Ontario provincial by-elections, 2007

By-elections were held on February 8, 2007, in Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, to fill three vacancies in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

The Legislative Assembly of Ontario , is the legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario, and is the second largest provincial legislature of Canada...

. By-election

By-election

A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....

s were held in three electoral districts

Electoral district (Canada)

An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...

(ridings): Burlington

Burlington (electoral district)

Burlington is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1979.-Geography:It consists of the southern part of the city of Burlington, Ontario....

, Markham

Markham (electoral district)

Markham was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada created in 1986. Also known as Markham—Whitchurch-Stouffville, it was a federal electoral district that elected representatives to the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 2000....

and York South–Weston.

The by-elections resulted in York South-Weston being taken by the NDP from the Liberals, Burlington remaining Progressive Conservative and Markham being retained by the Liberals.

Since this was a by-election of the 38th Legislative Assembly of Ontario

38th Legislative Assembly of Ontario

The 38th Legislative Assembly of Ontario was a legislature of the government of the Province of Ontario, Canada. It officially opened November 19, 2003, at Queen's Park in Toronto, and ended on June 5, 2007...

, the ridings used the same boundaries as the 2003 general election

Ontario general election, 2003

The Ontario general election of 2003 was held on October 2, 2003, to elect the 103 members of the 38th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada....

. The upcoming October 10, 2007 general election

Ontario general election, 2007

The Ontario general election of 2007 was held on October 10, 2007 to elect members of the 39th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada. The Liberals under Dalton McGuinty won the election with a majority government, winning 71 out of a possible 107 seats with 42.2% of the popular...

will be run on new electoral district boundaries, mostly following the new federal boundaries that were in place for the 2004

Canadian federal election, 2004

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and 2006 federal elections

Canadian federal election, 2006

The 2006 Canadian federal election was held on January 23, 2006, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 39th Parliament of Canada. The Conservative Party of Canada won the greatest number of seats: 40.3% of seats, or 124 out of 308, up from 99 seats in 2004, and 36.3% of votes:...

. .

Burlington electoral district

The Burlington

Burlington (electoral district)

by-election was called following the resignation of Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario

The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario , is a right-of-centre political party in Ontario, Canada. The party was known for many years as "Ontario's natural governing party." It has ruled the province for 80 of the years since Confederation, including an uninterrupted run from 1943 to 1985...

Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) Cam Jackson

Cam Jackson

Cameron "Cam" Jackson is a Canadian politician. A Progressive Conservative, he was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1985, and held the office of Member of Provincial Parliament for Burlington until his resignation on September 28, 2006 to run for mayor of Burlington in the...

. He resigned to make a successful run in Burlington

Burlington, Ontario

Burlington , is a city located in Halton Region at the western end of Lake Ontario. Burlington is part of the Greater Toronto Area, and is also included in the Hamilton Census Metropolitan Area. Physically, Burlington lies between the north shore of Lake Ontario and the Niagara Escarpment...

's 2006 mayoralty election

Ontario municipal elections, 2006

In the 2006 municipal elections in Ontario, voters in the province of Ontario, elected mayors, councillors, school board trustees and all other elected officials in all of Ontario's municipalities. These elections were regulated by the .- Date :...

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Information about candidates and parties
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|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
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! style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 40px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
! style="width: 40px"|+/-
|-

| style="width: 185px"| Progressive Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario
The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario , is a right-of-centre political party in Ontario, Canada. The party was known for many years as "Ontario's natural governing party." It has ruled the province for 80 of the years since Confederation, including an uninterrupted run from 1943 to 1985...

|Joyce Savoline
Joyce Savoline
Joyce Savoline is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the electoral district of Burlington for the Progressive Conservatives...

|align=right|11,143
|align=right|49.0%
|align=right|+2.8%
|-

| style="width: 185px"| Liberal

Ontario Liberal Party

The Ontario Liberal Party is a provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has formed the Government of Ontario since the provincial election of 2003. The party is ideologically aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada but the two parties are organizationally independent and...

Ontario New Democratic Party

The Ontario New Democratic Party or , formally known as New Democratic Party of Ontario, is a social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. It is a provincial section of the federal New Democratic Party. It was formed in October 1961, a few months after the federal party. The ONDP had its...

Green Party of Ontario

The Green Party of Ontario is a political party in Ontario, Canada. The party is led by Mike Schreiner. It has never held any seats in the Ontario Legislative Assembly; however, the party did see significant gains in the 2007 provincial election, earning 8% of the popular vote with some candidates...

|Frank de Jong

Frank de Jong

Frank de Jong, is a Canadian politician, environmentalist and elementary school teacher at Fern Avenue Public School...

|align=right|734
|align=right|3.2%
|align=right|+0.9%
|-

| style="width: 185px"|Freedom

Freedom Party of Ontario

The Freedom Party of Ontario is a provincial political party in Ontario, Canada. It was founded on January 1, 1984 in London, Ontario by Robert Metz and Marc Emery, as a successor to the Unparty....

John C. Turmel

John C. Turmel is a perennial candidate for election in Canada, and according to the Guinness Book of Records holds the records for the most elections contested and for the most elections lost having contested 75 elections and lost 74...

|align=right|90
|align=right|0.4%
|align=right|*

Markham electoral district

The Markham

Markham (electoral district)

by-election was called following the resignation of Liberal MPP Tony Wong. He resigned to make a successful run for one of the four York Region councillor

Councillor

A councillor or councilor is a member of a local government council, such as a city council.Often in the United States, the title is councilman or councilwoman.-United Kingdom:...

seats in Markham's 2006 municipal election

Ontario municipal elections, 2006

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Information about candidates and parties

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! style="width: 40px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
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|-

| style="width: 185px"| Liberal
Ontario Liberal Party
The Ontario Liberal Party is a provincial political party in the province of Ontario, Canada. It has formed the Government of Ontario since the provincial election of 2003. The party is ideologically aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada but the two parties are organizationally independent and...

|Michael Chan
|align=right|9,080
|align=right|49.3%
|align=right|-1.4%
|-

| style="width: 185px"| Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario

Ontario New Democratic Party

Green Party of Ontario

Freedom Party of Ontario

The Freedom Party of Ontario is a provincial political party in Ontario, Canada. It was founded on January 1, 1984 in London, Ontario by Robert Metz and Marc Emery, as a successor to the Unparty....

Family Coalition Party of Ontario

The Family Coalition Party is a small political party in Ontario, Canada that promotes a socially conservative ideology. It was formed in 1987 by members of the pro-life organization Campaign Life Coalition, and has fielded candidates in every provincial election since then...

Ontario Libertarian Party

The Ontario Libertarian Party is a political party in Ontario, Canada that was founded in 1975 by Bruce Evoy, Vince Miller, and others, inspired by the formation three years earlier of the US Libertarian Party. The Party is guided by adherence to the philosophical ideas of Austrian Economics and...

| Jay Miller
|align=right|126
|align=right|0.7%
|align=right|*
|-

York South–Weston electoral district

The York South–Weston by-election was called following the resignation of Liberal MPP Joe Cordiano. He stated the reason for his resignation was the need to spend more time with his family.

Information about candidates and parties.

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! style="width: 40px"|%
! style="width: 40px"|+/-
|-

| style="width: 185px"|New Democrat
Ontario New Democratic Party
The Ontario New Democratic Party or , formally known as New Democratic Party of Ontario, is a social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. It is a provincial section of the federal New Democratic Party. It was formed in October 1961, a few months after the federal party. The ONDP had its...

|Paul Ferreira
Paul Ferreira
Paul Ferreira is a Canadian social democratic politician and one of the first openly gay politicians elected to provincial office in Canada. He also has the distinction of being the very first Azorean-Canadian MPP...

|align=right|8,188
|align=right|43.3%
|align=right|+24.0%
|-

| style="width: 185px"| Liberal

Ontario Liberal Party

|Laura Albanese

Laura Albanese

Laura Albanese is a Canadian politician, formerly a news anchor for Italian language news programming on Omni Television. She is the Member of Provincial Parliament in the Ontario Legislative Assembly for the riding of York South—Weston which is situated in the northwest part of Toronto...

|align=right|7,830
|align=right|41.4%
|align=right|-20.2%
|-

| style="width: 185px"| Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario

Kevin Clarke (politician)

Kevin Mark Clarke is a candidate for public office in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was also one of the most recognizable homeless persons in the city. Currently he is contesting the office of the Member of Provincial Parliament, campaigning on the issues he has advocated for most of his life, "The...

|align=right|220
|align=right|1.2%
|align=right|-
|-

| style="width: 185px"| Independent
|Mohammed Choudhary
|align=right|142
|align=right|0.8%
|align=right|-
|-

| style="width: 185px"| Family Coalition

Family Coalition Party of Ontario

Ontario Libertarian Party

Freedom Party of Ontario

The Freedom Party of Ontario is a provincial political party in Ontario, Canada. It was founded on January 1, 1984 in London, Ontario by Robert Metz and Marc Emery, as a successor to the Unparty....

|Wayne Simmons
|align=right|77
|align=right|0.4%
|align=right|-
|-

Burlington electoral district

Markham electoral district

York South–Weston electoral district

See also

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