Greg Sorbara

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Greg Sorbara
Ontario MPP
Liberal Greg Sorbara36,92856.1415.97
Progressive Conservative Carmine Iacono21,74433.06-21.64
New Democratic Mike Seaward4,6977.144.22
Green Adrian Visentin2,4123.672.73
2007 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Greg Sorbara28,96161.95.76
Progressive Conservative Gayani Weerasinghe8,77318.8-14.26
New Democratic Rick Morelli5,41711.64.46
Green Russell Korus2,9786.42.73
Independent Savino Quatela6241.3
2011 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Greg Sorbara26,17653.02-8.7
Progressive Conservative Tony Genco15,40931.2112.41
New Democratic Paul Donofrio5,58411.31-2.9
Libertarian Paolo Fabrizio9341.89
Green Brendan Frye6951.41-4.99

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