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Ousted Edmonton Strathcona MP Rahim Jaffer broke his post-election silence yesterday and conceded defeat to NDP rival Linda Duncan.
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Jaffer, 36, had not spoken publicly in the day and a half since he was narrowly booted from office in Tuesday’s election, making him the only Conservative to be defeated in Alberta.
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Jaffer was the first Ismaili Muslim elected to Parliament.
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