Xtra.ca – Krishna Raul
Election 2008 – Queer MPs keep their seats across Canada
While Stephen Harper was able to add 10 seats in Ontario, Toronto voters soundly rejected the Conservatives.
Toronto ridings remained solidly Liberal or NDP. In Toronto Centre – which includes the Church-Wellesley village – Liberal Bob Rae won by more than 18,000 votes over a Conservative candidate who entered the race three weeks into the campaign. Openly gay NDPer El-Farouk Khaki finished third, 20,000 votes behind Rae.