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Burnaby sa国际传媒楥onservativesa国际传媒 candidate scores thousands of votes after being kicked out by party

Heather Leung was removed due to homophobic comments
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Conservative candidate Heather Leung in the Burnaby Northsa国际传媒揝eymour riding (HeatherLeung.com)

sa国际传媒淐onservativesa国际传媒 candidate Heather Leung won nearly one-fifth of the popular vote in her Burnaby-North Seymour riding, according to early results from Elections Canada.

Voters checked Leungsa国际传媒檚 name off on the ballot despite the Conservatives booting her in early October after videos surfaced of her making homophobic comments.

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However, because Leung was kicked out of the party after the deadline to name a new candidate has already passed, she stayed on the ballot under the Conservative banner. As of 9 p.m. on Monday night, Leung had 5,454 votes. Liberal Terry Beech has won the riding, according to early projections.

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