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Edmonton Mill Woods went down to the wire Monday night with Liberal Amarjeet Sohi pulling out a miraculous victory on the final poll over Conservative Tim Uppal.

Uppal led through the night but Sohi closed the gap. Trailing by 200 votes until the last moment, Sohi won by 80 votes when the final tally was revealed.

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“To me, this election victory is about a victory of inclusion, cohesiveness, where we build strong communities,” said Sohi after his win. “In this campaign, I have spoken so much about why Canada is such a wonderful place. Canada is a place where someone like me can come from somewhere else, build a new life, raise my family and contribute back so immensely.

“To me, this is about defeat of fear. This is about defeat of division, about saying no to the politics of fear. This is about embracing who we are as Canadians.”

Sohi waited out the election results at his campaign office with his family and supporters. It was the same stressful roller-coaster of emotions he encountered when he first won his council seat in 2007 with roughly 250 votes.