Ontario Election: NDP Fends Off Doug Ford Surge, Keeps 3 London Seats

London remains an island of orange in a sea of ​​Progressive Conservative Blue After Voters on Thursday Night Re-Elect New Democrats to the City’s Three Urban Ridings in Ontario Election Races that Were Anything But Close.

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The City’s Fourth Riding, Which also Takes in St. Thomas and Elgin County, was retaineed by the Progressive Conservatives – Also in a Rout. All of the Four Races Were Decided by Margins of At Least 13 Percentage Points.

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London North Center

Terence Kernaghan was re-Elected in London North Center, Fighting off for the second consecutive election a challenge from Progressive Conservative Jerry Pribil in What Many Foresaw as a Riding the NDP Could Lose Amid A Provincewide Tsunami of Support for Pc Leader Doug Ford.

Instead, Kernaghan Beat Pribil, A City Council Rookie who Took a Leave to Run for a Queen’s Park Seat, by Roughly the Same Margin as the 2022 Race – Roughly 14 Percentage Points.

“I’m just so Honoured that the people of London North Center Continue to Have Trust and Faith in Me to Bring Forward Their Concerns to Queen’s Park,” Kernaghan, a One-Time Teacher, Said While Greeting Supporters at Winks Eataly in Downtown London.

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“We heard a lot of Silly Rhetoric from the Pc Party During this Election that this was all about Donald Trump. But I would have to say that the people in London North Center Would Not Have The Wool Pulled Over Their Eyes.

The Local Voters, He Added, “Recognized that first Ford and the first’s office are under active RCMP Investigation for the Green Belt Scandal.”

Kernaghan Beat One City Councillor, Pribil, and was joined in Celebration by Another, Ward 6 coun. Sam Trosow. “There was a lot of talk about this being a much closer riding, and i think it shows the hard work that terence has done,” trosow said.

Said Pribil Late Thursday: “We Ran a Great Campaign from the beginning to the end. . . . I COULDN’T have Asked for Anything More. Unfortantly, The Result Didn’t Come True. ”

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London West

PEGGY SATTLER WAS FIRST ELECTED NDP MPP In A 2013 Byelection and Cruised Thursday Night to Another Term at Queen’s Park, Beating Educator Beth allison of the Progressive Conservatives by Roudhly 15 Percentage Points.

“A Huge Thank You To London West For Putting Their Trust in Me for the Fifth Time. Tonight The Work Begins Anew, ”Sattler Told Supporters at Her Celebration at Storm Stayed, A Brewery on Wharncliffe Road.

“The First Time You Win, It’s exciting, but you don’t rely Know What’s Involved in Being an MPP. And so each time you win, it’s like the enormity of what you ting on is kind of front and center. ”

Sattler Finized with 26.589 votes (49.2%). Allison GOT 18.892 (34.9%). Liberal candidate Baqar Khan Finized in Third with 5.991 votes (11%).

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Earlier in the Night, Allison was described as “cautiously optimistic” about the results, Her Campaign Manager, Howard Shears, Said.

London-Fanshawe

Make It Five Straight Election Wins in the East-End Riding for NDP MPP Teresa Armstrong, Who Has Held A Firm Gip on the SEAT SINCE FIRST WINNING IT in 2011.

Armstrong Said that While Campaigning Shen Heard at the Door concerns over Health-Care Funding, Rent and the Rising Cost of Living.

“I’m so Grateful and Humbled,” She Said. “When people put their trust or confidence in you, it really makes you feel so appreciative. I Just Want to Thank Every Person Who Went Out and vote. I Know it was a challenge to go and vote. ”

She Celebrated at the Unitarian Fellowship of London Church on Clarke Road, Surrounded by Her Family, Including Grandchildren, and A Modest Group of Supporters and Volunteers. The Entire Room was girl with orange balloons and there was an excited cheer when she pulled ahead by 4,000 votes, basally putting it out of reach.

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Armstrong Finished with 18,749 votes (47.5%). Progressive Conservative Opponent Peter Vanderley Finized Second With 13.480 (34.2%).

Elgin-Middlesex-London

Rob Flack, The Lone Progressive Conservative MPP In A London Seat, Credited Intense Campaigning With Securing A Landslide Re-Election Win in the Riding that Takes in South London Along with St. Thomas and Elgin County.

“AS A Team We KNOCKED OVER OVER 14,000 DOORS,” FLACK SAID. “Through the Ice, through the snow, through the slush. . . The Hard Work Paid Off and That’s What It’s All About. ”

FLACK TOLD A Crowd of Supporters at the CASO Station Building in St. Thomas that a Majority Government for the Progressive Conservatives was important to defend ontario Against the Threat Pose by Us President Donald Trump’s Tariffs.

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“What we will do, continuing to do, as a government, is creating the surroundings for people to success, for business to succeed,” he said.

Flack Reiterated the Campaign Pledge That the Tories Will Fight Against Trump’s Economic Threats Toward Canada, and Will also Fight to Keep the $ 7-Billion Volkswagen Electric-Vehicle Battery Plant Now Under Construction in St. Thomas.

“I can tell you with all sincerity, we have an existential threat with Donald Trump,” Flack Said.

FLACK WON 28,719 votes (55.8%). In Second place was Liberal Douglas Mactavish with 12.578 (24.4%). NDP candidate Amanda Zavitz Dropped Out Last Week Over controversial past remiks BUT REMANED on the Ballot, Winning 4,738 votes (9.2%).

With Files from Brian Williams, Ryan Pyette, Beatriz Baleeiro, Jonathan Juha

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Results

London North Center

(with 81 of 81 Polls reporting)

Terence Kernaghan, ndp* – 22.587

Jerry Pribil, PC – 15.783

Tariq Khan, Liberal – 7.557

Carol Dyck, Green – 1.605

Chris Wiile, New Blue – 512

Paul McKeever, Freedom Party – 312

London West

(with 65 of 65 Polls reporting)

Peggy Sattler, NDP* – 26.589

Beth Allison, PC – 18.892

Baqar Khan, Liberal – 5.991

Jim Johnston, Green – 1.021

Shane Dale, New Blue – 636

Ken byma, Libertarian – 572

Tim Hodges, Freedom Party – 179

Timothy Hammer, independent – 153

London-Fanshawe

(With 45 of 45 Polls Reporting)

Teresa Armstrong, ndp* – 18,749

Pete Vanderley, PC – 13.480

Kevin May, Liberal – 4.884

William Osbourne-Sorrell, Green-1.045

Christopher West, New Blue – 654

Dave Dunin, Freedom Party – 381

Alan John McDonald, Independent – 205

Elgin-Middlesex-London

(With 71 of 71 Polls Reporting)

Rob Flack, PC* – 28,719

Douglas MACTAVISH, LIBERAL – 12.578

Amanda Zavitz, NDP – 4.738

Amanda Stark, Green – 2.933

Brian Figueiredo, New Blue – 1.418

Cooper Labrie, Ontario Party – 610

Stephen R. Campbell, None of the Above – 469

* MPP Last legislature

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