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A by-election is scheduled to be held in the provincial riding of Bay of Quinte on September 19, 2024, to elect a new member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario following the resignation of Progressive Conservative MPP and cabinet minister Todd Smith for a new job in the private sector. [1]
| Ontario provincial by-election, September 19, 2024 Resignation of Todd Smith | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Tyler Allsopp | |||||||
| New Democratic | Amanda Robertson | |||||||
| Liberal | Sean Kelly | |||||||
| Green | Lori Borthwick | |||||||
| New Blue | Margaret Schuler | |||||||
| Libertarian | Mark Snow | |||||||
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| 2022 Ontario general election : Bay of Quinte | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Todd Smith | 21,381 | 49.30 | +1.28 | $76,706 | |||
| New Democratic | Alison Kelly | 9,073 | 20.92 | −10.92 | $55,474 | |||
| Liberal | Emilie Leneveu | 8,003 | 18.45 | +3.56 | $31,230 | |||
| Green | Erica Charlton | 2,719 | 6.27 | +2.84 | $0 | |||
| New Blue | Rob Collins | 1,128 | 2.60 | $5,066 | ||||
| Ontario Party | Noah Wales | 1,062 | 2.45 | $3,779 | ||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 43,366 | 99.59 | +0.68 | $133,230 | ||||
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 179 | 0.41 | -0.68 | |||||
| Turnout | 43,545 | 45.91 | -13.07 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 95,164 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | +6.10 | ||||||
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