Dave Levac

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Dave Levac
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41st Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
In office
November 21, 2011 –July 11, 2018
Liberal Dave Levac19,34637.14+0.06
Progressive Conservative Phil Gillies 16,04130.80-3.85
New Democratic Alex Felsky13,99226.86+2.66
Green Ken Burns2,0954.02+1.92
Libertarian Rob Ferguson3740.72+0.30
Freedom Brittni Mitchell1790.34+0.04
Pauper John Turmel 610.12-0.07
Total valid votes52,088100.00
Liberal hold Swing +1.96
Source: Elections Ontario [12]
2011 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Dave Levac16,86737.08-12.10
Progressive Conservative Michael St. Amant15,76134.65+5.77
New Democratic Brian Van Tilborg11,00624.20+10.53
Green Ken Burns9572.10-2.47
Independent Martin Sitko2440.54 
Family Coalition Daniel Hockley2370.52-0.32
Libertarian Rob Ferguson1900.42 
Freedom Dustin Jenner1360.30 
Independent John Turmel 860.19-0.38
Total valid votes45,484 100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots1950.43
Turnout45,67948.23
Eligible voters94,717
Liberal hold Swing -8.94
Source: Elections Ontario [11]
2007 Ontario general election : Brant
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Dave Levac 23,48549.16−2.93$85,894
Progressive Conservative Dan McCreary13,78728.86−3.44$55,566
New Democratic Brian Van Tilborg6,53613.68+1.70$18,838
Green Ted Shelegy3,2726.85–$7,331
Family Coalition Rob Ferguson4030.84–$380
Independent John Turmel 2890.60$0
Total valid votes47,772 100.00
Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots349
Turnout48,121 52.69
Electors on the lists91,333

Note: Percentage changes are factored for redistribution. Sources: Official 2007 Poll by Poll Results and 2007 Annual Returns, Candidate and Constituency Associations, Elections Ontario .

2003 Ontario general election : Brant
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Dave Levac 24,23654.55–$51,003
Progressive Conservative Alayne Sokoloski13,61830.65$49,989
New Democratic David Noonan5,26211.84$12,461
Green Mike Clancy1,0142.28–$1,012
Independent John Turmel 2950.66$0
Total valid votes44,425 100.00
Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots286
Turnout44,711 56.14
Electors on the lists79,647

Sources: Ontario Election Returns with Statistics from the Records (2003) and Financial Returns, Candidate and Constituency Associations (2003), Elections Ontario.

1999 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Dave Levac21,16646.98-
Progressive Conservative Alayne Sokoloski20,21044.86-
New Democratic David Sharpe2,8896.41-
Independent Graham Mcrae4951.1-
Natural Law Eleanor T. Hyodo2940.65

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