The 2022 Ontario election is here.
Lt. Gov. Elizabeth Dowdeswell on Tuesday accepted Premier Doug Ford’s advice to dissolve the provincial legislature and called for briefs to be issued for the election. The campaign officially begins on Wednesday, with voters going to the polls on June 2nd.
Recent polls suggest that the Progressive Conservatives are poised for re-election, with the Liberals in third place possibly overtaking the NDP and forming the official opposition.
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Locally, the NDP is trying to hold on to the three ridings it has represented in London for years, while the Tories seek to continue their rule in the area’s two rural ridings.
Of the five ridings in the immediate vicinity of London only one, Elgin – Middlesex – London, is without an incumbent in this election.
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Here’s a look at the local candidates vying for a seat in the Ontario legislature.
Bold letters denote an incumbent.
London—Fanshawe incumbent NDP MPP Teresa Armstrong.
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London-Fanshawe
Incumbent Teresa Armstrong, who has been an NDP stronghold for a decade, is vying for a fourth term to represent driving London – Fanshawe, which spans the easternmost and southernmost parts of London.
Armstrong was first elected to office in 2011 after defeating incumbent Liberal Khalil Ramal. She was re-elected in 2014 and 2018 by solid margins ahead of the second-place PC candidates.
Ramal had held the race since 2003 when he defeated NDP candidate Irene Mathyssen and PC Frank Mazzilli, who won the race in the 1999 election. Mathyssen later ran as a federal candidate at London-Fanshawe in 2006 and held office until 2019.
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According to the 2021 census, just over 127,000 people live in equestrian sport, a 6.4 percent increase from 2016. 66 percent of equestrian athletes are between the ages of 15 and 64, with the median age being 40.
The riding covers 115 square kilometers and includes industrial areas and manufacturing sites to the east and south of the city, the city’s international airport and Fanshawe College.
- NDP: Teresa Armstrong
- Conservative: Jane Kovarikova
- Liberal: Zeba Hashmi
- Green: Zack Ramsey
- New Blue: Adriana A. Medina
- Ontario Party: TBA
See Elections Ontario for a full list of candidates.
Reigning NDP MPP Terence Kernaghan of the London North Center in 2021.
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London North Centre
Incumbent Terence Kernaghan wants to keep the London North Center in the hands of the Ontario New Democrats for a second term.
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Kernaghan was first elected in 2018 and became the first NDP candidate to represent London North Center after wresting control from the Liberals for the first time in more than a decade and beating Tory runner-up Susan Truppe, who won the Confederation had driven from 2011 to 2015.
Liberal Deb Matthews represented the horseback riding from 2003 to 2018, choosing not to seek a fifth term. Kate Graham ran as the Liberal candidate in the 2018 race and is running again this year to put the race back on red.
Kernaghan’s other opponents include local restaurant owner Jerry Pribil and Carol Dyck, who is running for the Green’s for the second time.
Just over 138,000 people live in horseback riding, according to the 2021 census, a 10.3 percent increase from 2016.
68% of equestrian athletes are between 15 and 64 years old, with an average age of just under 41 years. People aged 20 to 34 account for about 27% of the cavalry, compared to 21% in London-Fanshawe and 19% in London West.
The riding covers 58 square miles and includes the downtown core, Old North, the Old East Village, Western University, the Western Fair District, University Hospital and the growing Stoney Creek and Uplands areas.
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- NDP: Terence Kernaghan
- Conservative: Jerry Pribil
- Liberal: Kate Graham
- Green: Carol Dyck
- New blue: Tommy Caldwell
- Ontario Party: Darrel Grant
See Elections Ontario for a full list of candidates.
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Incumbent NDP MP Peggy Sattler of London West in 2017.
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London West
Incumbent new Democrat Peggy Sattler is seeking a fourth term representing driving London West.
Sattler was first elected to a 2013 by-election sparked by the resignation of longtime Liberal MP Chris Bentley following the Ontario gas plant scandal.
Since then, West London residents have re-elected Sattler twice, in 2014 and 2018, both times with decent margins over the second-place PC candidates.
Prior to Sattler, Bentley had held the riding for the Liberals for 10 years after beating incumbent PC, Bob Wood, in 2003. Wood was the Equestrian’s first MPP to be elected in 1999.
This year’s Sattler contenders include PC candidate Paul Paolatto, who previously ran in London’s 2018 mayoral election and lost to Ed Holder.
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According to the 2021 census, just over 139,000 people live in West London, a 10.5 per cent increase on 2016. 63 per cent of residents are aged between 15 and 64, with the median age being just over 41.
The riding covers 77 square kilometers and includes Boler Mountain, Byron, London Health Sciences Centre, Old South, Springbank Park and the growing areas of Hyde Park and Riverbend.
- NDP: Peggy Sattler
- Conservative: Paul Paolatto
- Liberal: Vanessa Lalonde
- Green: Colleen McCauley
- New Blue: Kris Hunt
- Ontario Party: Cynthia Workman
See Elections Ontario for a full list of candidates.
Longtime PC MP Jeff Yurek (pictured) announced in January that he would not be running for re-election this year. He resigned from his position at the end of February.
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Elgin-Middlesex-London
The only Southwest Ontario race without an incumbent candidate, voters in the Elgin-Middlesex-London race, regardless of how they vote, will send a new face to Queen’s Park.
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The Progressive Conservatives are hoping the face belongs to their candidate Rob Flack as they look to continue their dominance of the horseback riding. The party has held the seat for more than a decade.
The seat was left wide open after longtime PC MP Jeff Yurek announced in January that he would not seek re-election and would step down at the end of February after more than 10 years.
Yurek switched from Liberal to Conservative in 2011 for the first time since its inception in 1999. Yurek was re-elected in 2014 and 2018 with solid leads. Prior to Yurek, Liberal Steve Peters represented riding for three terms.
Businessman Rob Flack will look to continue the PC’s influence on driving when he takes on the NDP’s Andy Kroeker, the Liberals’ Heather Jackson and the Greens’ Amanda Stark.
Jackson previously served as mayor of St. Thomas from 2010 to 2018.
Around 126,400 people live in horseback riding, according to the 2021 census, with 62 percent of the people being between the ages of 15 and 64. The average age of riding is 42 years.
The riding covers 2,482 square kilometers and includes the southernmost parts of London, the south-west end of the city, Lambeth, and areas to the east of the city including the Thames Centre.
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The riding also spans all of Elgin County and includes Aylmer, Bayham, Central Elgin, St Thomas and more.
- Conservative: Rob Flack
- NDP: Andy Kroeker
- Liberals: Heather Jackson
- Green: Amanda Stark
- New blue: Matt Millar
- Ontario Party: Brigitte Belton
See Elections Ontario for a full list of candidates.
Lambton – Kent – Middlesex reigning PC MPP Monte McNaughton in 2020.
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Lambton-Kent-Middlesex
After more than 10 years in office, PC incumbent Monte McNaughton is hoping the residents of Lambton – Kent – Middlesex will send him back to Queen’s Park for a fourth term.
McNaughton was first elected to the race in 2011 and re-elected to the second-place New Democrat nominee in 2014 and 2018 with solid leads. Since 2019 he has been Minister of Labour, Training and Skills Development for the province.
Riding, like Elgin-Middlesex-London for the past decade, has been a Conservative stronghold. Prior to McNaughton, riding was represented by Liberal Maria Van Bommel from 2003 to 2011. McNaughton lost to Van Bommel in 2007 but secured the riding four years later.
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Further back, PC Marcel Beaubien represented the sport from its inception in 1999 to 2003.
No candidates for the horseback riding have yet been named by the Liberal Party or the Ontario Party.
Just over 111,000 people live in horseback riding, according to the 2021 census, a 5.6 percent increase from 2016. About 66 percent of residents are between the ages of 15 and 65, with the median age being 39.9.
The riding covers nearly 5,000 square kilometers, making it by far the largest local land riding area. It covers areas north and west of London including Lucan Biddulph, Middlesex Centre, North Middlesex, Southwest Middlesex and Strathroy-Caradoc.
Riding also includes Adelaide Metcalfe, Chatham-Kent, Chippewas of Thames First Nation, Lambton Shores, Oneida Nation of Thames First Nation and Walpole Island First Nation.
- Conservative: Monte McNaughton
- NDP: Vanessa Benoit
- Liberal: TBA
- Green: Wanda Dickey
- New Blue: David Barnwell
- Ontario Party: TBA
See Elections Ontario for a full list of candidates.
— with files from The Canadian Press
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