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After Blaikie announced his retirement from the Canadian House of Commons in 2007, Maloway indicated he would seek the NDP nomination to succeed him in the federal Elmwood — Transcona riding.

He won the nomination over rival candidates Lorene Mahoney and Kevin Rebeck on September 7, 2008.

Maloway made the Disraeli bridge his main issue in the 2008 federal election, and was elected over Conservative candidate Thomas Steen.

The Conservatives won a minority government nationally, and Maloway was appointed as the NDP Critic for Science and Technology.