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   CBC News Posted: Sep 19, 2015   
      
   Toronto's 7 closest ridings: Where your vote matters most   
      
      
   Many candidates who lost close races in 2011 return for rematches and   
   'unfinished business'   
      
   With the federal election turning into an extremely close three-way race, how   
   the Greater Toronto Area votes could be the difference maker this October. And   
   on a riding-by-riding level, some fierce battles are already emerging.   
      
   The race for the riding of Etobicoke Centre, for example, had to go to a   
   recount in the 2011 federal election and was ultimately decided by just 26   
   votes, making it one of the closest ridings in the entire country.   
      
   Liberal Borys Wrzesnewskyj went to the Supreme Court to challenge the result,   
   losing a narrow decision there as well. He's back to challenge incumbent   
   Conservative Ted Opitz and says he knows it'll be another close race.   
      
   "I tell people I have unfinished business," Wrzesnewskyj told CBC News.   
      
   For his part, Opitz is emphasizing his government's commitment to fund John   
   Tory's SmartTrack plan as well as the government's stance on international   
   issues like the conflict in Ukraine, a campaign worker said.   
      
   While riding shakeups have changed the electoral landscape across the GTA,   
   here are seven of the tightest races in the city -- many of which were between   
   the Conservatives and Liberals -- during the last federal election where   
   getting the vote out will    
   matter on Oct. 19.   
      
   Candidate list may be incomplete. Data is updated daily based on Elections   
   Canada records. Nominations close on Sept. 28, 2015. List of confirmed   
   candidates available here.   
      
   ONE:   
      
   Etobicoke Centre: Ted Opitz (CON) beats Borys Wrzesnewskyj (LIB) 21,644 --   
   21,618 (Margin: 26)   
      
   Ted Opitz, of the Conservatives, came out on top in the closest riding in all   
   of the Greater Toronto Area, narrowly defeating Liberal Borys Wrzesnewskyj,   
   the longtime MP for the area.   
      
   Wrzesnewskyj, citing voting irregularities, challenged the results in court.   
   He said this year he's already lined up a team of volunteer lawyers to keep an   
   eye on how the vote unfolds.   
      
   The frontrunners will also be joined by the NDP's Tanya De Mello and the Green   
   Party's Shawn Rizvi in the western Toronto riding.   
      
   TWO:   
      
   Scarborough-Guildwood: John McKay (LIB) beats Chuck Konkel (CON) 13,778 --   
   13,178 (Margin: 600)   
      
   Scarborough saw a number of closely contested wins in the last federal   
   election and with a number of challengers trying to topple incumbents, it   
   could happen again.   
      
   Liberal John McKay has never lost in this riding, which has been around since   
   2004. But the Conservatives are running Chuck Konkel again, while Laura   
   Casselman will represent the NDP.   
      
   THREE:   
      
   Don Valley West: John Carmichael (CON) beats Rob Oliphant (LIB) 22,992 -   
   22,353 (Margin: 639)   
      
   While the Conservative John Carmichael enters as the incumbent, the Liberals   
   controlled the riding from 1993-2011. Rob Oliphant is back to attempt to   
   regain control for the Liberals.   
      
   Syeda Riaz is the NDP candidate.   
      
   FOUR:   
      
   Don Valley East: Joe Daniel (CON) beats Yasmin Ratansi (LIB) 14,421 - 13,552   
   (Margin: 869)   
      
   Yasmin Ratansi, who held the seat from 2004 to 2011 and became the first   
   female Muslim MP, is back to challenge the Conservatives, who are represented   
   by Maureen Harquail, a lawyer who has held several high profile positions   
   during her 20-year career.   
      
   The NDP candidate, meanwhile, is Khalid Ahmed.   
      
   FOUR:   
      
   Mississauga East-Cooksville: Wladyslaw Lizon (CON) beats Peter Fonseca (LIB)   
   18,796 - 18,120 (Margin: 676)   
      
   Wladyslaw Lizon, a Conservative backbencher during his first tenure in Ottawa,   
   returns to seek a second term as MP. Peter Fonseca is running again for the   
   Liberals, in one of the only close races in Mississauga, while Ali Naqvi   
   represents the NDP.   
      
   The Conservatives dominated every other riding in the 905 area code west of   
   Toronto, enjoying comfortable victories.   
      
   FIVE:   
      
   Willowdale: Chungsen Leung (CON) beats Martha Hall Findlay (LIB) 22,206 -   
   21,245 (Margin: 961)   
      
   Chungsen Leung is running for re-election after four years that included   
   several trade trips abroad with the prime minister. He'll face lawyer Ali   
   Ehsassi, who is representing the Liberals this time and Pouyan Tabasinejad who   
   is running for the NDP.   
      
   James Arruda, meanwhile, represents the Green Party.   
      
   SIX:   
      
   Scarborough Southwest: Dan Harris (NDP) beats Gavan Paranchothy (CON) 14,113 -   
   12,828 (Margin: 1,285)   
      
   This riding will be one to watch on election night as former Toronto police   
   chief Bill Blair runs for the Liberals against the NDP incumbent Dan Harris.   
      
   The Greens will be represented by Tommy Taylor, an activist who was among the   
   many demonstrators who were kettled and arrested during the G20 protests, and   
   who has been a fierce critic of Blair.   
      
   The Conservatives, meanwhile, are represented by Roshan Nallaratnam, a   
   Tamil-speaking constable with the Toronto Police Service.   
      
   SEVEN:   
      
   Scarborough Centre: Roxanne James (CON) beats John Cannis (LIB) 13,401 -   
   12,075 (Margin: 1,326)   
      
   After longtime MP John Cannis was defeated in the last election, Salma Zahid   
   will try to recapture the riding for the Liberals. James, meanwhile, will run   
   as an incumbent for the first time. Alex Wilson represents the NDP, while the   
   Green and Libertarian    
   parties are also fielding candidates.   
      
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