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A Conservative MP claimed election expenses that included hundreds of dollars for repeat visits to hair and nail salons, skin care and grooming products, and even whitening toothpaste.

The campaign of Mississauga-Brampton South MP Eve Adams, who serves as parliamentary secretary to the minister of veterans affairs, claimed a total of $2,777 in “other personal expenses” on her 2011 election return.

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Elections Canada’s guidebook for candidates puts a $200 limit on the amount of other personal costs they can claim and only for expenses that “would not normally incur if there was no election.”

Elections Canada has yet to give final approval to the campaign return. If the watchdog were to allow the claims, taxpayers would be required to reimburse the Adams campaign for 60% of the allowed costs.

Ms. Adams, 38, is one of a small group of current MPs whose paperwork from the 2011 election is still under review by Elections Canada auditors. Two of her caucus colleagues, Shelly Glover and James Bezan, both of Manitoba, last month asked a court to intervene to keep them from getting tossed out of the House of Commons over returns the agency says are incomplete.