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Progressive Conservative Goldie Ghamari, a young trade lawyer, has been elected as the representative for the new riding of Carleton.
By 9:30 p.m., Ghamari had more than 56 per cent of the vote — 5,000-plus more votes than her nearest competitor, the NDP’s Courtney Potter.
“Words will never be able to express how grateful and humbled I am for your support,” said Ghamari, speaking to supporters at the Manotick Legion Hall. “Everyone in this room has played an important role. As a politician, I’m the least important person in this room.”
The feeling, in Ghamari’s party as in much of the rest of the province, was one of jubilation at the prospect of change.
“I’m very happy for her,” said local Coun. George Darouze. “She ran a good campaign. … She started early and she worked really hard.”
Carleton was carved out of the former ridings of Nepean-Carleton and Carleton-Mississippi Mills. That territory has historically been as true-blue Tory as you’re likely to find anywhere in Ontario. The last Liberal to hold the seat was Robert Lyon, who lost it for the Grits in 1871.
In the mostly rural riding, hydro prices loomed large as a major issue, but others, including health-care funding for seniors, and the more nebulous spectre of wasted taxpayer money, were issues that were brought up regularly in debates. In parts of the riding, issues such as minimum wage and the school curriculum — things that might be cast as government intrusion on the traditions of rural communities — were also hot-button topics.
From the beginning, the race in Carleton was Ghamari’s to lose. She had a massive head start on her competition, having been selected as the PC nominee in the fall of 2016. She’s been campaigning, in one form or another, ever since. Contrast that with the comparatively short campaigns of Liberal Theresa Qadri, who won the nomination in March, and Potter, who didn’t get the nod from the NDP until early in May.
Qadri, who was joined by about two dozen supporters at an Italian restaurant in Stittsville, was disappointed in the results but proud of her support.
“I have great people surrounding me,” she said. “I am honoured to have a group of people around me the way I do. You can’t do anything about it. The people have decided.”
Meanwhile, her husband, confirmed that he will run again in the upcoming municipal election. He delayed declaring his nomination because he didn’t want to “infringe” on his wife’s campaign.
Though the riding has been considered among the safest bets for the PCs, nothing was certain — and nobody could accuse Ghamari of having an easy race. From virtually her first day as the nominee, she attracted controversy of one sort or the other. From a contentious nomination race, to accusations against Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston MPP Randy Hillier, to comments questioning the science of climate change, the young trade lawyer seemed to attract outsized attention for a first-time nominee in a newly created riding.
Also contesting the election were Green Party candidate Gordon Kubanek, Libertarian Jean-Serge Brisson, Ontario Party’s Jay Tysick, None of the Above Party candidate Evan Nightingale, Cultural Action Party candidate Kevin Harris and Mark Dickson, who was running as an Independent candidate.
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— With files from Lynn Saxberg and Kelsey Curtis
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By 9:30 p.m., Ghamari had more than 56 per cent of the vote — 5,000-plus more votes than her nearest competitor, the NDP’s Courtney Potter.
“Words will never be able to express how grateful and humbled I am for your support,” said Ghamari, speaking to supporters at the Manotick Legion Hall. “Everyone in this room has played an important role. As a politician, I’m the least important person in this room.”
The feeling, in Ghamari’s party as in much of the rest of the province, was one of jubilation at the prospect of change.
“I’m very happy for her,” said local Coun. George Darouze. “She ran a good campaign. … She started early and she worked really hard.”
Carleton was carved out of the former ridings of Nepean-Carleton and Carleton-Mississippi Mills. That territory has historically been as true-blue Tory as you’re likely to find anywhere in Ontario. The last Liberal to hold the seat was Robert Lyon, who lost it for the Grits in 1871.
In the mostly rural riding, hydro prices loomed large as a major issue, but others, including health-care funding for seniors, and the more nebulous spectre of wasted taxpayer money, were issues that were brought up regularly in debates. In parts of the riding, issues such as minimum wage and the school curriculum — things that might be cast as government intrusion on the traditions of rural communities — were also hot-button topics.
From the beginning, the race in Carleton was Ghamari’s to lose. She had a massive head start on her competition, having been selected as the PC nominee in the fall of 2016. She’s been campaigning, in one form or another, ever since. Contrast that with the comparatively short campaigns of Liberal Theresa Qadri, who won the nomination in March, and Potter, who didn’t get the nod from the NDP until early in May.
Qadri, who was joined by about two dozen supporters at an Italian restaurant in Stittsville, was disappointed in the results but proud of her support.
“I have great people surrounding me,” she said. “I am honoured to have a group of people around me the way I do. You can’t do anything about it. The people have decided.”
Meanwhile, her husband, confirmed that he will run again in the upcoming municipal election. He delayed declaring his nomination because he didn’t want to “infringe” on his wife’s campaign.
Though the riding has been considered among the safest bets for the PCs, nothing was certain — and nobody could accuse Ghamari of having an easy race. From virtually her first day as the nominee, she attracted controversy of one sort or the other. From a contentious nomination race, to accusations against Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston MPP Randy Hillier, to comments questioning the science of climate change, the young trade lawyer seemed to attract outsized attention for a first-time nominee in a newly created riding.
Also contesting the election were Green Party candidate Gordon Kubanek, Libertarian Jean-Serge Brisson, Ontario Party’s Jay Tysick, None of the Above Party candidate Evan Nightingale, Cultural Action Party candidate Kevin Harris and Mark Dickson, who was running as an Independent candidate.
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— With files from Lynn Saxberg and Kelsey Curtis
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