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- 2002-10-07
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- 402,311
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- 76
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- 0
It took longer than most, but the formerly “safe” Liberal riding of Glengarry-Prescott-Russell eventually followed much of Eastern Ontario in flipping from red to blue.
Amanda Simard, Progressive Conservative
Simard’s supporters finally gave a victory cheer around 11 p.m. as she was projected winner.
With 95 of 101 polls reporting, Simard had secured 43 per cent of the vote, while her closest challenger Liberal Pierre Leroux had 32 per cent, and NDP Bonnie Jean-Louis had 21 per cent.
Technical issues at a polling station led Elections Ontario to delay the returns until 10:30 p.m. Polls closed at 9 p.m. across the rest of the province.
At press time, Simard had 18,202 votes with 95 of 101 polls reporting, giving her a margin of 3,749 votes over Liberal hopeful Pierre Leroux. The NDP’s Bonnie Jean-Louis trailed with 9,822 votes.
Neither Simard nor Leroux had appeared at their respective campaign parties by press time.
Simard, a Russell Township councillor, lawyer and Parliament Hill staffer, celebrated her victory over Liberal candidate and Russell Township Mayor Leroux at her campaign headquarters in Embrun.
Leroux had been vying to maintain a Liberal stronghold on the provincial riding, which had voted firmly Liberal since the early 1980s, when Tory J. Albert Belanger lost his seat in then-Prescott and Russell.
Ontario Liberal Party candidate Pierre Leroux
With no incumbent following Liberal MPP Grant Crack’s retirement from provincial politics, the largely rural and majority francophone riding of Glengarry-Prescott-Russell was quickly identified as one to watch.
Crack, 55, the former mayor of North Glengarry, announced in early April he would not seek a third term, leaving the field relatively open to Pierre Leroux, who will vie to keep the seat for the Liberals, and challengers Amanda Simard (PC) and Bonnie Jean-Louis (NDP).
Leroux, the long-serving Russell Township mayor was hoping to carry the mantle for the Liberals, who secured 50 per cent of the vote in 2014. The riding has been firm Liberal territory since the early 1980s.
Crack inherited the seat from Jean-Marc Lalonde, who served as mayor of Rockland from 1976 to 1991 before he was elected to the Legislature, securing a 60 per cent mandate in his final election in 2007 and 65 per cent of the vote in 2003.
Bonnie Jean-Louis, NDP
The riding has not elected anyone but a Liberal since 1981, though federally, the traditionally deep-red voters sent Conservative Pierre Lemieux to Parliament Hill from 2006 to 2015, before turning back to the Liberals in the 2015 federal election.
Leroux’s election campaign got off to a rocky start, however, when he published a “get to know me” video through his Facebook page, which was roundly criticized for depicting his former hometown Vanier as a crime-ridden slum.
A measure of controversy followed Simard’s nomination after she was hand-picked for the riding by former PC leader Patrick Brown. Another candidate, Derek Duvall, posted on Facebook that he had been disqualified from the nomination after a bizarre hockey-themed video surfaced on social media in December 2016.
Two months before that, Simard, a Russell Township councillor, Parliament Hill staffer and lawyer, was chosen to MC the party’s annual fundraiser in Ottawa along with former MP John Baird.
Daniel Reid, Green Party of Ontario
NDP candidate Jean-Louis is a community organizer, environmental advocate and longtime volunteer. A recreation, sport and community coordinator with the Town of Hawkesbury, she was vice-president of stewardship Ontario for Prescott-Russell from 2009 to 2012.
Also contesting the election were Green Party candidate Daniel Reid, Libertarian candidate Darcy Neal Donnelly and the Ontario Party’s Joel Charbonneau.
The riding includes the municipalities of Clarence-Rockland, Township of Russell, Alfred and Plantagenet, the Nation, Casselman, Hawkesbury, Champlain, North Glengarry plus that part of Ottawa located in the former municipality of Cumberland.
Covering 2,979 sq. km, the riding is home to 109,980 people.
— With files from Taylor Blewett and Kelsey Curtis
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Amanda Simard, Progressive Conservative
Simard’s supporters finally gave a victory cheer around 11 p.m. as she was projected winner.
With 95 of 101 polls reporting, Simard had secured 43 per cent of the vote, while her closest challenger Liberal Pierre Leroux had 32 per cent, and NDP Bonnie Jean-Louis had 21 per cent.
Technical issues at a polling station led Elections Ontario to delay the returns until 10:30 p.m. Polls closed at 9 p.m. across the rest of the province.
At press time, Simard had 18,202 votes with 95 of 101 polls reporting, giving her a margin of 3,749 votes over Liberal hopeful Pierre Leroux. The NDP’s Bonnie Jean-Louis trailed with 9,822 votes.
Neither Simard nor Leroux had appeared at their respective campaign parties by press time.
Simard, a Russell Township councillor, lawyer and Parliament Hill staffer, celebrated her victory over Liberal candidate and Russell Township Mayor Leroux at her campaign headquarters in Embrun.
Leroux had been vying to maintain a Liberal stronghold on the provincial riding, which had voted firmly Liberal since the early 1980s, when Tory J. Albert Belanger lost his seat in then-Prescott and Russell.
Ontario Liberal Party candidate Pierre Leroux
With no incumbent following Liberal MPP Grant Crack’s retirement from provincial politics, the largely rural and majority francophone riding of Glengarry-Prescott-Russell was quickly identified as one to watch.
Crack, 55, the former mayor of North Glengarry, announced in early April he would not seek a third term, leaving the field relatively open to Pierre Leroux, who will vie to keep the seat for the Liberals, and challengers Amanda Simard (PC) and Bonnie Jean-Louis (NDP).
Leroux, the long-serving Russell Township mayor was hoping to carry the mantle for the Liberals, who secured 50 per cent of the vote in 2014. The riding has been firm Liberal territory since the early 1980s.
Crack inherited the seat from Jean-Marc Lalonde, who served as mayor of Rockland from 1976 to 1991 before he was elected to the Legislature, securing a 60 per cent mandate in his final election in 2007 and 65 per cent of the vote in 2003.
Bonnie Jean-Louis, NDP
The riding has not elected anyone but a Liberal since 1981, though federally, the traditionally deep-red voters sent Conservative Pierre Lemieux to Parliament Hill from 2006 to 2015, before turning back to the Liberals in the 2015 federal election.
Leroux’s election campaign got off to a rocky start, however, when he published a “get to know me” video through his Facebook page, which was roundly criticized for depicting his former hometown Vanier as a crime-ridden slum.
A measure of controversy followed Simard’s nomination after she was hand-picked for the riding by former PC leader Patrick Brown. Another candidate, Derek Duvall, posted on Facebook that he had been disqualified from the nomination after a bizarre hockey-themed video surfaced on social media in December 2016.
Two months before that, Simard, a Russell Township councillor, Parliament Hill staffer and lawyer, was chosen to MC the party’s annual fundraiser in Ottawa along with former MP John Baird.
Daniel Reid, Green Party of Ontario
NDP candidate Jean-Louis is a community organizer, environmental advocate and longtime volunteer. A recreation, sport and community coordinator with the Town of Hawkesbury, she was vice-president of stewardship Ontario for Prescott-Russell from 2009 to 2012.
Also contesting the election were Green Party candidate Daniel Reid, Libertarian candidate Darcy Neal Donnelly and the Ontario Party’s Joel Charbonneau.
The riding includes the municipalities of Clarence-Rockland, Township of Russell, Alfred and Plantagenet, the Nation, Casselman, Hawkesbury, Champlain, North Glengarry plus that part of Ottawa located in the former municipality of Cumberland.
Covering 2,979 sq. km, the riding is home to 109,980 people.
— With files from Taylor Blewett and Kelsey Curtis
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