All Etobicoke Liberal MPs have been re-elected and stand firm behind Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that $600 million spent on a federal election was well worth it.

Many voters across the country are outraged and insist that the millions could have been put to better use to help ailing Canadians.

There was little surprise, drama or major riding flips in Canada’s 44^th national election on September 20; in which the Liberals in a minority government only gained three seats and ended up with 158, the Conservatives with 119 seats, Bloc Quebecois 34, NDP 25 and the Green Party with 2 seats.

“You are sending us back to work with a clear mandate to get Canada through this pandemic and to the brighter days ahead,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a victory speech. “What we’ve seen tonight is that millions of Canadians have chosen a progressive plan.”

All three Etobicoke Liberal candidates handily re-claimed their seats in the election. In Etobicoke-Lakeshore Liberal James Maloney was re-elected, so was Yvan Baker in Etobicoke-Centre and Kirsty Duncan for a fifth-time in Etobicoke North.

Incumbent Maloney received 46.9% of the votes, or about 28,525 total votes, for a third term. He was first elected in 2015 and again in 2019.

Maloney sits on a number of standing committees and is chair of the Standing Committee on Natural Resources, Parliamentary Associations and Interparliamentary Groups and the Canada-Ireland Interparliamentary Group.

Maloney earned law degrees from the University of Windsor and the University of Wales and worked as a litigation lawyer. In 2014, he served as interim city councillor for Ward 5 (Etobicoke-Lakeshore) before going into federal politics.

He successfully fended off challenges from first-time Conservative candidate Indira Bains, who had a strong showing; NDP candidate Sasha Kane, a community advocate; and Green party candidate Afam Elue.

Etobicoke-Lakeshore has been a largely Liberal riding since its creation in 1968, save for one NDP and three Conservative terms.

There were more than 60,775 votes cast in the riding that has 259 polls.

Bains obtained 32.2%, or 19,541 total votes. She worked hard and gave Maloney a good challenge.

NDP candidate Sasha Kane scored 13.7% or 8,338 total votes, which was also impressive.

PPC candidate Bill McLachlan received 4.6% or 2,806 total votes.

Afam Elue, of the Green Party, copped 2.2% or 1,311 total votes.

The diverse riding has a population of 129,000, of which 90, 167 are registered to vote.

Almost 6.8 million people voted early, most of them at advance polls or through special ballots cast by mail, according to Elections Canada.