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List of ridings hit by election calls complaints

Here's a list of the ridings reportedly hit by harassing calls or calls falsely claiming to be from Elections Canada, according to the parties.

Opposition partieshave so far provided names of45 ridings whichreceived reports of false or misleading calls during the 2011 federal election.

Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre says the Conservatives havereports of"troubling" phone calls hitting Conservative campaigns in15 ridings.A party spokesman hasn't responded to a request for the list.

Ridings cited by theLiberal Party:

  • Cambridge (Ont.)
  • Egmont (P.E.I.)
  • Eglinton-Lawrence (Ont.)
  • Etobicoke Centre (Ont.)
  • Guelph (Ont.)
  • Haldimand-Norfolk (Ont.)
  • Hamilton East-Stoney Creek (Ont.)
  • Kingston and the Islands (Ont.)
  • Kitchener-Conestoga (Ont.)
  • Kitchener-Waterloo (Ont.)
  • Lac-Saint-Louis (Que.)
  • London North Centre (Ont.)
  • London West (Ont.)
  • Mississauga East-Cooksville (Ont.)
  • Mount Royal (Que.)
  • Niagara Falls (Ont.)
  • Nipissing-Timiskaming (Ont.)
  • Oakville (Ont.)
  • Ottawa-Orlans (Ont.)
  • Ottawa West-Nepean (Ont.)
  • Parkdale-High Park (Ont.) (also on the NDP list)
  • Perth-Wellington (Ont.)
  • Pierrefonds-Dollard (Que.)
  • Saint Boniface (Man.)
  • St. Catharines (Ont.)
  • St. Paul's (Ont.)
  • Simcoe-Grey (Ont.)
  • Sudbury (Ont.) (also on the NDP list)
  • Sydney-Victoria (N.S.)
  • Vancouver South (B.C.)
  • Wascana (Sask.)
  • Wellington-Halton Hills (Ont.)
  • Willowdale (Ont.)
  • Winnipeg South Centre (Man.)

Ridings cited by the NDP:

  • Davenport (Ont.)
  • Edmonton-Centre (Alta.)
  • Edmonton East (Alta.)
  • Elmwood-Transcona (Man.)
  • Essex (Ont.)
  • Ottawa Centre (Ont.)
  • Parkdale-High Park(Ont.)(also on Liberal list)
  • South Shore-St. Margaret's (N.S.)
  • Sudbury (Ont.)(also on Liberal list)
  • Thunder Bay-Superior North (Ont.)
  • Windsor-Tecumseh (Ont.)
  • Winnipeg South (Man.)

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May says her riding also had false calls:

  • Saanich-Gulf Islands (B.C.)

Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro added his own riding to the list:

  • Peterborough (Ont.)