner. He beat incumbent Peggy Nash with 42 per cent (24,678) to 40 per cent (23,555). Nash has served as MP since 2011 (she also served from 2006 to 2008). At Virani’s campaign victory party at the Jekyl and Hyde Pub, 2340 Dundas St. W., the room was filled with supporters cheering for every Liberal who won across the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) as well as Virani. >>>ndp’s, page 14

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Winning Davenport Liberal candidate Julie Dzerowicz, left, cheers at her Casa Das Beiras election night headquarters, with some support from Ward 17 Toronto Councillor Cesar Palacio, after defeating NDP incumbent Andrew Cash on Monday.

Liberals return to Davenport Rookie politician Julie Dzerowicz wins riding back from NDP; Grits held seat for five decades before 2011 defeat LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com Newly minted Liberal MP for Davenport Julie Dzerowicz vows she’ll work really hard on her

constituents’ behalf. Hesitant to make promises while on the hustings, Dzerowicz said she made only two to residents as she campaigned: one, that she’ll

fight as hard as she can for the Davenport community; and two, that she will take a different approach than that of her predecessors. “I want to think differently. I 2014

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