Catherine McKenney

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2025 Ontario general election: Ottawa Centre
Catherine McKenney
MPP
Catherine McKenney Campaigning for Mayor of Ottawa 09-07-22.jpg
McKenney in 2022
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament
for Ottawa Centre
Assumed office
February 27, 2025
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Catherine McKenney 32,48355.70+1.36
Liberal Thomas Simpson13,59123.30+0.72
Progressive Conservative Scott Healey9,57316.41+0.68
Green Simon Beckett1,5502.66–2.21
New Blue Maria Desouza4680.80–0.63
Ontario Party Shannon Boschy3210.55N/A
Communist Cashton Perry2320.40+0.13
Independent Josh Rachlis1020.17N/A
Total valid votes/expense limit58,32099.53+0.01
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots2770.47–0.01
Turnout58,597
Eligible voters
New Democratic hold Swing +0.32
Source(s)
  • "VOTE TOTALS FROM OFFICIAL TABULATION" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2025-03-02.

2022 Ottawa municipal election

2022 Ottawa municipal election: Mayor
CandidatePopular voteExpenditures
Votes %±%
Mark Sutcliffe 161,67951.37$537,834.79
Catherine McKenney 119,24137.88$542,847.97
Bob Chiarelli 15,9985.08$96,844.84
Nour Kadri7,4962.38$71,062.45
Mike Maguire2,7750.88$5,500.00
Graham MacDonald1,6290.52$5,334.50
Brandon Bay1,5120.48$9,478.02
Param Singh1,1760.37$13,650.40
Celine Debassige8670.28none listed
Ade Olumide6360.20$1,966.25
Gregory Jreg Guevara5840.19$2,349.61
Bernard Couchman4710.15-0.21none listed
Jacob Solomon4320.14none listed
Zed Chebib2640.08none listed
Total valid votes314,76099.53
Total rejected, unmarked and declined votes1,5000.47-0.92
Turnout316,26043.79+1.24
Eligible voters722,227
Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.)
and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates.
Sources: City of Ottawa [20] [21]

2018 Ottawa municipal election

Somerset Ward (Ward 14) [22]
CandidateVotes%
Catherine McKenney7,75476.66%
Jerry Kovacs1,46114.44%
Arthur David7016.93%
Merdod Zopyrus1991.97%

2014 Ottawa municipal election

Somerset Ward (Ward 14) [23]
CandidateVotes%
Catherine McKenney3,99740.13%
Jeff Morrison1,68116.88%
Martin Canning1,63116.38%
Conor Meade8078.10%
Edward Conway5765.78%
Thomas McVeigh4344.36%
Lili V. Weemen2923.94%
Denis Schryburt2232.24%
Sandro Provenzano990.99%
Curtis Tom770.77%
Silviu Riley430.43%

References

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