In Photos: The giants who fell in Election 2011

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Long-time Liberals, star candidates and a few cabinet ministers fell in Monday night's historic vote

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Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff lost his own seat in Etobicoke-Lakeshore to local Conservative Bernard Trottier.
(Frank Gunn/Frank Gunn/THE CANADIAN PRESS)
Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe lost his seat in Laurier-Saint-Marie to NDP candidate Helene Laverdiere. He announced his resignation as party leader after the Bloc was reduced to just three seats from 47.
(Graham Hughes/THE CANADIAN PRESS)
Liberal incumbent Gerard Kennedy gets a hug from daughter Theria after his defeat to the NDP candidate Peggy Nash in the Toronto riding of Parkdale-High Park.
(Moe Doiron/Moe Doiron/The Globe and Mail)
York Centre Liberal incumbent Ken Dryden fell to Conservative Mark Adler.
(Fernando Morales/Fernando Morales/The Globe and M)
Conservative cabinet minister Jean-Pierre Blackburn, seen in this 2010 file photo, lost his seat in Jonquiere-Alma.
(CHRIS WATTIE/REUTERS/Chris Wattie)
Former foreign affairs minister Lawrence Cannon conceded defeat to NDP candidate Mathieu Ravignat in the Quebec riding of Pontiac, May 2.
(FRED CHARTRAND/Fred Chartrand/THE CANADIAN PRESS)
Ruby Dhalla, the Liberal incumbent in the riding of Brampton-Springdale, was unable to hold on to her seat, losing to Conservative candidate Parm Gill.
(Fred Lum/Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail)
Vancouver South Liberal incumbent Ujjal Dosanjh makes his way through media at his campaign headquarters after conceding defeat to Conservative Wai Young May 2.
(Brett Beadle/Brett Beadle for The Globe and Mail)
Liberal incumbent Martha Hall Findlay, seen in this 2008 file photo, lost her seat in the riding of Willowdale to Conservative Chungsen Leung.
(Adrian Wyld/Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)
Former Conservative cabinet minister-turned-independant candidate Helena Guergis lost the race for Simcoe-Grey to Conservative Kellie Leitch.
(Fred Lum/Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail)
Liberal incumbent Mark Holland lost a hard-fough battle for Ajax-Pickering to Conservative candidate and former ambassador to Afghanistan Chris Alexander.
(Darren Calabrese/Darren Calabrese for The Globe and Mail)
Conservative cabinet minister Gary Lunn, seen in this 2009 file photo, lost his seat in Saanich-Gulf Islands to Green Party Leader Elizabeth May.
(STEPHANIE LAMY/STEPHANIE LAMY/AFP/Getty Images)
Conservative cabinet minister Josee Verner, seen in the House of Commons in this Feb. 10, 2011 file photo, lost her seat to NDP opponent Alexandrine Latendresse in the riding of Louis-Saint-Laurent.
(CHRIS WATTIE/REUTERS/Chris Wattie)
After 23 years as Liberal MP for the Toronto riding of Eglinton-Lawrence, Joe Volpe (seen in this 2009 file photo) lost his seat to Conservative Joe Oliver.
(Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)
Conservative incumbent Dona Cadman, seen in this 2008 file photo, fell to NDP candidate Jasbir Sandhu.
(Jeff Vinnick/Jeff Vinnick for The Globe and Mail)
Liberal Paul Szabo, seen in a 2008 file photo, lost his seat Mississauga South to Conservative Stella Ambler. Mr. Szabo had represented the riding for 17 years.
(Tom Hanson/Tom Hanson/The Canadian Press)
Indepedant incumbent Andre Arthur was outsed by NDP candidate Elaine Michaud In Portneuf-Jacques-Cartier. (File photo of March 16, 2011).
(THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot)
Liberal House Leader Marc Garneau seen in this 2010 file photo.
(Adrian Wyld/Adrian Wyld/THE CANADIAN PRESS)