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Old 02-24-2008, 05:59 PM   #17
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Originally Posted by First Lady View Post
Richard Magnus are pretty short as well; in 2004 of all the PC's in Calgary, he won by the narrowest margin with only 43.2%
2004 Calgary North Hill results:
Richard Magnus PC 4384
Pat Murray LIB 3223
Susan Stratton GRN 1264
Brent Best AAP 627
Aileen L. Machell NDP 630

2004 Calgary McCall results:
Shiraz Shariff PC 3203
Darshan S. Kang LIB 2958
Ina Given AAP 573
Sean Brocklesby GRN 359
Preet Sihota NDP 264

So in Calgary McCall, the percentage was 43.5%. He may have won with the lowest percentage of the riding's popular vote, but by saying it was the "narrowest margin of all the PCs in Calgary" is quite the spin, and may be considered misleading.
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