Dave Levac

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41st Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
In office November 21, 2011 –July 11, 2018
	Liberal	Dave Levac	19,346	37.14	+0.06
	Progressive Conservative	Phil Gillies	16,041	30.80	-3.85
	New Democratic	Alex Felsky	13,992	26.86	+2.66
	Green	Ken Burns	2,095	4.02	+1.92
	Libertarian	Rob Ferguson	374	0.72	+0.30
	Freedom	Brittni Mitchell	179	0.34	+0.04
	Pauper	John Turmel	61	0.12	-0.07
Total valid votes			52,088	100.00
	Liberal hold		Swing		+1.96
Source: Elections Ontario [12]

2011 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dave Levac	16,867	37.08	-12.10
	Progressive Conservative	Michael St. Amant	15,761	34.65	+5.77
	New Democratic	Brian Van Tilborg	11,006	24.20	+10.53
	Green	Ken Burns	957	2.10	-2.47
	Independent	Martin Sitko	244	0.54
	Family Coalition	Daniel Hockley	237	0.52	-0.32
	Libertarian	Rob Ferguson	190	0.42
	Freedom	Dustin Jenner	136	0.30
	Independent	John Turmel	86	0.19	-0.38
Total valid votes			45,484	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			195	0.43
Turnout			45,679	48.23
Eligible voters			94,717
	Liberal hold		Swing		-8.94
Source: Elections Ontario [11]

v t e 2007 Ontario general election : Brant
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Dave Levac	23,485	49.16	−2.93	$85,894
	Progressive Conservative	Dan McCreary	13,787	28.86	−3.44	$55,566
	New Democratic	Brian Van Tilborg	6,536	13.68	+1.70	$18,838
	Green	Ted Shelegy	3,272	6.85	–	$7,331
	Family Coalition	Rob Ferguson	403	0.84	–	$380
	Independent	John Turmel	289	0.60		$0
Total valid votes			47,772	100.00
Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			349
Turnout			48,121	52.69
Electors on the lists			91,333

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

v t e 2003 Ontario general election : Brant
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Dave Levac	24,236	54.55	–	$51,003
	Progressive Conservative	Alayne Sokoloski	13,618	30.65		$49,989
	New Democratic	David Noonan	5,262	11.84		$12,461
	Green	Mike Clancy	1,014	2.28	–	$1,012
	Independent	John Turmel	295	0.66		$0
Total valid votes			44,425	100.00
Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			286
Turnout			44,711	56.14
Electors on the lists			79,647

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

1999 Ontario general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Dave Levac	21,166	46.98	-
	Progressive Conservative	Alayne Sokoloski	20,210	44.86	-
	New Democratic	David Sharpe	2,889	6.41	-
	Independent	Graham Mcrae	495	1.1	-
	Natural Law	Eleanor T. Hyodo	294	0.65

References

1. @spaikin (6 March 2018). "How did I miss this? Last month, @davelevac became the longest-serving speaker in Ontario history: more than seven…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
2. "'Extraordinary citizen' appointed to Order of Ontario". brantfordexpositor. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
3. "Q&A: Bidding farewell to politics". Campus Magazine. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
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7. Ball, Vincent (January 24, 2011). "Levac made a Chevalier of the Ukrainian Order of Merit". Brantford Expositor. Archived from the original on December 5, 2014. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
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11. "Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 6 October 2011. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 March 2013.
12. "General Election by District: Brant". Elections Ontario. June 12, 2014. Archived from the original on June 14, 2014.
13. "MPP Dave Levac elected Speaker". Toronto Star . 21 November 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
14. Howlett, Karen (22 November 2011). "Ex-principal becomes Ontario Speaker: Dave Levac, who beat out three ...". The Globe and Mail. p. A11.
15. Babbage, Maria (2 July 2014). "Throne speech to lay out Liberals' long-term agenda, including pension plan". Toronto,, Ont.: The Canadian Press.
16. Benzie, Robert (5 May 2017). "Queen's Park speaker not seeking re-election". Toronto Star.
17. "The 2021 Appointees to the Order of Ontario". Ontario Newsroom. 4 November 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
18. "Levac appointed to Order of Ontario". brantfordexpositor. Retrieved 5 December 2022.

External links

• Ontario Legislative Assembly parliamentary history