The polls are now closed in the two by-elections in Ontario. Voters were allowed to enter polling stations until 9 p.m. The Liberals are expected to hold on to the Vaughan riding vacated by former finance minister Greg Sorbara. But the other by-election in Kitchener-Waterloo turned into a close three-way race for the seat held for 22 years by Progressive Conservative Elizabeth Witmer. Premier McGuinty engineered that by-election by appointing Witmer to a $188,000 a year job as chair of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board.
