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The RCMP later cleared her of those allegations.

Guergis filed a legal action in late 2011 seeking $1.3 million in damages. In the lawsuit, heard this summer, Guergis alleged a conspiracy to present various allegations about her behaviour — including association with prostitutes and cocaine use — in order to tarnish her reputation and force her out of cabinet.

In August, she lost her case against Harper, two of his senior aides, a Conservative party lawyer, two Tory MPs and one of their former staffers, a private investigator, and the Conservative Party of Canada.

On Monday, Harper, his principle secretary Ray Novak, former chief of staff Guy Giorno, Labour Minister Lisa Raitt, and Conservative MP Shelly Glover were awarded a total of $46,500.

The Conservative Party of Canada was awarded $26,560. A former staff member for Raitt was awarded $18,900 and Conservative party lawyer Arthur Hamilton and his law firm were awarded $26,600.

Private Investigator Derrick Snowdy did not participate in the motion.

The Prime Minister’s Office and the lawyers who represented Harper declined comment.

“The judgment speaks for itself,” said Harper spokesman Andrew MacDougall in an email to Postmedia News.

Overall, the defendants had sought slightly more than $226,000 in costs and disbursements.

According to court documents, Guergis had claimed “conspiracy, defamation, misfeasance in public office, intentional infliction of mental suffering, negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of duty of good faith and breach of confidence.”

“Due to the large number of causes of action pleaded and the length and structure of the Statement of Claim, I would agree that the legal issues were of some complexity,” Hackland wrote in the decision.

“On the other hand, this was a pleadings motion, argued without evidence and cannot therefore be considered highly complex.”

Stephen Victor, Guergis’s lawyer, declined comment on Monday’s decision but confirmed that Guergis will still appeal her case. The case will be heard April 17 in the Ontario Court of Appeal.

nstechyson@postmedia.com