Jamie Ellerton (below), longtime aide to Immigration Minister Jason Kenney held his goodbye party at The Buzz in Ottawa. Ellerton, one of the Tories’ top staffers, is now the executive assistant to Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak.

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Immigration minister Jason Kenney.

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Government House Leader John Baird.

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Ellerton with Minister Rona Ambrose.

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Ellerton with Kenney (second from the left) and Baird (right).

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Tory staffer David Belous.

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Tory staffer Andrew Rankin.

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Liberal staffer Mathieu Gravel.

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Travel agent Scott McCord.

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Tory staffers Chris McCluskey (left) and Alykhan Velshi.

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Political strategist Jaime Watt.

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The food.