2023 Kitchener Centre provincial by-election

2023 Kitchener Centre provincial by-election

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Riding of Kitchener Centre
Turnout	27.28% ( 18.94)
First party Second party   NDP Candidate Aislinn Clancy Debbie Chapman Party Green New Democratic Popular vote 11,334 6,312 Percentage 47.99% 26.73% Swing 35.19 13.86   Third party Fourth party   PC LIB Candidate Rob Elliot Kelly Steiss Party Progressive Conservative Liberal Popular vote 3,109 1,821 Percentage 13.16% 7.71% Swing 13.51 7.01
MPP before election Laura Mae Lindo New Democratic Elected MPP Aislinn Clancy Green

A by-election was held in the provincial riding of Kitchener Centre in Ontario on November 30, 2023, to elect a new member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario following the resignation of NDP MPP Laura Mae Lindo. ^[1]

Kitchener City Councillor Aislinn Clancy gained the seat for the Ontario Greens. Clancy is the second member of the Ontario Greens to be elected in the province, following party leader Mike Schreiner. ^[2] In addition, the by-election featured 18 candidates, the largest-ever number of candidates in an Ontario riding election. ^[3] Clancy defeated fellow city councillor Debbie Chapman who was the NDP candidate. ^[4]

Results

Ontario provincial by-election, November 30, 2023: Kitchener Centre Resignation of Laura Mae Lindo
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Aislinn Clancy	11,334	47.99	+35.19
	New Democratic	Debbie Chapman	6,312	26.73	-13.86
	Progressive Conservative	Rob Elliott	3,109	13.16	-13.51
	Liberal	Kelly Steiss	1,821	7.71	-7.01
	New Blue	Paul Simoes	532	2.25	-2.96
	Libertarian	Gene Balfour	178	0.75
	None of the Above	Mark Dickson	61	0.26
	Special Needs	Lionel Wayne Poizner	48	0.20
	Electoral Reform	Peter House	43	0.18
	Independent	Albert Michel Benlolo	34	0.14
	Public Benefit	Jonathan Davis	33	0.14
	Independent	Patrick Strzalkowski	23	0.10
	Populist	Mario Greco	22	0.09
	Independent	Paul Stewart	18	0.08
	Independent	Ali Engering	16	0.07
	Independent	John Turmel	13	0.06
	Independent	Spencer Rocchi	11	0.05
	People's Front	Raymond Samuels	8	0.03
Total valid votes			23,616	99.34
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			156	0.66	-0.01
Turnout			23,772	27.28	-18.94
Eligible voters			87,151
	Green gain from New Democratic		Swing		+24.53
Source: Elections Ontario [5] [6]

References

1. The Canadian Press (July 13, 2023). "Ontario NDP member resigns Kitchener Centre seat, cites child-care challenges". CP24. Bell Media.
2. Baker, Jennifer (November 30, 2023). "Greens win MPP seat in Kitchener Centre". CTV News. Archived from the original on December 1, 2023. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
3. Bueckert, Kate (November 17, 2023). "Record-breaking number of candidates set to run in Kitchener Centre provincial byelection". CBC News . Retrieved December 6, 2023.
4. Nielsen, Kevin (November 30, 2023). "Greens get 2nd seat in Ontario as Aislinn Clancy wins Kitchener Centre byelection". Global News . Retrieved December 6, 2023.
5. "Kitchener Centre Election Night Results". Elections Ontario . Retrieved December 1, 2023.
6. "VOTE TOTALS FROM OFFICIAL TABULATION" (PDF). Elections Ontario . Retrieved December 6, 2023.

See also

• List of Ontario by-elections