Ottawa South: David McGuinty posts a commanding win
The big question for Ottawa South from the moment the polls closed was the size of Liberal David McGuinty's victory.
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With almost 90 per cent of polls reporting, the area's longtime MP had garnered just over 65 per cent of the votes.
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Speaking at his victory party, McGuinty said of those he met at the doors, 'I think what they told us was Canada was a project worth fighting for. We love our country, we love our community, we love each other, we stick together and build a country which is unequaled in the world.'
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In an interview with the Citizen, he noted people are 'concerned about our future, they're concerned about the economy. They're concerned about jobs and the future for their kids.
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'They're concerned about housing and health care, and they want to come together in a way I've never seen before, to fight for Canada and build an even better and stronger one.'
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He also had words about the future of the public service. 'How we move forward in terms of managing the public service will be important. I know that myself and my caucus colleagues in the region will come together to make sure that it's fair and transparent.'
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McGuinty was an early supporter of Mark Carney as leader and prime minister. 'This is a serious moment, he said. 'It's a serious time. We need a serious prime minister and serious leadership, and I think that that's what he represents. In a quiet and a thoughtful and authentic way.'
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This is the eighth time McGuinty's name has been on the ballot. He has consistently won more than 40 per cent of the vote since he first ran in 2004 (winning more than 52 per cent in 2019, dropping to around 49 per cent in 2021).
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If the McGuinty name is familiar, it's because the sprawling family has had a political presence since 1987, when McGuinty's father, Dalton McGuinty Sr., won the predecessor provincial riding. Dalton Sr. died in 1990 and his son Dalton was elected as MPP, later becoming Ontario premier between 2003 and 2013.
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David McGuinty, a lawyer, was the founding chair of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians, president of the Canadian Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and president and CEO of the Prime Minister's National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy, a government think-tank.
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