Jennifer French (politician)

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2025 Ontario general election: Oshawa

Jennifer French MPP
French in 2022
Critic, Infrastructure, Transportation, and Highways
Incumbent
Assumed office August 23, 2018
The 2025 general election will be held on February 27.
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Viresh Bansal
	New Democratic	Jennifer French
	Progressive Conservative	Jerry Ouellette
	Green	Nicholas Sirgool
	Indepedent	Rahul Padmini Soumian
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters

v t e 2022 Ontario general election : Oshawa
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Jennifer French	17,170	42.07	−2.81
	Progressive Conservative	Alex Down	16,423	40.24	−1.49
	Liberal	Catherine Mosca	3,726	9.13	+1.23
	Green	Katarina Dunham	1,641	4.02	+0.41
	New Blue	Daryl Janssen	1,006	2.47
	Ontario Party	Dave Forsythe	843	2.07
Total valid votes			40,809	100.0
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			195
Turnout			41,004	39.48
Eligible voters			103,705
	New Democratic hold		Swing		−0.66
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.

2018 Ontario general election : Oshawa
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Jennifer French	24,301	44.88	-1.82
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Chapman	22,594	41.73	+11.20
	Liberal	Makini Smith	4,278	7.90	-11.12
	Green	Deborah Ellis	1,957	3.61	-0.14
	Libertarian	Jeannette Gory	523	0.96	+0.96
	None of the Above	Cheryl Kelly	490	0.91	+0.91
Eligible voters			97,605
Turnout			54,143	55.57	+4.76
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+6.61
Source: Elections Ontario [13]

2014 Ontario general election : Oshawa
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Jennifer French	22,227	46.70	+10.52
	Progressive Conservative	Jerry Ouellette	14,532	30.53	-11.72
	Liberal	Esrick Quintyn	9,052	19.02	+1.53
	Green	Becky Smit	1,785	3.75	+1.13
Total valid votes			47,608	100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			650	1.37
Turnout			48,258	50.19
Eligible voters			96,154
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+11.12
Source: Elections Ontario [14]

References

1. @ONPARLeducation (13 July 2022). "Within the halls of the Legislature are walls that contain the names of every Member of Provincial Parliament elected to Ontario's Legislature since 1867. The names for the 42nd Parliament were recently added. For the first time a Member's name was inscribed in Oji-Cree syllabics" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
2. Vella, Erica (June 13, 2014). "Jennifer French wins Oshawa for NDP".
3. Szekely, Reka (June 20, 2014). "Meet Jennifer French: Oshawa's new MPP". Clarington This Week. Metroland Media.
4. "General Election by District: Oshawa". Elections Ontario. June 12, 2014. Archived from the original on June 17, 2014. Retrieved August 22, 2014.
5. Westhead, Rick (June 12, 2014). "PC's Elliott holds Whitby-Oshawa but NDP's French surprises in Oshawa in Ontario Election". Toronto Star.
6. Reevely, David (June 25, 2014). "Horwath sticks around, names NDP shadow cabinet".
7. "Jennifer K. French, MPP". Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
8. "Bill 43, Freeing Highways 412 and 418 Act (Toll Highway Amendments), 2020". ola.org. Toronto: Legislative Assembly of Ontario. 2018-10-16. Retrieved 2025-02-14.
9. "Tolls to be removed on Highways 412 and 418 come April". Regional Municipality of Durham: Durham Radio News. 2022-02-18. Retrieved 2025-02-14.
10. McConnell, Liam (2022-04-18). ""Lives are at stake," Oshawa MPP calls for increased provincial support for BackDoor Mission crisis clinic". insauga.com. Retrieved 2025-02-14.
11. O'Meara, Jennifer (2022-04-09). "'It's life or death for some people': Oshawa's Back Door Mission health clinic can't continue without funds". Oshawa: Oshawa This Week. Retrieved 2025-02-14.
12. Parashar, Ojasvini (2023-06-30). "Oshawa's Back Door Mission receives $1.1 million in provincial funding". Global News . Retrieved 2025-02-14.
13. "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 6. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
14. "General Election Results by District, 061 Oshawa". Elections Ontario. 2014. Archived from the original on 17 June 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.

External links

• Official website
• Ontario Legislative Assembly parliamentary history